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Amtech Systems Falls Intraday (ASYS)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 3:56pm | 29Shares of Amtech Systems (NASDAQ: ASYS) quickly dropped from $23.60 to $22.74 just a couple minutes ago. Amtech Systems is currently trading down 7.6%.
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Veeco Instruments Trading Down 10.11%
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 1:14pm | 25Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) is trading down 10.11%. Shares last traded at $44.92, down from $49.97 at yesterday's close.
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Options Brief: KLA-Tencor Corporation (KLAC)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 12:10pm | 70Shares of KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) are higher on the session by 0.86%, trading at $39.30. Overall put volume is now running at 2.33x the daily average, with 11% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,354 contracts have traded on the session so far. KLA-Tencor Corporation...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (GXDX, AMGN, NSTC, AIXG)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 9:34am | 126Genoptix Inc (NASDAQ: GXDX) rose 15.96% to $20.85 in the pre-market session. According to sources, GXDX hired Barclays to help find potential buyers for itself. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN) added 6.55% to $57.65 in pre-market trading. AMGN's cancer drug Xgeva showed positive study data. Ness...
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Citigroup Downgrades VECO To Hold
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 8:57am | 50Analysts at Citigroup downgrade Veeco Instruments Inc (NASDAQ: VECO) from "buy" to "hold." The target price for VECO has been raised from $63 to $74. VECO's shares gained 3.18% to close at $49.97 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (CML, CFN, VECO, AOS)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 8:39am | 135Compellent Technologies Inc (NYSE: CML) was downgraded by Piper Jaffray from "overweight" to "neutral." CML's shares closed at $27.98 yesterday. Compellent Technologies' PEG ratio is 4.08. CareFusion Corporation (NYSE: CFN) was downgraded by Goldman from "buy" to "neutral." CFN's stock closed at $...
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Verigy Downgraded to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 9:27am | 20Verigy (NASDAQ: VRGY) is downgraded from Buy to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
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Barclays Capital Upgrades VRGY To Equal Weight
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 8:17am | 52Analysts at Barclays Capital upgrade Verigy Ltd (NASDAQ: VRGY) from "underweight" to "equal weight." The target price for VRGY has been raised from $12 to $15. VRGY's shares lost 1.05% to close at $13.25 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes Cliff Natural Resources (CLF, CREE, NANO, TEVA, SGMS, CAT)
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 5:49am | 199On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that according to him, Cliff Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) is a “great stock.” He added that CLF could go to $160. Jim prefers Cree (NASDAQ: CREE) to Nanometrics (NASDAQ: NANO). Cramer advised potential investors not to purchase Teva...
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APS Expands Its AZ Sun Program - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 5:18pm | 526Arizona Public Service Co. (APS), a unit of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW), has made ties with SunEdison, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR), for the construction of two photovoltaic (PV) power plants under its AZ Sun program. Under the contract, SunEdison will develop two...
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APS Expands Its AZ Sun Program - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 5:00pm | 526Arizona Public Service Co. (APS), a unit of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW), has made ties with SunEdison, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR), for the construction of two photovoltaic (PV) power plants under its AZ Sun program. Under the contract, SunEdison will develop two...
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SunPower Focuses On the U.S. - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 10:33am | 712SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) is increasing its exposure in the growing U.S. solar market, where it generated 32% of its sales in the first nine months of 2010. Keeping in mind its priority for U.S., the company is planning to open a new office in the metropolitan area of Austin, Texas. For this...
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SunPower Focuses On the U.S. - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 10:01am | 712SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) is increasing its exposure in the growing U.S. solar market, where it generated 32% of its sales in the first nine months of 2010. Keeping in mind its priority for U.S., the company is planning to open a new office in the metropolitan area of Austin, Texas. For this...
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (CML, ASML, OII, PPO)
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 8:57am | 140Compellent Technologies Inc (NYSE: CML) was downgraded by RW Baird from "outperform" to "neutral." CML's stock closed at $29.04 yesterday. Compellent Technologies' PEG ratio is 4.73. ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML) was downgraded by Nomura from "buy" to “neutral." ASML's shares closed at $37.74...
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Benzinga's Volume Movers (LULU, DMND, ASML, NTLS)
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 12:03pm | 152lululemon athletica inc (NASDAQ: LULU) shares moved up 16.41% to $64.84 at 11:00 am. The volume of LULU shares traded was 953% higher than normal. LULU reported better-than-expected Q3 results. Diamond Foods Inc (NASDAQ: DMND) shares rose 6.39% to $48.75. The volume of DMND shares traded was 542%...