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Options Brief: Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 11:39am | 103Shares of Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) are higher on the session by 0.07%, trading at $14.97. Overall put volume is now running at 2.20x the daily average, with 72% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 13,762 contracts have traded on the session so far. Applied Materials,...
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Stifel Nicolaus Maintains Cymer Buy, $57 PT (CYMI)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 10:40am | 85Stifel Nicolaus maintained its Cymer (NASDAQ: CYMI) Buy rating and $57 price target in a research report published today. In the report, Stifel Nicolaus states, " In our view, this target is very achievable and more importantly, the company has built the right cost infrastructure to drive...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (PEET, CSIQ, ARMH, ASML)
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 9:09am | 139Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc (NASDAQ: PEET) dipped 12.57% to $42.01 in the pre-market session. Analysts at Janney Capital downgraded PEET from “buy” to “sell.” Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ: CSIQ) lost 10.95% to $12.20 in the pre-market session. CSIQ reported downbeat Q4 earnings. ARM Holdings plc (...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes MEMC Electronics (WFR, QCOM, BX, NBL, WTI, GLBL)
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 3:32am | 263On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that MEMC Electronics (WFR) has “solar as well as semiconductor.” He added, “I think it's dirt cheap, I'm going to stick with it right here." For Qualcomm (QCOM), he said, "Everyone is buzzing that there's an oversupply of tablets...
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One Side of Market May Tip Hand 03-09-11
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 7:06pm | 778Cusick's Corner Timing is everything, but so is patience. For a lot of traders and investors patience is being tested. The critical point at this juncture is not to overreact or over trade. This is easy to type but sometimes not easy to follow. Especially when we see things like today's decent 10...
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Longs & Shorts Draw Battle Lines 03-09-2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 3:47pm | 804Cusick's Corner Trader psyche is in question, but the action in the market is not. Trader exuberance, aggressively buying dips and pouring capital into Risk, has moderated but prices continue to hold or go higher. There are true battle lines being drawn -- the shorts are defining the 1330 level as...
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Puts Purchased on Lam Research Corporation (LRCX)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 2:26pm | 146Shares of Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) are lower on the session by 5.55%, currently trading at $54.63. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name...
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Options Brief: ReneSola Ltd. (SOL)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 12:23pm | 97Shares of ReneSola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL) are lower on the session by 4.63%, trading at $8.45. Overall put volume is now running at 5.47x the daily average, with 18% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 5,211 contracts have traded on the session so far. ReneSola Ltd. is a manufacturer of...
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ReneSola Ltd Announces Offering of $175M of Convertible Senior Notes
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 5:58pm | 62ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL) announced today that it plans to offer approximately US$175 million of its convertible senior notes due 2018. ReneSola plans to grant the initial purchasers of the notes a 30-day option to purchase up to US$25 million in aggregate principal amount of the notes solely to...
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Intuit, ASML Holding, and STMicroelectronics Attending UBS Tech Conference (INTU, ASML, STM)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 4:53pm | 85Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), Asml Holding (NASDAQ: ASML), and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) will be at the UBS Technology Conference tomorrow. Matt Rhodes, director of investor relations at Intuit, is scheduled to give a presentation that will begin at 5:15 AM eastern. You can listen to the...
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J.P. Morgan Reiterates Overweight On Rubicon Technology (RBCN)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 9:40am | 119J.P. Morgan is out with its report on Rubicon Technology (NASDAQ: RBCN), reiterating its Overweight rating. "We believe RBCN is likely to be the top performing stock in our coverage universe in the very near term," , J.P. Morgan writes. "The combination of continued strong product pricing and a...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (BSFT, ATRN, RGEN, EMKR)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 9:10am | 148BroadSoft Inc (NASDAQ: BSFT) rose 21.86% to $42.53 in the pre-market session. BSFT reported better-than-expected Q4 results and issued upbeat projections. Atrinsic Inc (NASDAQ: ATRN) added 12.48% to $6.40 in the pre-market session. ATRN reported that subscribers to its Kazaa digital music...
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ING Group Opens ASMI With Buy
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 6:56am | 49Analysts at ING Group initiate coverage of ASM International NV (NASDAQ: ASMI) with a “buy” rating. ASMI shares fell 4.24% to close at $38.84 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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ING Group Opens ASML With Buy
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 6:45am | 49Analysts at ING Group initiate coverage of ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML) with a “buy” rating. ASML shares fell 3.78% to close at $43.80 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners, March 7th (SOXL, TNA, EDC, TYH)
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 7:49pm | 225Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXL) led the decliners among the ETFs on Monday, with a 8.28% loss. In the space, Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER) dropped 5.37%, and closed at $17.96. Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: TNA) traded lower today, along with the Russell...