Application Software

Esterline Technologies (NYSE: ESL) -11.20% after lower than expected earnings that were reported yesterday after the close. AsiaInfo-Linkage (NASDAQ: ASIA) -6.91% on heavy volume. rue21 (NASDAQ: RUE) -6.71% on heavy volume. PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM) -5.43% on heavy volume. Informatica Corporation...

Morgan Keegan is out with its report today on salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), maintaining Outperform. In its report, Morgan Keegan writes, "We advise investors to buy CRM shares at the current price and even more aggressively on dips because we believe its business model is fairly well insulated from...

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that its Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search apps for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad have made their debut in Russia, supporting the Russian language. Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search have experienced rapid adoption and expansion across...

Jefferies & Co. is out with a research report on salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) and is lowering its price target to $156 from $160, but is keeping its Buy rating on shares. In a note to clients, salesforce.com writes, "We believe management sound incrementally bullish about sustaining revenue...

Deutsche Bank is out with its report today on salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), reiterating Buy. In its report, Deutsche Bank writes, "Day 1 of DreamForce 2011 brought with it the typical fanfare of salesforce.com and drew 45k total attendees (~25k paying), 50% more than in 2010. We believe that the...

Piper Jaffray is out with a research report on salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) and it has an Overweight rating and a $183 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We walk away incrementally positive after attending day one of Dreamforce. Attendance reached spectacular...

Evercore Partners is out with a research report on salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) and it has an Overweight rating and a $165 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Evercore Partners writes, "As we highlighted in our “Beyond The Cloud” report earlier this week, which focused on the social...

Jefferies & Company has lowered the price target on Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) from $160 to $156 and maintains its Buy rating.

DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) +5.40% - hearing reports saying that the company may consider selling itself after building spectrum. Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI) -5.00% after Citigroup lowers the company's PT to $15. Standard Pacific (NYSE: SPF) -5.17% on low volume. bebe stores (NASDAQ:...

Shares of SuccessFactors (NASDAQ: SFSF) are lower on the session by 0.28%, currently trading at $23.16. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while ago the...

SMART Technologies (NASDAQ: SMT) +7.08% on heavy volume. E TRADE Financial (NASDAQ: ETFC) +7.73% on average volume. Crosstex Energy (NASDAQ: XTXI) +5.59% on heavy volume. Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) +5.00% on Goldman Sachs upgrade to Neutral. TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ:...

Shares of Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) are higher on the session by 0.56%, currently trading at $25.33. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while ago the...

Shares of Concur Technologies (NASDAQ: CNQR) are higher on the session by 6.18%, currently trading at $42.67. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three weeks and is currently testing the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while ago the...

Shares of Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB) are higher on the session by 1.99%, currently trading at $42.12. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past two months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the October...

Wells Fargo is out with its report today on Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS), initiating CTXS at Outperform. In its report, Wells Fargo writes, "We are initiating coverage of Citrix with an Outperform rating on the shares and a valuation range of $65-70. Citrix is a leading provider of infrastructure...