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Friday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 12:29pm | 84Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) 9,990 puts, 11 calls 2. Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RAH) 5,485 puts, 80 calls 3. Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE: ETE) 2,740 puts, 91 calls 4. NetLogic Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL) 3,192 puts, 107 calls 5....
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Semiconductor Stocks Struggle
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 10:44am | 370Anytime the major stock market indexes rally it is very important to look at the leading stock sectors. When a leading sector fails to participate in the rally that is usually a sign that the rally could be short lived. This morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading higher by nearly 100....
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Zoran Trading Over 18% Higher
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 9:31am | 29Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) is trading higher intraday. At the time of posting, shares of ZRAN were at $8.53, up 18.47% from Thursday's close.
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ARM Acquires Obsidian Software
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 8:21am | 30ARM (Nasdaq: ARMH), today announced that it has acquired Obsidian Software. Obsidian Software is a privately-owned company, with offices in Austin, Texas.
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 8:11am | 144Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: ZRAN) shares advanced 18.06% to $8.50 in the pre-market session. CSR will acquire Zoran for a reduced price of $484 million. Spreadtrum Communications Inc (NASDAQ: SPRD) shares advanced 6.62% to $13.85 in the pre-market session. SPRD's Board of Directors authorized a...
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ChipMOS Reports May Revenue of $57.0M
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 8:02am | 53ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Nasdaq: IMOS) today reported its unaudited consolidated revenue for the month of May 2011. Revenue for the month of May 2011 was NT$1,633.0 million or US$57.0 million, an increase of 8.1% from the month of April 2011 and an increase of 6.0% from the same period in 2010...
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8x8 Trading Significantly Higher Pre-Market
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 7:47am | 318x8 (NASDAQ: EGHT) is trading significantly higher today pre-market. At the time of posting, shares of EGHT were at $4.65, up 25.68% from Thursday's close.
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J.P. Morgan Reiterates Overweight On PMC-Sierra
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 7:41am | 164J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is reiterating its Overweight rating and $10 price target on shares of PMC-Sierra (NASDAQ: PMCS). In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We held meetings with PMCS's CFO, Michael Zellner, this week, and we came away feeling that 2Q is tracking solidly to plan (+4-9...
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Spreadtrum Communications Announces $100M Share Repurchase Program; Management's Intention to Repurchase Stock
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 7:02am | 80Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRD) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to US$100 million of its American Depositary Shares pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 repurchase plan. The share repurchase...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, June 16th (TVIX, SOXS, SGG, DRN)
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 5:06pm | 184VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN (NYSE: TVIX) traded sharply higher for the second consecutive trading session. Yesterday, it gained 16.84%, and today it spiked 10.44%, and closed at $26.66. Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) gained 3.61% on Thursday as Advanced...
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Thursday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 12:11pm | 83Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. CA Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) 6,305 puts, 19 calls 2. American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) 3,354 puts, 15 calls 3. Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) 13,369 puts, 127 calls 4. Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (NASDAQ: AMCC) 3,713 puts, 64 calls 5. Murphy Oil Corp. (...
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Options Brief: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 11:22am | 91Shares of Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB) are lower on the session by 1.00%, trading at $38.61. Overall put volume is now running at 17.89x the daily average, with 64% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,109 contracts have traded on the session so far. Silicon...
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Intel Still Holds All The Chips
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 10:58am | 312Intel Corp.(NASDAQ: INTC) has come under some serious downgrades from several leading brokerage firms recently. On May 20, 2011 the stock was downgraded by Goldman Sachs Group(NYSE: GS) to sell from neutral. This morning Intel stock was downgraded again by FBR Capital to market perform. The chart...
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Options Brief: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 10:54am | 70Shares of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ: AMCC) are lower on the session by 3.09%, trading at $9.10. Overall put volume is now running at 21.92x the daily average, with 38% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 3,178 contracts have traded on the session so far. Applied...
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Who Wants to Be CEO at AMD?
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 9:31am | 192It seems no one wants to be chief executive of Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD). Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, Oracle's (NASDAQ: ORCL) Co-president Mark Hurd, EMC's (NYSE: EMC) Chief Operating Officer Pat Gelsinger and Carlyle Group Managing Director Greg Summer...