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IVIG Market Update (GIFLF.PK, BAX, HAE)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 4:08pm | 269Morgan Keegan is not expecting Grifols (OTC: GIFLF.PK) to “drive any significant decrease in IVIG pricing in an attempt to gain near-term market share at the expense of the long-term health of the market.” The analysts say, “At this point, it does not appear that the IVIG market is worsening, but...
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Taubman COO Elected ICSC Chairman - Analyst Blog
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 6:21pm | 322William S. Taubman, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Taubman Centers Inc. (TCO), a real estate investment trust (REIT), was recently elected as the Chairman of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the global trade association of the shopping center industry. William S. Taubman...
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Put Volume Grows on Inverness Medical (IMA)
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 2:06pm | 111Shares of Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. (NYSE: IMA) are higher on the session by 2.77%, currently trading $34.66. The stock has been cascading lower for the better part of five months and is now trading well below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages, which is a bearish sign. Put volume is...
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Don’t Count Out ICU (ICUI) Medical Yet; Barron’s
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 7:32am | 96ICU Medical (NASDAQ: ICUI), the maker of intravenous systems which deliver a painless delivery system, is a leading company in its industry. The first quarter results were lower than the expectations, which have put downward pressure on the stock. The company lost around $42 million in its market...
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Morgan Keegan Says The Cooper Cos. (COO) Is Recession Resistant
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 10:58am | 191Morgan Keegan analysts Lawrence S. Keusch and Konstantin Tcherepachenets maintained their Outperform rating for shares of The Cooper Companies Inc (NYSE: COO), with a price target of $45 per share. Keusch and Tcherepachenets said that although The Cooper Companies Inc faced the risk of a slowing...
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JP Morgan Upgrades The Cooper Companies, Inc. (COO) To Neutral Rating
Monday, May 24, 2010 - 3:20pm | 76Analysts at JP Morgan have upgraded The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE: COO) from Underweight to Neutral rating. The company will report its second-quarter results on June 3. Analysts expect the company to beat consensus estimates in the second-quarter. Analysts believe that the upside to second-...
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Alcon May Receive Improved Offer From NVS Soon
Friday, May 21, 2010 - 9:38am | 188Analysts at Collins Stewart reiterate their "buy" rating on Alcon (NYSE: ACL). The target price for ACL is set to $180. Alcon’s share price recently declined. “ACL's share price has been driven by NVS share price since NVS offered ACL's minority shareholders 2.8 shares of its stock for each share...
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Merger Arbitrage Mondays – May 17, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 8:37am | 4724With the turmoil in the market, merger activity slowed just a little with four new deals announced last week and one deal closing. The deal that closed was the acquisition of Brink’s Home Security Holdings (CFL) by Tyco International on May 14, 2010. Two out of the four new deals are all cash deals...
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Early Volume Plays Among Those Valued Below $10 (BSMD, TOPS, HAUP, BBI)
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 10:42am | 269Some of the stocks that are valued below $10 and have the potential to become one of the high volume movers in the early trading hours are: Shares of BioSphere Medical (NASDAQ: BSMD) surged by 42.67% to $4.28 in the pre-market session on the news of Merit Medical (NASDAQ: MMSI) acquiring the firm...
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Piper Jaffray Still Bullish on TranS1 Inc.
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 9:32am | 119Piper Jaffray is out with a company note this morning reiterating their “Overweight” rating on TranS1 Inc. (NASDAQ: TSON). Analyst said that the recent earnings beat on the bottom line via “encouraging sequential top line growth” gives them confidence that the stock is attractive at these levels....
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (JDSU, OSUR, MKTAY, COST, VOD)
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 9:11am | 156JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU) lost 7.52% to $12.67 in the pre-market session. JDSU had significantly narrowed its losses in fiscal Q3. OraSure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: OSUR) tumbled 5.56% to $5.95 in the pre-market session. OSUR had reported its Q1 revenues at $17.9 million. Makita Corp...
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Fast Money Picks For May 6th (SWN, GOOG, ACL, LPX)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 7:08pm | 137On the CNBC's Fast Money, Joe Terranova recommended investors to buy Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) tomorrow. Southwestern Energy (SWN) gained 0.71% on today. Anthony Scaramucci likes Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Karen Finerman thinks that Alcon, Inc. (NYSE: ACL) is a buy. Google (GOOG...
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Dentsply Initiated With Neutral
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 9:40am | 54Analysts at Credit Suisse initiate coverage of DENTSPLY International Inc (NASDAQ: XRAY) with a "neutral" rating. The target price for XRAY is set to $41. Shares of XRAY was down 3.79% at $36.52 in after hours trading. More Analyst Ratings here.
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (ATHN, CERS, SWIR, FTBK, DEAR)
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 9:14am | 140athenahealth, Inc (NASDAQ: ATHN) lost 20.08% to $28.25 in the pre-market session. ATHN’s Q1 earnings fell short of expectations. Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) tumbled 11.32% to $3.29 in the pre-market session. CERS had announced its Q1 results yesterday. Sierra Wireless, Inc (NASDAQ: SWIR)...
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ICU Medical (ICUI) Profit Falls 40%
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 4:52pm | 129Medical device company ICU Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICUI) failed to meet Wall Street expectations when it released its financial results on Monday. ICU Medical, Inc. reported 1st quarter net income of $4.3 million, or 30 cents per share, down from $7.1 million, or 47 cents per share, a year earlier....