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Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) and Bayer Technology Services GmbH, have signed a new enterprise agreement for the global use of Autodesk software.

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that it acquired Webmedx, the #1 KLAS-ranked transcription services provider.

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Wednesday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD):...

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa) (NYSE: JWb) and Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today a new global partnership that will enable institutions running the Blackboard Learn platform to seamlessly access Wiley's rich collection of learning content and tools – including the popular...

Cusick's Corner Thanks Uncle Ben. The Fed chief spoke and the market interpreted his comments as well, bullish (QE3?). You got to love expiration week, the week when anything can happen. Back when I was on the trading floor, during Expiration week we wanted risk tied up by Wednesday so that if we...

Shares of Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) are higher on the session by 2.18%, currently trading at $38.04. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the...

Shares of Ebix (NASDAQ: EBIX) are lower on the session by 8.73%, trading at $17.78. Overall put volume is now running at 10.17x the daily average, with 68% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 7,953 contracts have traded on the session so far. Ebix, Inc. is an international supplier...

Shares of Ebix (NASDAQ: EBIX) are lower on the session by 4.31%, trading at $18.64. Overall put volume is now running at 3.31x the daily average, with 81% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,592 contracts have traded on the session so far. Ebix, Inc. is an international supplier...

According to J.P. Morgan, Quest Software (NASDAQ: QSFT) negatively preannounced 2Q earnings and lowered its full year outlook. J.P. Morgan said that the Overweight rating is reiterated. “We continue to rate QSFT Overweight with a $28 price target based on a blended average of Scenarios 2 and 3 of...

Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA) today announced TSMC has included the QCP extractor in TSMC's quarterly EDA qualification report for 28-nanometer integrated circuits. This qualification gives designers additional confidence in using QCP to address the increasing complexity of ICs...

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) is trading over 2.70% lower near $23.5 after it was announced that the company had purchased PopCap Games. Tibco Software (NASDAQ: TIBX) is trading over 2.50% lower near $29.09 after it was announced that the company's COO had filed to sell 65k shares. Capital One...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Tuesday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) Adventrx Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: ANX...

Shares of Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA) are lower on the session by 1.97%, currently trading at $58.21. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago the...

Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ: CBSH) is trading down nearly 59% after being cut to Underperform by Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. Sourcefire (NASDAQ: FIRE) is trading down over 58% after being cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS. Wolverine World (NYSE: WWW) is trading down over 7.50% despite beating...

Comprehensive Earnings Preview for Google for Thursday, July 14, 2011. Now's the time to start prepping for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)! Don't be caught off-guard: The company releases its next round of earnings this Thursday, July 14, 2011. Want to get caught up before Thursday's earnings release? We...