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BB&T Capital Markets Maintains Buy Rating For SAIC (NYSE: SAI)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 9:38am | 258Following the release of the Q4’10 report, analysts at BB&T maintain their Buy rating for SAIC (NYSE: SAI). Analysts were prepared for the numbers in the Q4’10 report and they look to the future in their evaluation of the company. “We believe the primary focus of investors will be on SAI’s FY’...
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U.S. Equity Market Preview (CQB, FSII, HON, LNDC, SAI, ZZ)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 6:52am | 281Shares of the following companies will see some unusual movements in trading on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg. Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB), a marketer and distributor of bananas and other fresh produce, expects first-quarter results to be “substantially lower” than previous...
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Top 5 Stocks For March 30, 2010 (FUL, ZZ, SAI, CHRS, SKS)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 6:59am | 268Analysts expect HB Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) to report an EPS of $0.28 for the latest quarter. FUL will announce the results after the market closes. FUL’s shares gained 1.56% to close at $23.41 yesterday. Read more about this company here. Mattress giant, Sealy Corp (NYSE: ZZ) had forecasted an...
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CSC Gets A Contract Extension - Analyst Blog
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 3:46pm | 524CSC Inc. (CSC) recently received a five-year extension of the information technology (IT) outsourcing agreement with United Technologies Corporation (UTX). From this extension the company will receive an additional monetary benefit of $1.5 billion through December 2019. As per the terms of the...
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CA Completes 3Tera Acquisition - Analyst Blog
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 2:00pm | 499Leading information technology (IT) management software company CA Inc. (CA) has finally declared the completion of the acquisition of a cloud computing company 3Tera Inc. This is the second acquisition that the company has completed, since the Nimsoft Corp. acquisition that was closed on March 17...
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U.S. Equity Market Preview (ACN, EAT, FINL, ORCL, PFE, TIBX)
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 7:13am | 295Shares of the following company may see some unusual movements in trading on Friday, according to Bloomberg. Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN), the global management consulting, technology and outsourcing company, has forecast a full-year profit, which is below analysts’ estimates. Shares of Accenture were...
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Reduce Your Risk In The Initial Public Offering Market With This IPO ETF
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 7:56pm | 2056“Everybody loves the romance of an IPO — a company going public with the potential to deliver huge profits to those investors on the ground floor. But the reality of initial public offerings are very different than the storybook version some traders believe. Trying to research these tiny upstarts...
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Top 5 Stocks For March 25, 2010 (BBY, CAG, SCHL, ORCL, ACN)
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 6:31am | 277Analysts expect big box electronics retailer, Best Buy Co (NYSE: BBY), to post an EPS of $1.79 for the latest quarter. BBY is set to announce its results before the opening bell. BBY gained 0.34% to $41.32 in after hours trading. Read more about this company here. Wall Street expects ConAgra Foods...
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iGate Corporation (IGTE) Maintains Buy Rating
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 3:08pm | 88Analyst Jonathan Maietta at Needham has released an update on iGate Corporation (NASDAQ: IGTE). After conducting checks with a variety of offshore IT service providers, Needham is more comfortable with iGate’s 15.8% revenue growth estimate for 2010. It expects the company to benefit from the...
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Amdocs Acquires MX Telecom - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 1:32pm | 295Amdocs Corp. (DOX) recently completed the acquisition of MX Telecom Ltd, a leading mobile payment and messaging aggregator. The transaction is aimed to boost up Amdocs’ OpenMarket business that provides a state-of-the-art mobile transaction hub. MX Telecom provides infrastructure and connectivity...
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Statoil Wades Further into GoM - Analyst Blog
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 10:16am | 351Norwegian oil major Statoil ASA (STO) yesterday said that the company was the highest bidder on 21 tracts released in Minerals Management Service's (MMS) US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) central area lease sale. Statoil's winning bid is, however, subject to review and final approval by MMS. Statoil aims...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Cummins, Inc., France Telecom, Computer Science Corporation, Accenture and Hewlett-Packard Company - Press Releases
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 8:45am | 1462For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – March 18, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Cummins, Inc. (CMI) as the Bull of the Day and France Telecom (FTE) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Computer Science Corporation (CSC), Accenture (ACN) and Hewlett-...
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CSC Wins Mega Deal - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 4:01pm | 490Leading information technology (IT) company Computer Science Corporation (CSC) has won another major contract. The IT major recently disclosed that it is one among the two chosen companies to be awarded the Visa Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Department of...
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Accenture’s (ACN) Estimates Lowered
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 2:33pm | 138Analysts George Price and Richard Eskelsen at Stifel Nicolaus have released an update on Accenture Plc (NYSE: ACN). Analysts believe that the company’s FY10 revenue guidance faces some risk at the low end due to trends of smaller deal sizes and sluggish client decision making, weak recovery in...
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Top 5 Stocks In The Application Software Industry With The Highest Sales Growth Estimates For The Current Quarter (CPBY, PWRD, CVLT, FNDT, CRM)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 9:18am | 254Below are the top application software stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of sales growth estimates for the current quarter. China Information Security Technology Inc (NASDAQ: CPBY) is likely to achieve 72.2% sales growth in the March quarter. CPBY’s trailing-twelve-months ROE stands at 23....