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Geo Group (GEO) Shares Surge 4%
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 12:37pm | 57Shares of The Geo Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO) surged this morning on news that the company announced an $80 million stock repurchase program. The company also reported 1st quarter guidance that was in line with analysts' estimates. Shortly before noon, the shares were up more than 4% for the day at $20.
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Iron Mountain (IRM) Buys Mimosa Systems For $112 Million
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 11:37am | 86Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) announced on Monday that it had acquired Mimosa Systems Inc. for $112 million. Mimosa Systems provides on-site digital storage services. Iron Mountain has spent nearly $800 over the last five years on acquisitions in order to expand its role in the digital storage...
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ENOC Initiated With Hold
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 11:40am | 53Analysts at Deutsche Bank initiate coverage of EnerNOC (NYSE: ENOC) with a “hold” rating. The target price for ENOC is set to $26. ENOC’s share price rose 0.30% to close at $33.77 on Friday. Read more about the market
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (ISIS, ULTI, TUES, MU, EXBD)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 10:01am | 207Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NYSE: ISIS) plunged 17.12% to $9.15 in the pre-market session. ISIS closed at $8.98 yesterday. The 52-week trading range for ISIS is $9.77-$18.81. Isis Pharmaceuticals has lost 19.17% so far in the year. The Ultimate Software Group, Inc (NASDAQ: ULTI) tumbled 7.07% to $26...
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 3, Week 28
Monday, February 15, 2010 - 3:01pm | 1799Year 3, Week 28 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 78.1% (v 83.5% last week) 20 long bias: 13.8% (v 7.8% last week) 5 short bias: 8.1% (v 8.7% last week) [Includes 2 'long dollar' positions...
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EnerNOC (ENOC) Beats Estimates; Guides Down for Q1 2010 But Flat for the Year
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 9:00am | 1074When analyzing a company you have to worry about 2 things: (a) how the company is doing and (b) how the company is doing in relation to Wall Street analyst estimates. While item (a) should be far mroe important, with the casino type trading action based on "beating estimates" (b) has become far...
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Corrected: Two Small Bio Stocks Ready To Blast: Spherix Incorporated (NASDAQ:SPEX)
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 3:07pm | 627After talking about the amazing potential of both Spherix Incorporated (NASDAQ: SPEX) and Labopharm Inc. (NASDAQ: DDSS), I was in touch with Spherix Inc. management. They kindly alerted me to one error in my previous article and also to some new information. In my article I had mentioned that...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (ISIS, ULTI, TUES, MU, EXBD)
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 9:03am | 207Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NYSE: ISIS) plunged 17.12% to $9.15 in the pre-market session. ISIS closed at $8.98 yesterday. The 52-week trading range for ISIS is $9.77-$18.81. Isis Pharmaceuticals has lost 19.17% so far in the year. The Ultimate Software Group, Inc (NASDAQ: ULTI) tumbled 7.07% to $...
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Two Small Bio Stocks Ready To Blast: Labopharm Inc. (NASDAQ:DDSS), Spherix Inc. (NASDAQ:SPEX)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 2:43pm | 434As I look over the destruction in the small cap biotech arena recently, I cannot help but come to the conclusion that these two small cap biotech stocks are undervalued. Both stocks are way off their highs when great drug news was recently revealed. Each has pulled back by close to, if not more...
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Corrections Corporation Of America’s (CXW) Fourth-Quarter Preview
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 6:04pm | 98Analysts at RBC Capital Markets have released an update on Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW). The company will report results for the fourth-quarter tomorrow. Analysts expect the company to report results in line with expectations. However, analysts do not expect any positive impact...
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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ (RBA) Price Target Lowered
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 3:09pm | 115Analysts Jamie Sullivan and Michael Shlisky at RBC Capital Markets have lowered the price target for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE: RBA) from $25 to $20. Analysts believe Orlando is the best-single auction indicator of the health of the company’s markets. Analysts expect Orlando GAP to decline...
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CTAS Remains Committed To Cost Cutting, Enhancing Cash Flows
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 2:51pm | 138Analyst John Healy of Northcoast Research maintains his "buy" rating on Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS). The target price for CTAS is set to $32. Cintas has indicated that its top-line growth will be linked to the economic recovery, which is expected to be a slow and gradual process. “CTAS believes that over...
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Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (DNB) To Test Support Level Of $68.40
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 1:55pm | 117Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (NYSE: DNB), a leading company that provides risk management solutions to companies on a worldwide scale, has continued to plunge lower for the fourth successive session by Monday mid-day trading, as it has already shed another 2.3%. Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (DNB) was...
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None of Last Week's Stop Loss Longs Look Particulary Attractive Yet
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 1:36pm | 681We entered last week with 4 major long positions, having been stopped out of some 15-20 others in the previous few weeks. Since these were the last to go, I am keeping a close eye on them to push back in to at least give us some long exposure. While other names might jump more on an any further...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (BMRN, AMB, DNB, ARG, HK)
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 10:21am | 260BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) declined 0.62% to $19.37 in the pre-market session after BioMarin Pharmaceutical was downgraded by Brean Murray to Hold from Buy. The 52-week trading range for BMRN is $9.93 - $21.50. BioMarin Pharmaceutical closed at $19.49 in the previous trading...