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Merger Arbitrage Mondays – May 02, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011 - 6:31am | 4835Merger activity shot up last week with eight new deals announced and two closing. You can find all the deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours. Deal Statistics: Total Number of Deals Closed in 2011 62 Total Number of Deals Not...
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TOP 15 Stocks To Watch this week- AAPL, BRK-A, BRK-B, BJ, C, F, GM, GPRO, IP, KND, N, NRTLQ, ONTY, SPPI, YRCW
Monday, May 2, 2011 - 4:48am | 2069Ford (NYSE:F)- Ford revenue increased 17% from last year to $33.1 billion and reduced its debt by $2.5 billion. The result showed an increase of $466 million over the first quarter of 2010, and is the best first quarter earnings since 1998. Competitors- General Motors Company (GM), Toyota Motor...
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Earnings Guidance from Research in Motion Looks Gully
Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 1:04pm | 616Event – After a mere 35 days post giving quarterly guidance, Thursday night RIMM preannounced lower-than-expected Event – After a mere 35 days post giving quarterly guidance, Thursday night RIMM preannounced lower-than-expected May quarter results. May quarter EPS is now expected to be 11% lower...
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Royal Put(z) Not to Be Confused with Married Put(z) 04-29-2011
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 6:35pm | 1067Cusick's Corner Some of you might have caught the subject line Married Put(z), this should not be confused with a Royal Put(z). That's enough of the Royals and wedding humor. At this stage the market it is getting a little harder to play the upside, at least buying outright stock with the market...
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Zings Of The Day (MSFT, RIMM)
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 3:42pm | 94Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported earnings yesterday that beat estimates, but the stock is getting hit hard today. Wake me up when Microsoft does something, ya know, relevant. Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) cut its earnings guidance, saying ships were coming in lower than expected. Well...
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Married Put(z) 04-29-2011
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 2:51pm | 1059Cusick's Corner Equity markets continue to grind higher and the Big Caps are leading the way. Traders are watching the metals closely, more specifically Gold, GLD, and the strength in this trend is under some pressure. Now this does not mean that we won't get a headline that pops the metal, but...
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Microsoft Hitting New Intra-Day Lows (MSFT)
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 2:11pm | 62It has been a slow and steady bleed for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) throughout Friday's trading session. The stock has lost nearly 5% and is sitting at new intra-day lows in the $25.40 area. The company reported earnings last night, and as has been the pattern, is now seeing its share price take it...
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Hulu Plus Finally Comes To Xbox 360, Free For One Week (MSFT)
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 11:04am | 127After months of “coming soon” notices, Hulu Plus has finally arrived on Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) game console. Unlike the PlayStation Network version of the service (which is currently unavailable due to a lovely network outage), the Xbox 360 version is launching with a one-week free trial. USA...
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Bank of America Comments On Strong Q4 For Microsoft
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 11:00am | 153According to Bank of America, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) broke the trend from the last 4 Qs, which were punctuated with product cycle-powered upside. Bank of America said that March Q was mostly in line with consensus. “Revenues were $16.4bn (+13%) and EPS was $0.56 (excluding 5 cent one time gain...
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Jefferies Reports In-Line Quarter For Dynamics Research
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 10:13am | 71According to Jefferies, Dynamics Research (NASDAQ: DRCO) saw an in-line quarter. Jefferies said that muted bookings and low single-digits growth expectations for the year suggest DRC could continue to lag peers in growth, particularly given a tough budgetary environment. “While a modest guide down...
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J.P. Morgan Looks At MSFT's ‘Elephant In The Room'
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 7:44am | 123J.P. Morgan, in its report discussing MarQ results on Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), highlighted the company's elephant in the room: tablets. Says J.P. Morgan, in the report, “When describing the PC market and the relative weakness of consumer unit sales, management noted several reasons, but they did...
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US Stock Futures Mixed As Investors Await Economic Data, Earnings Reports; Research In Motion Shares Decline In Pre-Market trading
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 6:21am | 512US stock futures are mixed this morning as investors are awaiting economic reports and corporate results. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4 points to 12,704.00 and S&P 500 index futures dropped 0.40 point to 1,354.50. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.50 point to 2,402.25. On...
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Deutsche Bank Raises PT On NetSuite To $27
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 6:04am | 26Deutsche Bank has raised the price target on NetSuite (NYSE: N) from $24 to $27 and maintains its Hold rating.
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Stocks To Watch For April 29 (CVX, RIMM, CAT, MSFT, MRK)
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 2:07am | 276Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX) to report its Q1 EPS at $3.04 on revenue of $66.62 billion. CVX shares gained 0.08% to $108.90 in after-hours trading. Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ: RIMM) cut its Q1 profit projections, due...
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TeleCommunication Systems Reports EPS of $0.04 vs. $0.02 Estimate; Revenues $90.4M vs. $103.58M Estimate (TSYS)
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 4:43pm | 22TeleCommunication Systems (NASDAQ: TSYS) Reports EPS of $0.04 vs. $0.02 Estimate; Revenues $90.4M vs. $103.58M Estimate