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Video games maker THQ Inc (NASDAQ: THQI) today cut its fiscal Q1 and annual earnings and sales guidance, as sales of THQI’s UFC Undisputed 2010 were lower than expected and the US dollar has become strong. The Agoura Hills, California-based company now expects a loss of $0.30-$0.20 a share on...

Shares of Perfect World (NASDAQ: PWRD) are higher on the session by 9.75%, currently trading at $24.65. The stock has been drifting lower and lower for the past nine months and is trading just off of a 52-week low. Options traders are favoring the put side today. The June $25 put was sold on the...

Video game producer Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (Nasdaq: TTWO) on Tuesday after the market closed released financial results that beat Wall Street expectations. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc reported that it swung to a fiscal 2nd quarter net income of $16.8 million, or 20 cents per share...

Technology stocks had a bumpy ride on the Wall Street today, as the sector struggled to avert losses after it closed in the red yesterday. By 1:10 pm, Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) had slipped 0.73% to $249.12. Yesterday, Apple introduced its smartphone’s latest version, iPhone 4. The devise will...

Carl Icahn is accumulating shares There's a massive buzz going on in the video-game community. A video game called "Red Dead Redemption" is flying off the shelves. It's an action-adventure western that takes place in the early 1900s. You ride horses, kill the bad guys, play poker, and occasionally...

Cusick’s Corner The market is challenging the downtrend, but it has been on light volume. Watch the resistance level of 1087 on the ESM10 – can be broken and challenge a downtrend line that has not been broken in the last 5 trading sessions. If there can be a late day breakout through this...

OmniVision Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: OVTI) shares gained 6.75% to $19.45 by 3:04 pm. The volume of OVTI shares traded was 650% higher than normal. OVTI has been upgraded by Needham from “buy” to “strong buy.” Diamond Foods Inc (NASDAQ: DMND) shares climbed 6.85% to $42.10 by 3:04 pm. The volume of...

We have seen some interesting research on the highly under-followed online gaming sector in China from the research team at Auriga.  Some of the trends will be very disturbing for growth investors who chase 8% and 10% GDP just because “it is China.”  Companies such as Giant Interactive Group, Inc...

Shares of Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) are trading lower on the session by 2.33%, currently at $15.90. The stock has been falling sharply as of late and shares are trading well below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. I am seeing put buying in the name today with traders coming for the June...

Shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) are lower on the session by 2.15%, currently trading $10.03. The stock has been on a slow-motion train wreck over the past few weeks and is now trading well below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. $10 is historical support, however, though it...

Some of the top earnings next week are Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB), Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL), TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO), Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL), NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (...

Below are the top 5 Internet software and services stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of profit margins. The trailing-twelve-month profit margins of Sina Corp (NASDAQ: SINA) is 114.87%. SINA’s quarterly earnings grew by 1,379.10% year-over-year. The trailing-twelve-month profit margins of Shanda...