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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (RINO, LTXC, HST, LBTYA)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 8:47am | 123RINO International Corporation (NASDAQ: RINO) dipped 9.06% to $13.35 in the pre-market session. RINO’s quarterly earnings surged 107.40% y/y. LTX-Credence Corporation (NASDAQ: LTXC) lost 6.51% to $2.01 in the pre-market session. LTXC has posted upbeat Q4 results. Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE...
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Morgan Keegan Sees Strong Upside In Health Care REIT (HCN)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 7:38am | 94Morgan Keegan is reiterating its $52 price target and Outperform rating on Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE: HCN), after the real estate investment trust announced it would redeem its convertible preferred stock on September 30. Morgan Keegan goes on to say, "We believe that Health Care REIT can...
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Morgan Keegan Says HCP Best Healthcare REIT (HCP)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 7:35am | 137Morgan Keegan is out with a research report saying that HCP, Inc. (NYSE: HCP) is the best positioned health care REIT, after it "announced the termination of its litigation with Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE: SRZ) over Sunrise’s management of properties owned by HCP." Morgan Keegan goes on to say, "...
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Entertainment Properties Trust CEO Sells 20,427 Shares of EPR
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 4:15pm | 56In a Form 4 filed after the bell today, Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE: EPR) CEO, David Brain, reported that he sold 20,747 shares of EPR on August 27th for an average price of $42.44. The transaction totaled $880,488. Mr. Brain owns 367,033 direct shares and 1,628 indirect shares of EPR....
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Thriving In The New Economy, Part 3
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 5:18pm | 1393The following is an excerpt from Lori Ann LaRocco's new book, Thriving in the New Economy: Lessons from Today's Top Business Minds. Benzinga will post the complete eighth chapter of her book over the next week in several installments. This is the third installment. Thriving Strategies Most people...
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of September
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 1:57pm | 677Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...
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Deutsche Bank Lowers Estimates on Strategic Hotels & Resorts (BEE)
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 9:47am | 146Deutsche Bank is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Hold rating on Strategic Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: BEE); it has a $4.75 price target on the stock. The DB analysts noted that they are lowering estimates on the name, taking down their FY2010 FFO/sh forecast to ($0...
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Morgan Keegan Has Thoughts On Health Care Reit (HCN)
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 8:27am | 111Morgan Keegan has some thoughts on the healthcare REIT index, in particular Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE: HCN). In a note to clients, Morgan Keegan writes, "We believe the outperformance is primarily due to the weak economy, which has moved REIT investors out of the more cyclical industrial, office...
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U-Store-It Owner Sells 50,000 Shares of YSI
Friday, August 20, 2010 - 4:10pm | 51In a Form 4 filed after the bell today, U-Store-It (NYSE: YSI) owner, Todd C. Amsdell, reported that he sold 50,000 shares YSI on August 18th for an average price of $8.20. The transaction totaled $410,000. Mr. Amsdell owns 8,281,384 indirect shares of YSI Source: The Washington Service
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Top 10 Companies That Beat Sales Forecasts
Friday, August 20, 2010 - 10:45am | 180(TheStreet) -- Earnings season has been an indisputable success so far, with 76% of S&P 500 companies exceeding analysts' earnings estimates. Here are the 10 companies that beat by the widest margins. While stocks have been hit by economic uncertainty, these companies have demonstrated...
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Housing Starts Still Weak - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 12:13pm | 2179In July, Housing Starts rose to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 546,000, an increase of 1.7% over the 537,000 rate in June. However, the June rate was revised down from 549,000 so, relative to where we thought we were yesterday, it is a decline of 0.5%. Relative to the 587,000 pace of a year...
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Earnings Scorecard: Health Care REIT - Analyst Blog
Monday, August 16, 2010 - 7:06pm | 931Health Care REIT Inc. (HCN), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates senior housing and health care real estate, reported fiscal 2010 second quarter recurring funds from operations (FFO) of 80 cents per share, which marginally exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Funds from...
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Earnings Scorecard: HCP - Analyst Blog
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 1:37pm | 851HCP Inc. (HCP), a health care real estate investment trust (REIT), reported funds from operations of 55 cents per share for the fiscal 2010 second quarter, which exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Funds from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is...
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Morgan Keegan Reiterates Outperform on Health Care REIT (HCN)
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 9:39am | 115Morgan Keegan is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Outperform rating on Health Care REIT (NYSE: HCN); it has a $52.00 price target on the stock, up from $51.00. The MK analysts recently adjusted the earnings model for HCN, which modestly raise revenue projections,...
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Earnings Scorecard: Ventas - Analyst Blog
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 6:25pm | 745Ventas Inc. (VTR), a leading health care real estate investment trust (REIT), reported fiscal 2010 second quarter recurring fund from operations (FFO) of 71 cents per share, which exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2 cents. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance...