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Companies Trading Higher After Releasing Earnings
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 11:11am | 81RSC Holdings (NYSE: RRR) is trading nearly 15% higher after reporting Q2 earnings. Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is trading over 14% higher after reporting Q2 Earnings after Thursday's close. Celestica (NYSE: CLS) is trading up over 9.60% after reporting earnings. Entegris (NASDAQ: ENTG) is...
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Options Brief: Varian Semiconductor
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 10:57am | 85Shares of Varian Semiconductor (NASDAQ: VSEA) are lower on the session by 0.47%, trading at $60.78. Overall put volume is now running at 3.12x the daily average, with 64% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,131 contracts have traded on the session so far. Varian Semiconductor...
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Pre-Market Winners
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 8:15am | 105athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) is trading up over 11% after reporting Q2 earnings. Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) is trading up over 10% after reporting earnings. Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) is trading up near 9% after reporting earnings. Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is trading up over 8% after...
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Jefferies Upgrading Kulicke & Soffa
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 7:44am | 131Jefferies & Co. is out with a research report on Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) and is upgrading it to Buy with a $12 price target, up from $6. In a note to clients, Jefferies & Co. writes, "We believe the transition to copper bonding is a multi-year secular theme (2-3 years) within...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 7:37am | 135Analysts at Nomura upgraded CRH PLC (NYSE: CRH) from “neutral” to “buy.” CRH's shares closed at $20.71 yesterday. CRH's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $24.43 billion. Analysts at Benchmark Company upgraded DigitalGlobe Inc (NYSE: DGI) from “hold” to “buy.” DGI's shares closed at $25.36 yesterday...
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Jefferies Upgrades KLIC To Buy, Raises PT To $12
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 6:10am | 28Jefferies & company has upgraded Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) from Hold to Buy and has raised the price target from $6 to $12.
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Stock Watch List For Friday, July 22
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 5:47pm | 1435( click to enlarge ) Pharmacyclics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCYC) has been hitting higher highs and higher lows amongst strong RSI price points. In fact, the RSI is showing multiple points of overbought periods. The stock has been on a strong bull market rally as %K line has been on top of %D line with...
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Axiom Discusses Amtech Systems
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 3:45pm | 110Axiom Capital Research is out with a research report on Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS) and it has a Hold rating and a $17 price target on shares. In the note, Axiom Capital Research writes, "While ASYS's F3Q guidance for a record $70M in revs was impressive, our analysis implies the company's...
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Not Everything Is Pretty Out There
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 3:42pm | 429This afternoon, the major stock indexes are surging higher on heavier volume. Earnings reports for the most part have been good for the large mega cap stocks such as Apple Inc.(NASDAQ: AAPL), International Business Machines(NYSE: IBM), and Google Inc.(NASDAQ:). It is important to note that there...
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Calls Purchased on Teradyne
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 11:26am | 126Shares of Teradyne (NYSE: TER) are higher on the session by 1.95%, currently trading at $14.10. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past five months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the...
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Biggest Losers in Pre-Market Trading
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 9:00am | 93Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO) is down over 23% after reporting disappointing Q2 earnings. Seagate Tech (NASDAQ: STX) is down over 14% after reporting earnings Wednesday afternoon. Meridian Bioscience (NASDAQ: VIVO) is down over 12% after reporting earnings. Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW) is down over...
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Calls Purchased on Tessera Technologies
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 12:08pm | 126Shares of Tessera Technologies (NASDAQ: TSRA) are lower on the session by 0.93%, currently trading at $16.01. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past five months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. Though...
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Rudolph Technologies Prices Offering of $50 Million of 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 9:22am | 231Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC) today announced the pricing of its offering of $50 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% convertible senior notes due 2016. The notes will be sold only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as...
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Sterne Agee Reiterates Buy on Veeco Instruments, Reduces PT to $53
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 6:24am | 48Sterne Agee reiterated its Buy rating on Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ: VECO). At the same time, the rating agency reduced its price target on the company's stock from $56 to $53. On Tuesday, VECO added 3.85% to its value to end the day at $41.59.
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Rudolph Technologies Announces Proposed Offering of $50 Million of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2016
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 9:03am | 272Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC) today announced it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $50 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2016. The notes will be sold only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the...