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Puts Rolled on CA, Inc.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 10:58am | 152Shares of CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) are higher on the session by 0.21%, currently trading at $21.41. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six months and is currently trading below the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago the...
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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...
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Oppenheimer Raises Estimates On Allot Communications
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 8:37am | 75According Oppenheimer, Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT) estimates are raised. Oppenheimer said that Allot's momentum remains strong as the challenges of managing data traffic over mobile networks are rising. “Not only do we expect Allot to deliver ahead of consensus, but also we expect book-to-...
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Analyzing 8 Stocks Guru Paul Tudor Jones Recently Bought
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 3:20pm | 127We took a look at the Tudor Group portfolio, run by guru investor Paul Tudor Jones. Jones added shares of all of the stocks below during the most recent reporting period. Here's our commentary on each: Microsoft (MSFT): Jones significantly increased his holdings in Microsoft during latest the...
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Cloud Stocks Escape The Morning Rain
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 10:31am | 253The major stock market indexes are once again starting the morning sharply lower. This looks to be a broad based decline as most leading stock sectors are trading lower. There are a few stocks that are showing some early strength despite the stock market decline. A few of the stocks that are...
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Morgan Stanley Anticipates Solid Q4 from Oracle
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 8:06am | 116Morgan Stanley is anticipating a solid Q4 from Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL). “ORCL entered Q4 with a full head of steam, benefiting from multiple product cycles, and our constructive checks, reasonable expectations in cons., FX tail winds and ORCL's strong backlog all lead us to believe recent...
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Oppenheimer Maintains Outperform on Micros Systems
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 7:25am | 109Oppenheimer is out with its report today on Micros Systems (NASDAQ: MCRS), maintaining Outperform. In a note to clients, Oppenheimer writes, "Although we believe the selling environment remains challenging, based on AGYS's 4Q results and our recent channel checks, we believe MCRS's business trends...
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Job Losses = Job Creation
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 3:41am | 1407Apple Inc. (AAPL) is considered the quintessential innovation company. After all, if you flip over an iPad or an iPhone it will clearly state, “Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China.” Apple is just too busy innovating to worry about dirtying their hands by assembling products – they...
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Tuesday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 12:28pm | 83Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 115,817 contracts, 66.9% calls, 33.1% puts 2. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 99,664 contracts, 60.3% calls, 39.7% puts 3. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) 92,426 contracts, 77.6% calls, 22.4% puts 4. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) 64...
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Fossil and SolarWinds Hit New 52-Week Highs
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 12:20pm | 228Fossil (NASDAQ: FOSL) and SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) reached new 52-week highs of $110.61 and $26.42 per share, respectively, in Tuesday morning trading. Fossil was recently upgraded to Buy at ISI Group, which has a $120 price target on the stock. Fossil has a market cap of $6.8 billion and is a...
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Pandora IPO Set to Debut
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 11:42am | 847By Carol Kopp As the music site prepares to debut its IPO, some say its popularity comes at too high a cost. Internet-based music service Pandora debuts its IPO on Wednesday with the kind of rags-to-riches story that investors ought to love: Sole survivor of the War of 2000 between the music...
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Wedbush Reiterates OP Rating, $58 PT on Micros Systems
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 7:34am | 60Wedbush is reiterating its OP rating and $58 PT on shares of Micros Systems (NASDAQ: MCRS). “We see continued upside to our estimates based on improving markets and reasonable expectations,” Wedbush writes. “We believe incremental opportunities to leverage its online reservations platform will...
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Wedbush Reiterates OP Rating, $26 PT on Radiant Systems
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 7:33am | 69Wedbush is reiterating its Outperform rating and $26 price target on shares of Radiant Systems (NYSE: RADS). “We believe Radiant will generate mid-teen revenue growth for the next 3-5 years as acceleration in restaurant chain activity and recurring service penetration is enhanced by expanded...
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Fast Money Picks For June 14th (TBT, AKS, ORCL, AKS, KMP, F)
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 7:13pm | 252On CNBC's Fast Money, Brian Kelly recommended a long position in ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (ETF) (NYSE: TBT). This ETF gained 0.95% today, and it closed at $32.84. Dan Nathan is a buyer of the July call spreads in Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL). Oracle Corporation (ORCL) gained 1....
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VMware to Acquire Digital Fuel; Terms Not Disclosed
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 4:03pm | 62VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced its intention to acquire Digital Fuel. Digital Fuel's solutions enable companies to plan, manage and optimize cost and value in the emerging world of cloud based dynamic IT. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition is scheduled to close...