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Applied Materials Reports Earnings: Shares Flat in the After-Hours
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 4:33pm | 115Shares of Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) are trading flat in the after-hours after the company reported earnings that beat Street estimates. Applied Materials said that Q2 EPS came in at $0.22 on revenue of $2.3 billion. Revenues rose by 24.3% year over year and beat the Street estimate of...
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Applied Materials Beats Estimates (AMAT)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 4:25pm | 108Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) released their quarterly earnings after the bell this afternoon. The company reported net income of $264 million, or $0.20 per share versus a loss of $255.39 million, or $0.19 per share in the year ago period. On a non-GAAP basis, which is comparable to consensus...
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Piper Jaffray Notes "Compelling Entry Point" for Veeco (VECO)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 12:03pm | 167After a large sell-off of shares of Veeco Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO), analysts at Piper Jaffray say that the jitters that prompted it are no reason to get out of the stock. In fact, they "believe the sell-off has created a compelling entry point." VECO sold off because investors feared that...
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AMAT May Get $2.8 Billion-Worth Of Orders
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 10:47am | 208Analysts at Citigroup maintain their "hold" rating on Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT), while raising their estimates for the company. The target price for AMAT is set to $14. Although AMAT hasn’t provided any order guidance, the analysts “see orders potentially as high as $2.8B on the back of...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Gainers (GERN, MSPD, ENG, QGEN, ASML)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 10:00am | 209Geron Corp (NASDAQ: GERN) soared 4.80% to $5.68 in the pre-market session. GERN announced positive data on TAT153, its orally available small molecule telomerase activator in an animal model of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Mindspeed Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: MSPD) added 2.36% to $9.10 in...
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Photronics (PLAB) Surges 10% In After Hours Trading
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 7:25pm | 108Shares of imaging technology company Photronics, Inc (Nasdaq: PLAB) were up nearly 10% in after hours trading at $5.40 per share. The company's shares had fallen nearly 6% during the earlier Tuesday trading session. Photronics, Inc said it swung to a fiscal 2nd quarter profit of 14 cents per share...
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Top After-Hours Movers (PLAB, CECO, IMOS, WSTL, NYX, HAFC)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 5:44pm | 388Reuters: Senate Democrats are fighting over financial reform. Reuters: Fishing bans are growing in the Gulf. Reuters: GM will stop paying union employees who quit. Reuters: The euro fell after Germany banned certain types of short selling.Reuters: Oil dropped below $68. Reuters: Google...
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H-P, Fade to Black (HPQ, CSCO, IBM, DELL)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 4:39pm | 388Reuters: Senate Democrats are fighting over financial reform. Reuters: Fishing bans are growing in the Gulf. Reuters: GM will stop paying union employees who quit. Reuters: The euro fell after Germany banned certain types of short selling.Reuters: Oil dropped below $68. Reuters: Google...
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CBOE IPO Terms Becoming More Clear (CBOE)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 3:47pm | 388Reuters: Senate Democrats are fighting over financial reform. Reuters: Fishing bans are growing in the Gulf. Reuters: GM will stop paying union employees who quit. Reuters: The euro fell after Germany banned certain types of short selling.Reuters: Oil dropped below $68. Reuters: Google...
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Tight Risk Parameters Key 05-14-2010
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 2:46pm | 835Cusick’s Corner This is a “Tale of Two Cities” or should I say continents. The US landscape is improving, while the EU is just getting torn up. We are in the search for the lows -- look for 1125 as support. If the market does hold this 1125 level, then we could see a possible bounce going into...
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Bears Target Teradyne Inc.
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 1:05pm | 99Shares of Teradyne Inc. (NYSE: TER) are falling today, currently off by 6.48% to $10.97. The stock has now blown through the 50-day moving average as well as a bullish upward-trending pattern. Options traders are also buying puts in the name, namely the October $10 put, which was purchased more...
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Stocks That Crossed 52-Week Highs (IPXL, INTT, IIN, IRBT)
Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 2:34pm | 181Impax Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ: IPXL) crossed its earlier 52-week high of $20.16 and created a new 52-week high of $20.25, up 0.60% at 1:33 pm. IPXL’s March quarter earnings was 303.90% higher than anticipated. inTest Corp (NASDAQ: INTT) was another stock that made a new 52-week high at $4.55,...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (PCLN, VISN, CRXL, ASML, ERIC)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 8:37am | 162priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) lost 12.70% to $218.03 in the pre-market session. PCLN has reported a sharp y/y increase in its Q1 earnings and revenues. VisionChina Media, Inc (NASDAQ: VISN) tumbled 7.87% to $3.51 in the pre-market session. Analysts at Auriga upgraded VISN from “sell” to...
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MEMC Upgraded to “Buy” at Wunderlich
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 12:33pm | 117Wunderlich Securities just upgraded shares of MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR) to “Buy” with a $15.00 price target. Analysts at Wunderlich said that they have confidence in rising revenue in the company’s core business and that the current valuation of 3x cash appears to offer more upside...
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AEIS Initiated With Buy At Merriman
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 6:59am | 43Analysts at Merriman Curhan Ford initiate coverage of Advanced Energy (NASDAQ: AEIS) with a "buy" rating. AEIS moved down 5.76% to close at $12.93 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here