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M&A News: eBay Buys GSI Commerce, Salesforce Picks Up Radian6
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 12:52pm | 878By Damian Thompson No, CSI is not developing a third offshoot of its show to feature Commerce, California. And no David Caruso isn't taking his “talents” away from South Beach. It is GSI not CSI, as eBay (EBAY) purchased GSI Commerce this week in its second-largest acquisition ever and Salesforce...
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Four Breakout Stocks To Buy Today
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 10:10am | 218Originally posted by Mark M. on Hedge Fund Live - The trend is stocks are moving higher and as the saying goes the trend is your friend. When a stock breaks out from resistance, the initial push is usually strong, then the momentum fades but as long as the stock stays above that last resistance...
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Silver Setting Up....Again
Sunday, April 3, 2011 - 5:14pm | 163A lot of people out there are saying ENOUGH ALREADY. This parabolic run is in need of a pullback, right? Maybe it is, but I just don't see any signs of weakness.As long as the bid is strong, I'll continue to play the setups. If silver takes out 38 this week, EXK and SVM look ready to breakout to...
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3M Acquires Certain Assets and Builds on Relationship with Zargis Medical Corp
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 12:32pm | 443M (NYSE: MMM) announced today it has acquired certain assets of Zargis Medical Corp., maker of the only FDA-approved diagnostic software to classify suspected systolic and diastolic heart murmurs. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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GE Healthcare Names New President & CEO of Healthcare IT (GE)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 11:05am | 25General Electric (NYSE: GE) names Jan De Witte as new president and CEO of GE Healthcare IT
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XYRATEX Announces Results For First Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 (XRTX)
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 4:09pm | 720XYRATEX (Nasdaq: XRTX) Announces Results For First Quarter Fiscal Year 2011. Xyratex leading provider of enterprise class data storage subsystems and hard disk drive capital equipment, today announced results for the first fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2011. Revenues for the first quarter were...
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Association of German Utilities Awards GE a €300 Million Contract
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 8:59am | 118An association of four German utilities has selected GE's (NYSE: GE) advanced 109FB combined-cycle technology to help meet the flexible operating and efficiency requirements of the new Mittelsbüren power plant located near Bremen, Germany. Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Bremen GmbH & Co. KG, which...
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Red Flag – Copper Pulling Back 03-30-2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 3:27pm | 964Cusick's Corner The bulls are on the loose and I am not one to get in front of a raging bull. Big Money, those managers who washed their hands of this market 10 sessions ago are feeling enough remorse and are back in, more so than the typical window dressing that we typically we see at month's...
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Textron's Greenlee Acquires Majority Stake of Shanghai-Based Endura Tools
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 10:00am | 66Greenlee, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company today announced that it has acquired 51 percent of Shanghai Endura Tools Company, Ltd., a provider of hand tools for the home center, construction, industrial manufacturing and automotive channels. Based in Shanghai, China, Endura employs approximately...
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (LEN, PHG, DELL, GSIC)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 8:20am | 130Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN) was downgraded by Ticonderoga from "buy" to "neutral." LEN's shares closed at $19.07 yesterday. Lennar's PEG ratio is 7.08. BofA/Merrill downgraded Koninklijke Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) from “buy” to “neutral.” PHG's stock closed at $31.87 yesterday. PHG's...
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Citi Reiterates Buy Rating On GE
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 7:26am | 102Citi is reiterating its Buy rating on shares of General Electric (NYSE: GE). “GE's agreement to acquire Converteam for $3.2 billion represents its fifth bolt-on Energy deal in the past six months, consistent with management's initiative to allocate capital to its core infrastructure platforms,”...
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Top Water Purification and Desalination Stocks
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 11:07pm | 558Radioactive substances leaking into the Japanese water supply has drawn attention to water in general. According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Water, almost a billion people will not have enough water by the year 2050. This is causing investors to look...
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Walter Energy Up 3% (WLT)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 1:36pm | 71Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WLT) shares are moving sharply higher today, gaining more than 3% on heavy volume. At last check, shares of Walter Energy were up $3.93 to $132.72 on 1.8 million shares. Walter Energy, Inc. produces and exports metallurgical coal for the steel industry primarily in the...
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Philips Wins Award for Luminaire (PHG)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 11:03am | 95Reinforcing its leadership in LED lighting solutions, Philips (NYSE: PHG) has received Red Dot product design and product innovation awards for its Jump luminaire from Philips Ledalite. Jump is a high performance direct luminaire which combines architectural elements, integrated technologies and...
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A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 7:34am | 423Pre-open movers US stock futures are slightly higher this morning, as investors are awaiting data on home prices and consumer confidence. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 18 points to 12,132.00 and S&P 500 index futures climbed 1.80 points to 1,304.00. Nasdaq 100 futures rose...