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Intuitive Surgical Up 3% In Early Trade (ISRG)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 9:43am | 24Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) shares are jumping more than 3% higher in early trading, gaining $10.76 to $362.50.
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Summer Street Downgrades Wright Medical From Neutral To Sell
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 9:08am | 20Summer Street has downgraded Wright Medical (NASDAQ: WMGI) from Neutral to Sell.
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Pre Market Biggest Percentage Gainers And Losers (MICC, HNSN, GLNG, WPRT, WTSLA, AMSC, INTC, SCON, ZOLT, STX)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 8:48am | 225Best 1) Millicom International Cellular (NASDAQ: MICC): Shares are currently up 5. 71% to $96.80 on possible acquisition chatter. 2) HNSN (NASDAQ: HNSN): Stock is jumping 4.51% to $2.55 in early trading. 3) Golar LNG (NASDAQ: GLNG): Showing a nice 4.13% pop to $29.47. 4) Westport Innovations (...
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Cardica Receives Key Patent for Microcutter Surgical Cutting and Stapling Device
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 8:08am | 45Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC) today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company Patent No. 7,918,376 for its proprietary Microcutter technology. This patent relates to the articulation of a surgical stapler or endocutter.
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (GLNG, HNSN, MGIC, WPRT)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 8:08am | 143Golar LNG Limited (NASDAQ: GLNG) rose 4.52% to $29.58 in the pre-market session. GLNG shares have jumped 123.54% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 12.04% in the same period. Hansen Medical Inc (NASDAQ: HNSN) added 4.51% to $2.55 in the pre-market session. HNSN's PEG...
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Piper Jaffray Maintains Rating, Price Target On KCI
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 7:35am | 73Piper Jaffray maintains its Underweight rating and a price target of $46 on Kinetic Concepts Inc. (NYSE: KCI) According to Piper Jaffray, “Our concerns regarding the stock are not related to competitive bidding but rather the continuing and increasing competitive pressures the company faces in the...
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Oppenheimer Surveys Non-Profit Hospitals' 1Q11
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 7:25am | 203Oppenheimer surveyed 50 non-profit CEOs and CFOs to evaluate capital spending and pricing and volume trends as they relate to major medical device markets. In the report, Oppenheimer writes, “As we saw in our 2Q-4Q10 surveys, our respondents' hospitals continue to see a gradually healing capital...
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Piper Jaffray Maintains OW Rating On RMD
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 7:22am | 104Piper Jaffray is maintaining its Overweight rating on shares of ResMed Inc. (NYSE: RMD). “CMS announced a six month delay in launching round two of the competitive bidding program until summer of 2013,” Piper Jaffray writes. “As a reminder, round two of the competitive bidding program was...
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Duncan-Williams Reports Wright Medical CEO Resigns
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 7:09am | 103According to Duncan-Williams, Wright Medical Group (NASDAQ: WMGI) CEO has resigned. Duncan-Williams reported that on April 4, 2011, Mr. Henley tendered his resignation prior to a Board meeting called to discuss management's oversight of the WMGI's ongoing compliance program. “Mr. Henley's...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Diagnostic Substances Industry With The Highest EPS Estimates (DBD, NEOG, VIVO, ABAX)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 1:42am | 147Below are the top small-cap diagnostic substances stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for Immucor Inc (NASDAQ: BLUD) for the next year ending May, 2012 is $1.23 per share. BLUD's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 39.07...
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Fast Money Picks For April 6th (TSN, BDX, AMSC, CAT, POT)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 8:57pm | 199On CNBC's Fast Money, Brian Kelly suggested that investors should buy Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) on Wednesday. Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN) fell 0.63% today, and it closed at $18.90. Guy Adami thinks that Becton, Dickinson and Co. (NYSE: BDX) should be bought tomorrow. Becton, Dickinson and Co. (...
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Top Trade Ideas for Wednesday April 06
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 6:12pm | 2093( click to enlarge ) Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) broke out to a new 52-week high today, accompained by a strong volume suggesting higher levels. The technical chart still showing a bullish bias. MACD shows positive signs and RSI continue moving up. I suspect the stock may continue to appreciate...
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Tech Rebalanced 04-05-2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 4:47pm | 1052Cusick's Corner This is one of those markets -- what you think you see is really not real at all, most notably is the news that the NASDAQ has decided to reweight AAPL in the index, which can explain why AAPL has had such a persistent seller. Also, in the Semis, SMH (mentioned last night) -- TXN...
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AngioDynamics Guides FY 2011 EPS $0.48-$0.50 (ANGO)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 4:04pm | 553AngioDynamics Guides FY 2011 EPS $0.48-$0.50 (NASDAQ: ANGO). AngioDynamics (NASDAQ: ANGO) today reported financial results for the fiscal 2011 third quarter ended February 28, 2011. Net sales in the third quarter were $54.6 million, a 5% increase over the $52.2 million reported in the prior year...
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AngioDynamics Reports Q3 EPS of $0.15 vs. $0.12
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 4:03pm | 38AngioDynamics (NASDAQ: ANGO) today reported financial results for the fiscal 2011 third quarter ended February 28, 2011. Net Sales of $54.6 Million; NanoKnife® System Net Sales of $1.9 Million Net Income of $3.8 Million, or $0.15 EPS