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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (ARCC, GNVC, RINO, KTEC, PALM, AIXG)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 9:52am | 289Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) decreased $0.40 or 3.04% to $12.75 in the pre-market session. Ares Capital Corporation announced yesterday that it plans to make a public offering of 19,000,000 shares of its common stock. The 52-week trading range for ARCC is $3.12 - $14.32. Ares Capital...
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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks In The Conglomerates Sector With The Highest Revenue Estimates (GE, UTX, MMM, PPG, DHR)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 7:36am | 222Below are the top 5 large-cap conglomerates stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of revenue estimates. The 2010 revenue estimate for General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) is $152.34 billion. Oppenheimer upgraded GE from “perform” to “outperform.” Read more on this stock. The 2009 revenue estimate...
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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks In The Conglomerates Sector With The Highest Gross Margins (DHR, MMM, PPG, GE, UTX)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 6:56am | 221Below are the top 5 large-cap conglomerates stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of gross margins. The trailing-twelve-month gross margins at Danaher Corp (NYSE: DHR) are 47.75%. FBR Capital upgraded DHR from “market perform” to “outperform.” Read more on this stock. The trailing-twelve-month...
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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks In The Conglomerates Sector With The Highest Cash (GE, UTX, MMM, DHR, PPG)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 6:45am | 243Below are the top 5 large-cap conglomerates stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of cash. The total cash at General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) stood at $61.37 billion in the latest quarter. Oppenheimer upgraded GE from “perform” to “outperform.” Read more on this stock. The total cash at United...
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Fast Money Picks For January 26th (VIP, AMGN, FLS, FTO)
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 7:31pm | 138Tim Seymour said on CNBC's Fast Money Final Trade that he is bullish on Vimpel-Communications (ADR) (NYSE: VIP). Guy Adami is watching Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN). If it falls at $53.50 on a disappointing guidance he would buy it. Amgen (AMGN) fell 1.57% today and closed at $55.71. Karen Finerman...
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Eaton (ETN) Beats Market Consensus
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 1:32pm | 97Eaton (NYSE: ETN) reported better-than-expected earnings. The company is a leading manufacturer of hydraulics, truck transmissions and electrical control systems. Eaton reported a 29% increase in net profits, from $163 million last year to the current figure of $211 million. However, its revenue...
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Company News for January 25, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 10:26am | 161• Walmart (NYSE:WMT) reported plans to cut about 11,200 jobs, or 10% of its Sam's Club workforce • Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) co-founders, Page and Brin, are slated to sell $5.5 billion in company shares over the next five years • Eaton (NYSE:ETN) reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.25, two cents...
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Earnings Overview For Companies Reporting Today (ETN, HAL, DGX, ERIC, TXN, AMGN, AAPL)
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 9:34am | 390More than 25% of S&P 500 companies are scheduled to post results this week, including Dow components Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), DuPont (NYSE: DD) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ). The round-up of some of the heavyweight companies due to report results today are: Before the bell:...
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Benzinga’s Earnings Roundup (CNH, ETN, DGX, HAL, PVTB, SEE)
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 9:02am | 447CNH Global N.V. (ADR) (NYSE: CNH) reported today a fourth-quarter profit of $28 million, or $0.12 per share on sales of $3.21 billion. Analysts expected CNH Global N.V. (ADR) to report earnings of $0.01 per share. The 52-week trading range for CNH is $5.69 - $29.11. CNH closed at $25.48 in the last...
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Stocks That Have Hiked Their Dividend In The Week Ending January 22, 2010 (EPHC, CVS, PNR, LNT, SJR, LLTC)
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 8:51am | 337Epoch Holding (NASDAQ: EPHC) shares closed at $10.28, down 5.95%. EPHC had raised its dividend by 66.7% and its current dividend yield stands at 1.80%.Read more on this stock. CVS Caremark Cp (NYSE: CVS) shares fell 1.80% to $33.24. CVS had raised its dividend by 14.8%, bringing its yield to 1%....
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Top 5 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Industrial Goods Sector With The Highest Revenue Estimates (FLR, CNH, ITT, SAI, X)
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 8:45am | 277Below are the top 5 mid-cap industrial goods stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of revenue estimates. The 2009 revenue estimate for Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is $21.98 billion. FLR’s market capitalization is $8.33 billion. The trailing-twelve-month ROE for FLR stands at 24.92%. Read...
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Top 5 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Industrial Goods Sector With The Highest Cash (ITT, WY, FLR, X, CNH)
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 8:02am | 282Below are the top 5 mid-cap industrial goods stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of cash. The total cash at ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) stands at $1.35 billion. ITT’s market capitalization is $9.03 billion. ITT’s shares have gained just 9.04% over the past 52 weeks, as compared to a 34.92%...
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ITT Corp. – Good Value in a Defensive Name
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 2:17pm | 59ITT Corporation (ITT), is a diversified company engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of a range of engineered products. The Company’s three principal business segments are: Defense Electronics & Services, Fluid Technology and Motion & Flow Control. The Defense Electronics &...
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Parker Hannifin Gives The Market A Pleasant Surprise
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 11:09am | 189The earnings of Parker Hannifin Corp (NYSE: PH) fell by a third for FQ2. The results were still much better than the analysts had estimated, as business improved sequentially. The maker of motion control technology for manufacturing and aerospace said that its earnings in this typically weakest...
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Company News for January 19, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 10:07am | 305• After months of wrangling over price, Kraft (NYSE:KFT) raised its bid to $19.5 billion and Cadbury’s (NYSE:CBY) board recommended its acceptance • Tyco (NYSE:TYC) plans to buy Brink's Home Security (NYSE:CFL) for $2 billion, with Tyco paying $42.50 in cash and stock • Tyco (NYSE:TYC) yesterday...