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Market Roundup (DELL, CKP, MA, RDN)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 1:05pm | 209Dell Inc (NASDAQ: DELL) has announced its plans to purchase a business software company Boomi. The company has not disclosed the financial terms of the deal yet. Shares of Dell are up about 0.10%. Shares of Checkpoint Systems Inc (NYSE: CKP) dipped about 13% after the company reported disappointing...
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Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. Announces 2nd Quarter EPS of $.09
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 11:07am | 232Clifton Savings Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSBK) today announced the results of its operations for the three and six months ended September 30, 2010. Net income was $2.18 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, an increase of $862,000, or 65.2%, as compared to $1.32 million for the three...
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PMI Group Widens Loss - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 9:35am | 571PMI Group Inc. (PMI) reported third-quarter net loss from continuing operations of $1.74 per share, much wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 59 cents per share. Results also widened from a loss of $1.06 per share in third-quarter 2009. Loss from continuing operations was $281.1...
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Will High Energy Prices Break the Markets Again? - Voice of the People
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 9:35am | 714Zacks' Voice of the People Highlights user inthemoneystocks: "Will High Energy Prices Break the Markets Again?" from the People & Picks community. For more Voice of the People, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=5851 Featured Post Will High Energy Prices Break the Markets Again? Last night the...
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LSB Financial Corp. Announces Third Quarter EPS of $.34
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 3:54pm | 53LSB Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: LSBI) today reported quarterly earnings of $526,000 or $0.34 diluted earnings per share compared to $24,000 or $0.02 diluted earnings per share a year earlier. Year-to-date earnings were $1.5 million or $0.98 diluted earnings per share compared to $639,000 or $0.41...
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ISM Manufacturing Index: Economic Recovery is Real, and Consistent With Real GDP Growth of 5.2%
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 3:11pm | 420"Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in October for the 15th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 18th consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business": Highlights include: 1. The last time the ISM...
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Will High Energy Prices Break The Markets Again?
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 10:30am | 504Last night the Chinese economy reported a better than expected producers price index(PMI). This news obviously helped lift all the commodity stocks this morning. As we all know commodities and most commodity stocks have risen sharply since early July on positive economic data out of China. China is...
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HopFed Bancorp, Inc. Reports Third Quarter EPS of $.21
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 9:30am | 149HopFed Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: HFBC) today reported results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2010. For the three month period ended September 30, 2010, net income available to common shareholders was $1,508,000 or $0.21 per share basic and diluted compared to a net loss of $...
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Mad Money Lightning Round OT: Cramer Likes Auto Parts Companies (NYB, BBT, USB, WFC, JPM, TRW, IMAX)
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 11:21pm | 268Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT that he likes New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB). He believes that this stock has a great dividend yield. Cramer doesn't see any problems with NYB, except that it is a bank, and everybody hates banks. New York Community Bancorp, Inc...
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BCSB Bancorp, Inc. Reports 2010 Year End EPS of $.19
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 3:01pm | 101BCSB Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSB) reported net income of $1,207,000 for the year ended September 30, 2010, as compared to a net loss of $1,955,000 for the year ended September 30, 2009. When consideration is given to dividends and discount accretion on preferred shares issued under the U.S....
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Puts Purchased on Radian Group Inc. (RDN)
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 11:15am | 138Shares of Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN) are higher on the session by 1.70%, currently trading at $7.78. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six months, recently falling below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. First support is at $6.04. Options traders are buying puts on the...
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Tree.com Reports Third Quarter EPS of $.16
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 9:02am | 103Tree.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: TREE) today announced the quarter ended September 30, 2010, Adjusted EBITDA of $5.5 million, an improvement of $2.1 million over the prior quarter and a $9.0 million improvement over the third quarter 2009's loss of $3.5 million. Tree's third quarter 2010 revenue was $53.2...
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Provident Financial Services, Inc. Announces EPS of $0.24
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 7:46am | 135Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFS) (the "Company") reported net income of $13.5 million, or $0.24 per basic and diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, compared to net income of $8.7 million, or $0.15 per basic and diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2009...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes Immunogen, Ford, PMI Group, RF Micro Devices, JPMorgan Chase (IMGN, F, PMI, VG, T, VZ, MSFT, XOM, RFMD, SWKS, JPM, WFC, C)
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 5:55am | 260On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that he considers Immunogen (NASDAQ: IMGN) as one of his “speculative plays.” He likes IMGN. For Ford Motor (NYSE: F), he said, "They're taking care of their debt and the cost of borrowing is going down.” He likes Ford. Jim considers...
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Benzinga's Worst Performing Industries (PMI, GT, CMT, USAT, V, WHR, NOBH)
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 5:07pm | 209Surety & Title Insurance industry was the worst performing industry today, with a decline of 3.91%. The worst performing stock in the space was The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE: PMI). PMI lost 18.98%, after posting disappointing third-quarter results. Rubber & Plastics industry lost 3.26% on...