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Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS), initiating CTAS at Hold. In a note to clients, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "We are initiating coverage of Cintas Corporation with a Hold, or neutral, rating on the shares. Cintas is a market leading provider of uniform rentals and...

Below are the top small-cap processing systems & products stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Plantronics Inc (NYSE: PLT) is $683.60 million. PLT's PEG ratio is 1.07. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Schawk Inc (NYSE: SGK) is $456.15...

Shares of Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) are lower on the session by 11.43%, trading at $23.02. Overall put volume is now running at 198x the daily average, with 52% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,980 contracts have traded on the session so far. Corrections...

Best 1) Orthovita (NASDAQ: VITA): Trading up 40.1% from Friday's close to $3.82. Orthovita is set to be acquired by Stryker (NYSE: SYK) for $3.85 per share in cash. The deal is valued at $316 million. 2) CNinsure (NASDAQ: CISG): Trading up 30.3% from Friday's close to $17.15. CNinsure received an...

By Jeff, of Hedge Fund Live - EnerNOC (ENOC), the company that develops and provides clean and intelligent power solutions to commercial, institutional and industrial customers is up 22% today after being upgraded by Credit Suisse. Looking at the chart above you can see the name is really...

CNinsure Inc (NASDAQ: CISG) shares moved up 29.94% to $17.10 at 10:30 am. The volume of CISG shares traded was 1031% higher than normal. CISG's Board of Directors received a preliminary non-binding going private proposal. SIGA Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: SIGA) shares rose 5.00% to $14.90. The volume...

Shares of Rowan Companies Inc (NYSE: RDC) gained about 3.6% after Joy Global Inc (NASDAQ: JOYG) agreed to acquire LeTourneau Technologies Inc from Rowan Companies for $1.1 billion in cash. The deal has been approved by boards of directors of both the companies. Joy Global expects the deal to...

Orthovita Inc. (VITA) agreed to be acquired by Stryker Corp. (SYK) for a $3.85 a share in cash in a deal valued at $316 million. Lowe's Cos. (LOW) estimated that for the fiscal second quarter ending July 29, it would earn 65 cents to 69 cents a share on 4% higher total sales and 2% higher same-...

CCA (NYSE: CXW) announced today its Board of Directors has authorized an increase in the aggregate amount the Company may repurchase under its previously announced share repurchase program from $250.0 million to $350.0 million. The Company's Board also authorized the extension of the share...

CNinsure Inc (NASDAQ: CISG) shares surged 24.16% to $16.34 in the pre-market session. CISG's Board of Directors received a preliminary non-binding going private proposal. Telestone Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: TSTC) shares advanced 18.53% to $8.25 in the pre-market session. TSTC reported a 30.0%...

FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN), the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value, today announced that its Communications, Media and Entertainment specialty practice has entered into a strategic agreement with Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq:...

Iron Mountain Inc (NYSE: IRM) agreed to sell its online backup & recovery, digital archiving and eDiscovery solutions to Autonomy Corp (OTC: AUTNF) for $380 million cash. The deal is likely to close within 45 to 60 days. “This transaction is another significant step in delivering on the...

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...

Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC) today announced that Glass Lewis & Co., LLC and Egan-Jones Proxy Services have recommended that its clients support Mac-Gray's incumbent director nominees. The two firms have advised that shareholders vote for Chairman Thomas Bullock and Directors William...

Zanett Inc. (ZANE) is trading at a price of $1.07 , a dramatic change of 0.06 with % change of 5.95 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 9.91M Marchex Inc. (MCHX) is trading at a price of...