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Middleby Falls On Earnings Miss (MIDD)
Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 2:10pm | 103Shares of Middleby (NASDAQ: MIDD) are down after the company missed earnings estimates yesterday after the close. Middleby, which manufactures cooking equipment, said its earned $0.74 per share in the first quarter. Analysts had expected earnings of $0.82 per share. Revenues topped expectations...
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5-13-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 11:55am | 2624Stocks are flat after a report showed improvement in the labor market remains tepid Major indexes had rallied sharply Wednesday as traders returned their focus to the domestic economy as worries about debt problems in Europe began to ease. But Thursday’s unemployment claims report was disappointing...
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Benzinga's After Hours Decliners (FLR, MBI, PCLN)
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 7:03pm | 167Among the notable stocks that have moved lower in after hours trading are Fluor (NYSE: FLS), MBIA (NYSE: MBI), and Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN). All of these stocks are being sold off as a result of disappointing earnings reports. Fluor (FLR) reported EPS of $0.76 compared to Wall Street consensus...
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China Fire & Security (CFSG) Shares Climb Nearly 11%
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 4:52pm | 109Shares of China Fire & Security Group (Nasdaq: CFSG) ended the Monday trading session up 10.89% at $13.90 per share. The day's trading range of China Fire & Security Group was $13.26 to $13.99per share and the company's 52 week trading range is $9.00 to $21.72 per share. Volume of 323,835...
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Top 5 Small-Cap NASDAQ Stocks In The Industrial Goods Sector With The Highest Return On Equity (RINO, SWHC, AAON, MIDD, MTRX)
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 6:44am | 168Below are the top 5 small-cap industrial goods stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of ROE. RINO International Corp (NASDAQ: RINO) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 41.60%. RINO’s quarterly earnings grew by 1,569.40% y/y. Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of...
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Huge News Flash -- US to Back EuroZone
Sunday, May 9, 2010 - 11:40pm | 212It's a binary world right now. How will markets see this, as supportive, or as a sign of how bad things really are or were feared to become...? WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve late Sunday opened a program to ship U.S. dollars to Europe in a move to head off a broader financial crisis on the...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (VTIV, STEC, ERII, NVTL, FSYS)
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 2:28pm | 150inVentiv Health Inc (NASDAQ: VTIV) was downgraded by Caris & Company from “above average” to “average.” VTIV closed at $23.92 yesterday. VTIV has a 52-week trading range of $11.42-$25.30. Wedbush downgraded STEC Inc (NASDAQ: STEC) from “neutral” to “underperform.” STEC’s shares closed at $13.23...
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Fast Money Traders Share Some Buying Opportunities (HPQ, TJX, IBM, FLS, BLK)
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 7:55pm | 151Karen Finerman said on CNBC's Fast Money that she bought shares of Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) and The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) on Thursday. She tried to buy International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) and Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS) but she didn't paid enough. Pete...
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EnPro (NPO) Reports $99 Million In First-Quarter Profit
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 3:47pm | 63EnPro Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NPO) reported its first-quarter results today. The company reported first-quarter profit of $99 million, or $4.83 per share. First-quarter results benefited from a $4.56 per share income from discontinued operations. Sales increased by 23% in the quarter. Shares of...
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Bullish Put Activity in Illinois Tool Works
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 10:36am | 89Shares of Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) are trading up small on the session to $50.20 and long put holders are selling out of their positions, betting the stock continues to rise. The May $45 put was sold on the bid over 2,000 times a short while ago; open interest on that strike is 2,210,...
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Bullish Put Activity in Illinois Tool Works
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 10:36am | 89Shares of Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) are trading up small on the session to $50.20 and long put holders are selling out of their positions, betting the stock continues to rise. The May $45 put was sold on the bid over 2,000 times a short while ago; open interest on that strike is 2,210,...
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Benzinga's After Hours Gainers (FLS, PCS, STX)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 6:20pm | 173Among the notable names that are moving higher in the after hours are Flowserve (NYSE: FLS), MetroPCS Communications (NYSE: PCS) and Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX). Shares of Flowserve (FLS) have jumped 4% to $111.48 in late trading after the company reported better than expected earnings. FLS...
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Flowserve Beats Wall Street Estimates (FLS)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 5:17pm | 134After the closing bell this afternoon, Flowserve (NYSE: FLS) reported that its first-quarter net earnings were $80.22 million or $1.42 per share compared to $92.31 million or $1.64 per share in last year's first quarter. Flowserve's (FLS) earnings per share came in ahead of analysts' estimates...
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Benzinga’s Volume Movers (SENO, AMMD, DGIT, TRS, MASI)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 2:56pm | 206SenoRx Inc (NASDAQ: SENO) shares jumped 13.64% to $11. The volume of SENO shares traded was 8492% higher than normal. Medical device maker C. R. Bard Inc is going to buy SENO, which makes devices used in detecting and treating breast cancer, for about $200 million. American Medical Systems Holdings...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (ESE, AMMD, DTSI, KOPN, CCJ)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 9:42am | 184ESCO Technologies Inc (NYSE: ESE) was upgraded by Ardour Capital from “hold” to “accumulate.” ESE’s shares closed at $28.75 yesterday. ESE’s shares have lost 19.60% year-to-date. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded American Medical Systems Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: AMMD) from “hold” to “buy.” AMMD’s shares closed...