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Susquehanna Raises PT On GPN
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 9:32am | 49Analysts at Susquehanna raise their price target on Global Payments Inc (NYSE: GPN) from $47 to $55. Susquehanna has a “positive” rating on GPN. GPN shares fell 0.69% to close at $46.21 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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2011 Investment Themes
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 4:20am | 9982010 was a great year for the bulls. While many of the bulls were yelling 'V shaped recovery' early in the year, they shut up in the middle of the year when the Greece crisis hit, but then got saved by Mr. Helicopter with his money printing machine (uh, I mean treasury securities purchasing...
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Swipe Shares of Visa in 2011
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 8:05am | 705After the rush of the Christmas holiday shopping season, many of us are reluctant to look at our January credit card bills. With Americans returning to the malls after nearly three years of deep recessionary conditions, this year will certainly be no exception. But while excessive card swiping can...
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Is CSC on the verge of better things?
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 1:11am | 842Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) popped up this weekend on one of our screens at Alert HQ Premium. It was on the short list of stocks that had just raised their dividend and that showed value stock characteristics. CSC just increased their dividend by 33%, going from $0.60 to $0.80. The valuation...
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Watchlist Housekeeping 12-27-2010
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 7:14pm | 806Cusick's Corner The major markets remained quiet throughout today's trading session. This slower week may be a good time to do a little Watchlist housekeeping. Update your Watchlist entries in your optionsXpress account by logging into your account and clicking on Account tab > Alert Manager. You...
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Top Narrow Based Indexes for December 27 (KIRK, RZTI, MA)
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 12:30pm | 186By 11:26 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 31.74 points, or 0.27%, to 11,541.75, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had lost 2.05 points, or 0.16%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 12.71 points, or 0.48%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the...
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Newtek Closes AA Rated Securitization of SBA Small Business Loans
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 10:03am | 58Newtek Business Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEWT) has announced that it has closed on the sale of approximately $23 million of non-guaranteed portions of SBA small business loans into a securitization trust. The sale of the trust notes was handled by Guggenheim Securities, LLC which advised Newtek and...
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Fidelity National Attractive To Oppenheimer
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 8:39am | 160Oppenheimer has published a research report on Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE: FIS) as it believes the company remains highly attractive in terms of risk/reward. In the report, Oppenheimer writes "Following FIS's recent Investor Day and the closing of its Capco acquisition, we are...
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CSC Grows With Acquisitions - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 3:33pm | 693Virginia-based Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) announced that it has taken over CenTauri Solutions LLC. Financial terms of the deal were not divulged. Alexandria, Virginia-based CenTauri supplies a variety of information technology, engineering, systems integration, and intelligence, surveillance...
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MasterCard Trades Lower As Fed Rules Loom
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 3:15pm | 98MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) is trading lower today on the back of continued worry about rules that may drastically cut into their profits. The stock dropped from a recent high of $260.72 to its current price of $217.97. While there is some decent support at $215.00, MasterCard could see...
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CSC Grows With Acquisitions - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 3:00pm | 693Virginia-based Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) announced that it has taken over CenTauri Solutions LLC. Financial terms of the deal were not divulged. Alexandria, Virginia-based CenTauri supplies a variety of information technology, engineering, systems integration, and intelligence, surveillance...
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J.P. Morgan Raises Paychex PT From $28 To $32
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:43pm | 173J.P. Morgan is raising its PT (from $28 to $32) and estimates on Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) following F2Q11 results. Headline numbers were ahead of expectations with continued improvement in key payroll metrics. “Management increased FY11 guidance on positive improvements in metrics and a strong...
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MoneyGram Spreads Out in India - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 12:33pm | 587Expanding its presence in India for over a decade, on December 15, MoneyGram International Inc. (MGI) announced the addition of 4,200 locations in India through alliances with the country's premier nationalized banks such as Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank and Vijaya Bank. By virtue of these alliances...
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MoneyGram Spreads Out in India - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 11:45am | 587Expanding its presence in India for over a decade, on December 15, MoneyGram International Inc. (MGI) announced the addition of 4,200 locations in India through alliances with the country's premier nationalized banks such as Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank and Vijaya Bank. By virtue of these alliances...
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Another Setback for AstraZeneca - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:03am | 679AstraZeneca (AZN) suffered another pipeline setback recently with the company announcing that it no longer intends to develop motavizumab for the prophylaxis of serious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease. The company has requested the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to withdraw the...