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JP Morgan Lowers PT On Medtronic To $39
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 5:51am | 26JP Morgan has lowered the price target on Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) from $41 to $39 and maintains its Neutral rating.
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Thursday's Defense and Security Stocks Trading: Acorn Energy, Abaxis, Raytheon, Kratos Defense
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 12:52pm | 858Point Roberts, WA - August 12, 2011 - Investorideas.com, an investor research portal covering multiple stock sectors including defense and security stocks, presents a sector close up on defense and security stocks Aug 11. Investors saw gains in Thursday's trading session as the roller coaster week...
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Credit Suisse Upgrading Edwards Lifesciences
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 9:13am | 143Credit Suisse is out with a research report on Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (NYSE: EW) and is upgrading shares to Outperform from Neutral, but is lowering its price target to $81 from $83. In a note to clients, Credit Suisse writes, "Recent Underperformance Presents Buying Opportunity: Following the...
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Credit Suisse Upgrades Edwards Lifesciences To Outperform, Lowers PT To $81
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 8:35am | 28Credit Suisse has upgraded Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) from Neutral to Outperform and has lowered the price target from $82 to $81.
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Misonix Announces New Distribution Agreement for Australia and New Zealand
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 8:30am | 114Misonix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSON) has entered into a new three-year exclusive distribution agreement with MD Solutions Australasia Pty. Ltd., based in Newport, Victoria, Australia. MD Solutions will sell and distribute the BoneScalpel™ Ultrasonic Bone Cutter throughout Australia and New Zealand. The...
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Profiting from the Zero Growth French Economy
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 6:57am | 663The French economy unexpectedly stagnated during the 2nd quarter, according to France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, which reported that France's 2nd quarter economic growth rate was 0% and that consumer spending fell 0.9%. The news is troubling because France is the...
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Rodman & Renshaw Downgrades China North East Petroleum Holdings to Market Perform
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 6:17am | 38Rodman & Renshaw downgraded its rating on China North East Petroleum (NYSE: NEP) from Market Outperform to Market Perform. On Thursday, NEP lost 3.27% of its value to finish the day at $2.37.
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Wednesday's NASDAQ's Top Percentage Gainers: Biolase Technology, Toreador Resources, Cree, Pegasystems
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 11:29am | 509POINT ROBERTS - August 11, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on top percentage gainers on the NASDAQ for Aug. 10, 2011. Biolase Technology was the top gainer in Wednesday's session as the stock witnessed a gain of 19.78%. Biolase...
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Morgan Stanley Reiterates Overweight on Mindray
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 8:48am | 25Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating on Mindray (NYSE: MR). On Wednesday, MR closed the day at $21.36.
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News Summary for August 11, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 7:53am | 648This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Thursday, August 11, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Thursday's pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S. equity futures are trading lower after a 500 point drop in the Dow yesterday. At last check, Dow...
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Covidien Announces Share Repurchase Program of up to $2B
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 7:44am | 86Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a program to purchase up to $2 billion of the Company's ordinary shares from time to time, based on market conditions. In the twelve months ending June 2011, Covidien has returned more than $1 billion to...
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Earnings Scheduled For August 11
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 3:43am | 554Brinker International Inc (NYSE: EAT) is estimated to report its Q4 EPS at $0.47 on revenue of $710.57 million. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.25 on revenue of $1.01 billion. Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $1.02 on...
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Vision-Sciences, Inc. Appoints Cynthia F. Ansari Chief Executive Officer
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 4:33pm | 129Vision-Sciences, Inc., (Nasdaq: VSCI) announced today that its Board of Directors has named Cynthia F. Ansari as Chief Executive Officer and elected her to the Board of Directors. Ms. Ansari replaces Warren Bielke, Interim Chief Executive Officer, who will be serving as Director of Strategic...
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Tuesday's Top Performing Small Cap Stocks (PNX, ANAC, FRP, NOG, MAKO)
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 12:06pm | 489The late-session snapback rally on Tuesday brought stocks back from the depths of Monday's losses, but many observers still say that we're not out of the woods yet. What's stalking investors in the dark woods is a bear market. Small-cap stocks on Monday were down 25 percent from the Russell 2000'...
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Tuesday's Top Performing Small Cap Stocks (PNX, ANAC, FRP, NOG, MAKO)
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 12:06pm | 489The late-session snapback rally on Tuesday brought stocks back from the depths of Monday's losses, but many observers still say that we're not out of the woods yet. What's stalking investors in the dark woods is a bear market. Small-cap stocks on Monday were down 25 percent from the Russell 2000'...