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Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) Still Struggling
Saturday, February 6, 2010 - 2:11am | 120Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC) will do well to break even when it reports last quarter's earnings after the market closes on Monday, February 8th. Analysts expect an EPS of $0.00 - a breakeven - versus the $0.14 per share earned in the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue is expected to have...
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Vulcan Materials to Revisit Lows?
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 10:57am | 117Producer of crushed stone, sand, and gravel for construction, Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC), is seeing a very bearish trade this morning with the May $40 puts bought for $1.85. The trade occurred very near the asking price and is significantly above open interest, indicating new, bearish positioning...
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Market Round-up (MESA, DAL, CRH, TTM, COF)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 1:49pm | 329Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ: MESA) has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 in an effort to eliminate excess aircrafts and achieve a solution for its ongoing lawsuit with Delta (NYSE: DAL) at the earliest. With excess aircrafts lying with MESA and the associated lease obligations on...
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Building And Infrastructure Positive But Cautious
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 3:28pm | 115The Buy recommendation on Headwaters (NYSE: HW)(FREE stock trend analysis) has been reiterated in the light of higher cash flow projections for 2010, and a relatively conservative management outlook. The opportunity for beneficial reuse exists and an EPA ruling regarding the same is expected by...
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Benzinga’s Biggest Losers (SIGA, CIEN, FCEL, DVAX, RMIX)
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 1:07pm | 199SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGA) has plunged 14.67% to $7.40 on 1.58 million shares after SIGA Technologies announced today that it has entered into an agreements for the sale of 2,725,339 shares of common stock at a price of $7.35 per share. So far this year, SIGA is up over 125%. Ciena...
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Goldman Sachs Launches Coverage of MLM And VMC
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 5:45pm | 117Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) initiated coverage of construction materials firms Martin Marietta (NYSE: MLM) and Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC). The bank rates the former a buy, and the latter a neutral. The bank is generally bullish on the industry, believing that “consensus drastically underestimates...
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Benzinga’s Biggest Losers (PIP, ADAT, KR, SVU, AIB)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 1:26pm | 206Movado Group, Inc (NYSE: MOV) has plunged 18.25% to $8.87 on 1.13 million shares after Movado posted a lower-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit, hurt by high levels of destocking as retailers continued to focus on very tight inventory control. U.S. Concrete, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMIX) fell 9.24% to $...
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Company News for December 09, 2009 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 10:47am | 138• Citigroup (NYSE:C) raised 3M (NYSE:MMM) to "buy" from "hold" • Barclays (NYSE:BCS) lowered Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) to "equal weight" from "over weight" • Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) upgraded Cooper Industries (NYSE:CBE) to "outperform" with a price target of $41-$43, up from $28-$30 • Goldman Sachs...
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What Does Dubai’s Financial Crisis Mean for Emerging Markets?
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 7:35pm | 1163It must be fun to spark a world financial panic and then go on a five-day vacation. By now everyone knows that on Wednesday of last week, right before the Muslim world shut down for the Eid-al-Adha festival, Dubai World, the flagship investment company owned by the Government of Dubai and/or Dubai’...
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CEMEX (CX) Receives Approval from the Mexican Securities Authority to Launch Convertible Securities Transaction
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 5:28am | 118CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX), announced that it has received approval from the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (“CNBV”, or the Mexican securities authority) to launch an offer to issue mandatorily convertible securities (the “Securities”) through an exchange offer directed to holders of...
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Cramer likes FNFG,VMC,KO,PEP
Friday, September 25, 2009 - 6:23am | 186CNBC’s Mad Money Jim Cramer is Bullish on following four stocks:- Cramer is bullish on First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FNFG). So far, during the current year Shares of First Niagara have fallen by 24%. In March 2009, the stock hit its 52-week low of $9.48 and yesterday closed at $12.18...
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Biggest Losers (SNV,EK,STEC,HW,USG)
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 11:29am | 237Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV) plummeted 10% to $3.99 on massive volume of 85.32 million shares after it has priced a public offering of 150 million shares of its common stock at $4.00 per share. Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) fell 9.13% to $6.08 on high volume of 12.94 million shares as the...
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Headwaters (HW) Announces Extension of Revolving Credit Facility
Monday, September 7, 2009 - 10:07am | 45HEADWATERS INCORPORATED (NYSE: HW) announced that it has obtained an extension of its Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility. The lenders agreed unanimously to extend the Revolver termination date to September 30, 2009. Headwaters paid an extension fee of $50,000 to the Revolver lenders.
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67 Stocks Returning 50%+ the Past Month
Friday, August 28, 2009 - 2:56pm | 791I always like to take a look to see what stocks are "working" - helps me see where the money is going and what trends I am missing. I generally like to follow stocks over $5 only but since there is a bevy of "hot money" being made in the dollar stock area I thought I'd list those too this time...
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WallStSense.com Fundamental & Technical Coverage of SFI, KGC, LNC, SNI, VMC and STLD
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 6:28am | 439NEW DELHI, INDIA--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - W.S.S. is an online community with a dedicated team of analysts who are providing free in-depth research on North American equities. Our analysts have issued free ratings reports on the following six companies: iStar Financial Inc. (NYSE: SFI),...