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On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) reported a “nasty quarter. It almost yields 4%. At 4% you can start buying." Cramer likes Airgas (NYSE: ARG) and its CEO, Peter McClausland. He added, “I think that stock won't go much lower." He...

Piper Jaffray downgraded Hallmark Financial Services Inc (NASDAQ: HALL) from “overweight” to “neutral.” HALL's shares closed at $7.05 on Friday. Hallmark Financial's PEG ratio is -2.13. Robert W. Baird downgraded Heartland Express Inc (NASDAQ: HTLD) from “outperform” to “neutral.” HTLD's shares...

Yahoo! Inc (YHOO) prized investment in Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has turned into a stock market millstone. Alibaba's recently disclosed spinoff of an online-payment unit called Alipay is raising worries about the value of Yahoo's 43 percent stake in Alibaba. Alibaba Group...

Jefferies is out with its report today on Ryder System (NYSE: R), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Jefferies writes, "We hosted management meetings with Ryder. With earnings 50% below past-peak and late-cycle fundamentals just starting to turn, we say: BUY RYDER." At the time of posting,...

Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A) is projected to report its FQ2 EPS at $0.65 on revenue of $1.60 billion. Sinovac Biotech Ltd (NASDAQ: SVA) is expected to post its Q1 earnings at $0.01 per share on revenue of $4.52 million. China Advanced Construction Materials Group Inc (NASDAQ: CADC) is...

Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) today announced that Robert J. Eck, President and Chief Executive Officer of Anixter International, Inc. (NYSE: AXE) has been elected to its Board of Directors.

Cusick's Corner The mood in the market is more upbeat. Short-term market action broke through resistance of 1350 on the June S&P500 future which means that this move to the upside might have a fighting chance. Small Cap and Mid Cap stocks have been leading this market's move higher. Most...

U.S. stock index futures are pointing to a higher open this morning after Chinese trade data came in near the strong end of the expected range and investors became increasingly optimistic on the economic recovery. It looks like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is nearing the biggest buyout in their 36-...

Cusick's Corner A few readers have asked me to explain the definition of an index. An index is a grouping of stocks used to track and represent a sector, segment of the market, or a broad market, such as the Standard & Poor's 500. The S&P500 (SPX) is one of the world's best known indexes...

Cusick's Corner Buyers are flexing their muscles into the Midday after what seemed to be a potentially shaky open with the Dollar firming and the S&P downgrade of Greece. While the commodity sector will need some more economic confidence building before Funds and Specs come back into those...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has surpassed Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) as the world's most valuable brand. I just assumed there was an app for that. Hertz Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) announced it would raise its offer for Dollar Thrifty Auto Group Inc. (NYSE: DTG) to $72 per share in cash and stock...

Shares of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (NYSE: DTG) are higher on the session by 13.12%, currently trading at $78.83. The stock has been moving higher all session long after Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) made a renewed bid for the auto rental company. Hertz is offering $57.60 in cash plus .8546 HTZ shares...

Shares of Dollar Thrifty Automotive (NYSE: DTG) are surging 13% from yesterday's close to $78.69, as rival car rental company Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) Global offered to buy the company for $72 per share ($57.60 in cash and 0.8546 in stock). This offer by Hertz is the latest in the string of offers made...

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. (NYSE:DTG) is trading at a price of $78.66 its shares added almost 13% after Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE:HTZ) raised its offer to buy the rival car-rental company. Hertz Global Holdings is trading at a price of $16.52. Currently, the company has a Market...

Best 1) Sino Clean Energy (NASDAQ: SCEI): Trading up 26.2% from Friday's close to $2.64. Sino Clean announced a $20 million share repurchase program to take place over the next twelve months. 2) Fuwei Films (NASDAQ: FFHL): Trading up 23% from Friday's close to $3.42. Shares of Fuwei have broken...