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Pharmasset Inc (NASDAQ: VRUS) shares rose 23.37% to create a new 52-week high of $133.61. VRUS expanded its study of hepatitis C drug candidate PSI-7977. Hickory Tech Corporation (NASDAQ: HTCO) shares gained 2.15% to create a new 52-week high of $11.39. HTCO's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 33.21...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on EnerNOC (NASDAQ: ENOC), maintaining Overweight. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We attended ENOC's Analyst Day in Boston yesterday. Our overall takeaways are positive. Management tone was optimistic, risks from the PJM 'over-payment' issue...

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (Nasdaq: OMEX) announced today that it intends to engage in an underwritten public offering of 4,000,000 shares of its common stock, subject to an over-allotment option of up to 600,000 additional shares, pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement. The...

According to Gilford Securities, the Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) is downgraded to Hold. Gilford Securities said that DNB is priced at 13.1x '11E P/adj. E compared to 12x-25x historical range, or 1.15x P/E-Growth. "It is inexpensive historically, and as the economy gradually improves, its...

Gilford Securities downgraded Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) from Buy to Hold in a research report published today. Gilford Securities has previously given Dun & Bradstreet an $86 price target. In the report, Gilford Securities states, "If recent discouraging macro trends continue, more...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 58 points to 12,145.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 7.50 points to 1,292.50. Nasdaq 100...

Piper Jaffray is maintaining its Neutral rating and its $88 price target on The Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (NYSE: DNB) after recent meetings with the company's management. In its report, Piper Jaffray writes, “A recent series of meetings with management served to boost our interest in the DNB...

EnerNOC (NASDAQ: ENOC) today announced that it has entered into a contract with PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), to provide 300 megawatts of demand response capacity. By drawing upon its DemandSMART network of commercial, institutional, and industrial...

Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTG) announced today that its subsidiary, AdjustaCam LLC, has entered into a settlement and patent license agreement with Trust International B.V. This agreement resolves patent litigation that was pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern...

Shares of EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC) are higher on the session by 3.52%, trading at $16.78. Overall call volume is now running at 2.44x the daily average, with 55% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,068 contracts have traded on the session so far. EnerNOC, Inc. is a provider...

POINT ROBERTS, Wash., June 6, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal, specializing in sector research including renewable energy stocks, issues a trading alert for smart grid company, EnerNOC, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ENOC), a provider of demand response applications and services....

ADA-ES Inc (NASDAQ: ADES) shares surged 65.40% to $16.54 at 10:40 am. The volume of ADES shares traded was 595% higher than normal. ADA-ES reported a $60 million equity sale in Clean Coal Solutions LLC joint venture to an affiliate of Goldman Sachs. EnerNOC Inc (NASDAQ: ENOC) shares moved up 6.56...

CoStar Group (Nasdaq: CSGP) today announced that NAI Global, the premier network of independent commercial real estate firms and one of the world's largest commercial real estate service providers, has signed a multi-year incentive agreement to increase NAI member firms' use of CoStar services....

SunOpta Inc (NASDAQ: STKL) shares advanced 17.43% to $8.69 in the pre-market session. On CNBC's "Mad Money" Friday show, Jim Cramer said that he likes STKL. Biosante Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: BPAX) shares advanced 7.97% to $3.25 in the pre-market session. BPAX reported lifting of clinical hold...

Wedbush has lowered its price target on EnerNOC Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC) from $11 to $9 based upon uncertainty in the company's future. Says Wedbush, in its report, “FERC filed an Order accepting PJM's proposed rule changes eliminating double counting, and suspending implementation of the rule changes...