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Libya Dominating Headlines 02-22-2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 3:49pm | 1058Cusick's Corner The headline risk just became a reality for now. With the Middle East, most notably Libya, dominating the headlines and continued local unrest at the state level, Wisconsin proposing to drop the public union's collective bargaining rights and now potentially Ohio, the market has...
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Morning Market Movers (FONR, TTHI, GFN, CEBK)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 10:58am | 112Fonar Corporation (NASDAQ: FONR) jumped 40.15% to $1.85 at 9:55 am. FONR reported its FQ2 net income and income from operations at $1.4 million. Transition Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: TTHI) shares advanced 37.54% to $4.91. TTHI swung to profit in the second quarter. General Finance Corporation (...
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Forest Laboratories to Acquire Clinical Data
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 9:04am | 171Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) and Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDA) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Forest will acquire Clinical Data for $30.00 per share in cash plus contingent consideration of up to $6.00 per share that may be...
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Medtronic Reports Better-Than-Expected Q3 Earnings
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 8:20am | 56Medtronic Inc (NYSE: MDT) reports its Q3 adjusted EPS at $0.86, beating the consensus of $0.84. MDT reports its Q3 revenue at $3.96 billion, versus the consensus of $3.97 billion. MDT shares lost 0.05% to $41.25 in after-hours trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.
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Earnings Scheduled For February 22 (M, HPQ, MHS, WMT, BKS, MDT, ODP, NRG, HTZ, RSH, HD, CHK, MHK)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 4:19am | 337Macy's Inc (NYSE: M) is projected to report its Q4 EPS at $1.52 on revenue of $8.27 billion. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) is estimated to report its FQ3 EPS at $1.29 on revenue of $32.95 billion. Medco Health (NYSE: MHS) is projected to post its Q4 EPS at $0.94 on revenue of $16.65 billion...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Semiconductor-Broad Line Industry With The Highest EPS (TRIB, BLUD, NEOG, ABAX)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 4:17am | 134Below are the top small-cap diagnostic substance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings per share. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at Trinity Biotech plc (NASDAQ: TRIB) is $2.80. TRIB's ROE for the same period is 56.37%. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at...
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Stocks To Watch For February 22 (HPQ, WMT, M, HD, MDT)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 4:10am | 184Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) to report its FQ3 EPS at $1.29 on revenue of $32.95 billion. HPQ shares gained 0.68% to $49.00 in after-hours trading. Analysts are expecting Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) to have...
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Dumps Nike, B of A, and Comcast
Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 6:23pm | 492Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B), the company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, has decided to to eliminate a couple of high profile names from its portfolio, including Nike (NKE), Bank of America (BAC), and Comcast (CMCSK). Buffett also got rid of Lowes (LOW), Becton Dickinson, (BDX), Nalco...
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Backtesting 3 ETF Portfolio Strategies
Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 2:34pm | 1621Follow me on Twitter Enjoy this free post or others? Write a review here or tell your friends, it is much appreciated! ====== A reader asked for comparison of different ETF strategies. The primary limitation of backtesting ETFs is that many ETFs have limited trading history, so it is difficult to...
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Fast Money Picks For February 22nd (BAX, AMD, PBR, PAAS, SLW)
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 9:08pm | 267On CNBC's Fast Money, Joe Terranova said that investors should not ignore health care names. He recommended Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) as a buy. Baxter International Inc. (BAX) gained 0.91% today, and closed at $53.03. Brian Kelly likes Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD), and he...
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Events to Monitor Over Weekend 02-18-2011
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 7:40pm | 784Cusick's Corner From a technical perspective, this market is strong and is showing no sign of any short-term resistance. While technicals are in line, next resistance level S&P 1344, there are some fundamental events that you should monitor over the weekend. First, German elections -- it looks...
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Options Brief: China Medical Technologies (CMED)
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 12:11pm | 79Shares of China Medical Technologies (NASDAQ: CMED) are higher on the session by 4.14%, trading at $13.79. Overall call volume is now running at 2.61x the daily average, with 64% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,569 contracts have traded on the session so far. China Medical...
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Largest Study of Medtronic CoreValve System Confirms Positive Clinical Outcomes
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 11:31am | 124Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today issued a statement on results from an independent study published online in the journal Circulation, which confirmed both early and sustained clinical benefits for patients receiving the Medtronic CoreValve® System for the treatment of aortic valve disease. The...
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Options Brief: MAKO Surgical Corp. (MAKO)
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 11:11am | 76Shares of MAKO Surgical Corp. (NASDAQ: MAKO) are higher on the session by 5.53%, trading at $20.04. Overall call volume is now running at 6.76x the daily average, with 28% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,238 contracts have traded on the session so far. MAKO Surgical Corp. is a...
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SonoSite Trading Higher Today (SONO)
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 10:40am | 30SonoSite (NASDAQ: SONO) is trading higher today. At the time of posting, shares of SONO were trading at $37.86, up 8.02% from Thursday's close.