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A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 7:31am | 353Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 51 points to 11,989.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 6.70 points to 1,273.00. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 11.25 points to 2,334.75. A Peek Into Global Markets European markets were...
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UPDATE: Cognizant Reports Upbeat Q2 Profit, Issues Upbeat Q3 Projections
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 6:52am | 101Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) reported a 21% rise in its second-quarter net profit. Cognizant's quarterly net profit surged to $208 million, or $0.67 per share, from $172.2 million, or $0.56 per share, in the year-ago period. Its revenue climbed 34% to $1.49 billion. Cognizant...
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Stocks to Watch for Tuesday 8/02/2011: Fresh 52-Week Highs and Lows
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 4:20am | 3164Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Monday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...
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Earnings Scheduled For August 2
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 3:46am | 571Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) is expected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.15 on revenue of $910.14 million. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) is projected to report its FQ4 EPS at $0.85 on revenue of $20.43 billion. Coach Inc (NYSE: COH) is projected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.65 on...
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Acxiom Corporation Reports Inducement Grant under NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5635
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 2:06pm | 254Acxiom Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM), a recognized leader in marketing services and technology, announced today that in connection with the hiring of Scott E. Howe as its Chief Executive Officer and President, and as previously reported in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 27, 2011 with the...
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Merger Arbitrage Mondays – August 1, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 4:28am | 4789Merger activity declined last week with three new deals announced and three closing. You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours. Deal Statistics: Total Number of Deals Closed in 2011 131 Total Number of...
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Stocks to Watch for Monday 8/01/2011: Fresh 52 Week Highs and Lows
Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 10:55pm | 3407Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Friday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...
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STEC Inc Shareholders are Having a Bad Week ($STEC, $EMC, $STX, $WDC)
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 6:00am | 1638Imagine this. On Monday, you invest in a hot tech company with all the right buzzwords: cloud computing, Web 2.0, virtualization, etc. This company, STEC Inc (NASDAQ: STEC) builds solid-state flash-based harddrives for enterprise users. Sure, the company is trading at a pricey 19.5x trailing...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Information Technology Services Industry With The Highest EPS Estimates
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 3:54am | 148Below are the top small-cap information technology services stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) for the next year ending December, 2012 is $3.58 per share. UIS' trailing-twelve-month revenue is...
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Earnings Preview: Analysts Expect Rising Revenue
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 4:11pm | 585Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: CTSH) releases its next round of earnings this Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Tuesday's second quarter earnings announcement. Earnings and Revenue: Wall Street expects a EPS of 66 cents per share and...
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Thursday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 12:15pm | 77Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. MFA Financial (NYSE: MFA) 2,983 puts, 5 calls 2. Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) 4,363 puts, 62 calls 3. ASML Holdings (NASDAQ: ASML) 3,167 puts, 103 calls 4. Helix Energy (NYSE: HLX) 11,789 puts, 405 calls 5. Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE: CY) 12,749 puts,...
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NASDAQ Winners July 27th: Marshall Edwards, Novogen, Acxiom, IAC
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 11:28am | 506POINT ROBERTS, July 28, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on top percentage gainers on the NASDAQ for July 27, 2011. Thursday, Oncology Company, Marshall Edwards, Inc topped the market winners with a gain of over 135%. Marshall...
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Credit Suisse Downgrading ManTech International Corp.
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 9:20am | 171Credit Suisse is out with a research report on ManTech International Corp. (NASDAQ: MANT) and is downgrading shares to Underperform and is lowering its price target to $34 from $41. In a note to clients, Credit Suisse writes, "$Based on results so far this earnings season (see ex. 1), and on some...
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UPDATE: Jefferies Lowers PT on RightNow Technologies
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 8:11am | 93Jefferies has published a report on Rightnow Tech (NASDAQ: RNOW) lowering the price target one dollar and estimating other factors in the company. In the report, Jefferies wrote, "RNOW reported 2Q11 rev/ NG EPS ahead of expectations though current software bookings growth decelerated slightly....
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Bank of America Raises PO On RightNow To $27
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 8:09am | 28Bank of America has raised the price objective on RightNow Technologies (NASDAQ: RNOW) from $17 to $27 and maintains its Underperform rating.