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Will the ECB Drag the Market Lower
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 11:18am | 741The market continued its sideways move yesterday and banged-up against 1335 resistance for most of the session. Over the past four sessions the market has been stuck in a four point range and trading on less than average volume. Activity picked up a little...
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Microsoft and Toyota Announce Strategic Partnership on Next-Generation Telematics
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 1:02pm | 164Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Toyota (NYSE: TM) today announced they have forged a strategic partnership and plan to build a global platform for TMC's next-generation telematics services using the Windows Azure platform. Telematics is the fusing of telecommunications and information technologies in...
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Another Surprise Before Earnings Season Begins
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 11:29am | 887The market continued its sideways move yesterday and banged-up against 1335 resistance for most of the afternoon. Over the past three sessions the market has been stuck in a four point range and trading on miniscule volume. The minimal participation and movement is...
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Morning Market Losers (AMSC, VIDE, STRM, NEWL)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 9:52am | 111American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) fell 49.40% to $12.59 at 9:50 am. AMSC projects a loss and lower revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter and forecast lower-than-expected earnings for the full year. Video Display Corporation (NASDAQ: VIDE) shares dipped 10.53% to $3.40. VIDE's...
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CA Technologies Acquires Base Technologies
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 9:03am | 51CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced the acquisition of Base Technologies, a privately-held consulting firm focused on the management of government IT assets, with leading practices in virtualization management, mainframe technology, security and managed IT infrastructure. Terms of the...
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Pacific Crest Downgrades SourceFire To Sector Perform
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 8:44am | 20Pacific Crest has downgraded SourceFire (NASDAQ: FIRE) from Outperform to Sector Perform.
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (DMND, CVC, CVLT, AMSC)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 8:17am | 138Diamond Foods Inc (NASDAQ: DMND) was downgraded by BB&T Capital from "buy" to "hold." DMND's shares closed at $61.06 yesterday. Diamond Foods' trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 4.41%. Morgan Stanley downgraded Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) from “equal weight” to “under...
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J.P. Morgan Notes From ORCL Meeting
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 7:32am | 137J.P. Morgan recently hosted investor meetings with Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) President Mark Hurd and VP, IR Ken Bond. “While there was nothing discussed beyond what the company has previously disclosed,” J.P. Morgan writes, “we believe the topics herein should be of interest to investors:” “The...
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Wunderlich Downs CVLT To Hold
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 5:58am | 48Analysts at Wunderlich downgrade CommVault Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CVLT) from “buy” to “hold.” The target price for CVLT is set to $37. CVLT shares fell 1.81% to close at $38.99 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes Allscripts Healthcare, Yum! Brands (VMW, EMC, YUM, DPZ, VRUS, ANW, NAT, NLY, MDRX)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 12:18am | 241On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that VMware (NYSE: VMW) is a “pure play on cloud computing, but I'd rather be in parent EMC (NYSE: EMC) because it's cheaper and represents better value." He believes that Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) is “doing well. It's a China play and...
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Top 3 Performing Small Caps Over $5 (EPIC, WPRT, VHC)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 5:02pm | 653The small cap Russell raced higher last month to end what was the best first quarter in years. During that time several stocks have hit 52-week highs particularly over the past few weeks. Small caps pushed higher gain today and here are the top three small cap stocks that...
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Top 3 Performing Small Caps Over $5 (EPIC, WPRT, VHC)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 5:02pm | 653The small cap Russell raced higher last month to end what was the best first quarter in years. During that time several stocks have hit 52-week highs particularly over the past few weeks. Small caps pushed higher gain today and here are the top three small cap stocks that...
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Tech Rebalanced 04-05-2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 4:47pm | 1052Cusick's Corner This is one of those markets -- what you think you see is really not real at all, most notably is the news that the NASDAQ has decided to reweight AAPL in the index, which can explain why AAPL has had such a persistent seller. Also, in the Semis, SMH (mentioned last night) -- TXN...
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Microsoft and Toyota to Host Joint Media Videoconference
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 4:01pm | 61Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) will host a media videoconference tomorrow, featuring Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, and Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., to discuss a collaboration between the two companies. Time: Wednesday, April 6, at 1 p.m. PDT
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Pre-Market News And Views for April 5th 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 9:33am | 439This morning the S&P 500 e-mini futures are declining lower by 5.00 to 1324.25 per contract. The advance in the futures from the March 17, 2011 low has been nothing short of extraordinary as the futures rallied 83.0 points in less than three weeks time. Last night the People's Bank of China (...