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Mad Money Lightning Round: Jim Prefers BIDU To China Digital
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 8:11am | 172In his "Mad Money Lightning Round" on Monday, Jim said that he doesn’t like China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) and instead prefers Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU). Shares of BIDU climbed 0.11% yesterday, while STV shares slipped 0.52%. For Fluor (NYSE: FLR), Cramer advised investors to buy the stock when it...
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Jacobs Engineering Awarded $241M Naval Contract
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 8:25am | 56Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that its subsidiary company received a contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division's Combat Environment Simulation (CES) division. The CES organization is based in China Lake, Calif. The five-year indefinite-delivery/...
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Top 5 Small-Cap Stocks In The Management Services Industry With The Highest Return On Equity (AH, EXBD, DTPI, EXPO, BKR)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 5:21am | 168Below are the top 5 small-cap management services stocks on the NASDAQ, the NYSE and the AMEX in terms of ROE. Accretive Health Inc (NYSE: AH) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 198%. AH has a 52 week trading range of $12.55-$14.16. Corporate Executive Board Company (NASDAQ: EXBD) has a trailing-...
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Upside Purchased on Jacobs Engineering (JEC)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 2:12pm | 127Shares of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) are higher on the session by 1.47%, currently trading $40.82. The stock has been falling as of late and is struggling to hold the 200-day moving average. Options traders are betting that the stock will regain the level and move higher as they...
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Benzinga’s Volume Movers (ISLE, AMGN, TSRA, LAYN)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 1:56pm | 202Isle of Capri Casinos Inc (NASDAQ: ISLE) shares gained 13.89% to $10.58 by 12:06 pm. The volume of ISLE shares traded was 313% higher than normal. While investors were expecting the company to post losses for 4Q, ISLE posted surprise profit for the quarter,. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN) shares climbed...
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Layne Christensen (LAYN) Income And Revenue Surge
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 7:15am | 87Layne Christensen Company (Nasdaq: LAYN) announced on Wednesday morning that it far exceeded consensus Wall Street earnings estimates. Layne Christensen Company reported that its fiscal 1st quarter net income jumped to $6.6 million, or 34 cents per share, up from $1 million, or 5 cents per share, a...
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Thermo Fisher Acquires Fermentas - Analyst Blog
Friday, May 28, 2010 - 9:15am | 384Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO) has recently acquired Fermentas International Inc. for $260 million in cash, subject to a post-closing adjustment. The company expects to close the transaction in the third quarter of fiscal 2010. Thermo Fisher does not expect the acquisition to have any material...
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Benzinga's After Hours Gainers (FWLT, RTP, SU)
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 6:48pm | 137Among the notable after hours movers today are Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ: FWLT), Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP), and Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU). Foster Wheeler (FWLT) shares have gained 1.76% to $24.42 in the after hours trading session, after the company's CEO appeared on CNBC's Mad Money with Jim Cramer. Rio...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (CKR, IVZ, PWR, CPL, BSMD)
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 10:00am | 183CKE Restaurants (NYSE: CKR) was downgraded by Roth Capital from “hold” to “sell.” CKR’s shares closed at $12.29 yesterday. CKE Restaurants’ quarterly sales fell by 4.80%. Ticonderoga downgraded Invesco Plc (NYSE: IVZ) from “buy” to “hold.” IVZ’s shares closed at $18.41 yesterday. Invesco’s earnings...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (BRE, MSFT, FLR, MERU, BP)
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 9:58am | 177BRE Properties Inc (NYSE: BRE) was upgraded by Benchmark from “hold” to “buy.” BRE’s shares closed at $39.31 yesterday. BRE Properties’ trailing-twelve-month gross margins stand at 67.68%. FBR Capital upgraded Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) from “market perform” to “outperform.” MSFT’s shares closed at $...
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Company News for May 27, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 9:48am | 176• Tiffany (NYSE:TIF) reported first quarter earnings of 50 cents, versus Zacks projections of 36 cents, on a 22.4% revenue gain to $633.6 million, which beat projections of $609 million • Heinz (NYSE:HNZ) beat fiscal fourth quarter earnings by one penny, reporting at 60 cents per share on a 8.3%...
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Goldman Upgrades FLR To Buy
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 7:57am | 40Analysts at Goldman Sachs upgrade Fluor (NYSE: FLR) from "neutral" to "buy." FLR’s shares fell 1.93% to close at $44.28 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Dycom Industries (DY) Beats Estimates
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 5:15pm | 69Dycom Industries Inc (NYSE: DY) announced on Tuesday after the market closed that it beat consensus Wall Street estimates. Dycom Industries Inc reported surprise fiscal 3rd quarter earnings of 4 cents per share. According to a survey of analysts by Thomson Reuters, the average Wall Street estimate...
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LAYN Upgraded To Buy At Janney Montgomery
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 6:09am | 50Analysts at Janney Montgomery Scott upgrade Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN) from "neutral" to "buy." The target price for LAYN is set to $30. LAYN’s shares dropped 1.87% to close at $23.56 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Good News: Mortgage Rates and Gas Prices Falling
Friday, May 21, 2010 - 2:02pm | 363McLean, VA – "Freddie Mac yesterday released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.84 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending May 20, 2010, down from last week when it averaged 4.93 percent. Last year at this time...