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Mad Money Lightning Round: HUN Has Gone From Good To Better To Great, Says Jim (HUN, KERX, PALM, AMZN, AAPL, ASH, WIN, SNV, JDSU)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 6:43am | 322In his "Mad Money Lightning Round" on Monday, Jim Cramer said that Huntsman (NYSE: HUN) should be bought as the company has improved tremendously. HUN was up 1.675 to $10.95 in after-hours trading. Cramer considered Keryx Biopharmaceutical (NASDAQ: KERX) to be a ‘speculative play.’ Although he...
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Dahlman Rose Raises FMC to Buy from Hold
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 9:40am | 19Dahlman Rose raises FMC Technologies (NYSE: FMC) from Hold to Buy.
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Huntsman (HUN) Narrows Loss To $172 Million
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 10:46am | 96Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) on Friday morning released financial results that were in line with Wall Street expectations. Huntsman Corporation reported that its 1st quarter net loss narrowed to $172 million, or 73 cents per share, from a net loss of $290 million, or $1.24 per share, a year...
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Stock Market News for May 6, 2010 - Market News
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 9:45am | 399Efforts to contain the European financial crisis are on but there is no amicable solution in sight. At least that is what it appears. With Moody’s Investors Service warning on Wednesday that Portugal’s credit rating faces a possible downgrade and violent protestors killing three people on the...
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Stock Market News for May 3, 2010 - Market News
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 2:07pm | 445U.S. stocks closed sharply lower on the last trading day of the month after investors decided to pull money out of the market, worried by reports of a criminal investigation against Goldman Sachs. At least two firms, prompted by reports of the criminal probe, cut their ratings on the investment...
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Interesting ETF Idea: The NASCAR ETF
Sunday, May 2, 2010 - 2:13am | 271Before we get too carried away here, there are no plans for a NASCAR ETF, but think about: The idea isn't half bad. No sport in the U.S. is as dependent on corporate sponsorship dollars as NASCAR is. Every driver's car is considered a rolling billboard and given the cost involved in sponsoring a...
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of May
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 11:57am | 689Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (NTY, MMM, BBG, XEC, ASH)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 11:54am | 165NBTY, Inc (NYSE: NTY) was upgraded by Barclays Capital from “equal weight” to “overweight.” NTY’s shares have slipped 14.47% so far in the year. Barclays Capital upgraded 3M Inc (NYSE: MMM) from “equal weight” to “overweight.” MMM’s quarterly earnings growth is 68.86% y/y. . Analysts at Barclays...
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Citigroup Maintains Buy Rating On Dow Chemical Company (DOW)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 10:34am | 77Analyst P.J. Juvekar at Citigroup has released an update on Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW). Earlier today, Dow Chemical reported first-quarter EPS of $0.43, beating both Citigroup’s and consensus estimate of $0.30. Citigroup believes that the first-quarter results are encouraging as incremental...
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Ashland Upped To Buy
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 9:33am | 37Analysts at Longbow upgrade Ashland (NYSE: ASH) from "neutral" to "buy." ASH declined 4.80% to close at $59.32 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here.
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Company News for April 28, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 9:30am | 212• IBM (NYSE:IBM) yesterday raised its quarterly dividend to 65 cents from 55 cents and expanded its share buyback program by $8 billion in front of its shareholder meeting. • Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) reported an earnings and revenue beat, with results of 31 cents one cent above Zacks estimates, and...
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Stock Market News for April 28, 2010 - Market News
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 9:30am | 648U.S. stocks dropped sharply on Tuesday as fears that a deepening debt crisis in Europe would stall a global economic recovery overshadowed solid earnings reports and Goldman’s testimony on the Hill. The Dow average plunged more than 200 points as Standard & Poor’s downgraded Greece’s credit...
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US Stock Futures Indicate Turn In Tide
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 9:09am | 266US stock futures climbed today, indicating a rebound in the indexes that got a heavy thrashing yesterday. While futures on the S&P 500 added 0.4% to 1,185.8 at 12:48 pm, those on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.3% to 10,988. Meanwhile Nasdaq-100 Index futures climbed 0.5% to 2,018....
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Profits For The Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) Increases To $466 Million
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 8:09am | 119The first quarter profit for Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) increased to $466 million from $24 million as a result of increase in sales from $9.04 billion to $13.42 billion. Volume climbed 16% and prices increased 17%. Dow Chemical Co. reported sales growth from all divisions except for agriculture...
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Dow Chemical Q1 Profit Surges
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 6:49am | 81Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) said its first-quarter profit surged to to $466 million, or 41 cents a share, from $24 million, or 3 cents a share, as revenue jumped to $13.42 billion from $9.04 billion. Analysts had been expecting a profit of of 29 cents a share on sales of $12.86 billion. Dow is the...