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Benzinga's After Hours Gainers (DECK, RMBS, RST, DD)
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 7:28pm | 191Among the notable names that have made significant moves in the after hours are Deckers Outdoor (NASDAQ: DECK), Rambus (NASDAQ: RMBS), Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST), and DuPont (NYSE: DD). Deckers Outdoor (DECK) has surged 8.66% to $115.35 after reporting strong earnings and raising full year 2010...
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Wednesday's Hot Stocks on Heavier Volume
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 10:05am | 1532With the U.S. markets paring much of Tuesday's losses Wednesday, there were 15 stocks which hit my screener that traded higher on heavier volume. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section below, however if you are familiar with my daily breakout...
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Huntsman (HUN) Beats Consensus
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 4:13pm | 89Chemical products manufacturer Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) reported a profit in the fourth-quarter. The company posted $66 million in net profit for the fourth-quarter or 26 cents per share, compared with $598 million, or $2.53 per share, in the previous year. Excluding one-time items, such...
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Benzinga’s News Roundup (HUN, AGP, PNW, HON)
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 9:58am | 326Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) reported today a fourth-quarter profit of $66 million, or $0.26 per share, as compared to $598 million, or $2.63 per share, for the same quarter last year. Revenue increased 2% to $2 billion for the quarter. Analysts had expected HUN to report a loss of $0.14 per...
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Top 5 Stocks For February 19, 2010 (RAD, JCP, HUN, TASR, WMT)
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 8:25am | 265The trading session on Thursday ended on a high note, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) jumping 83.66 and the Nasdaq gaining 15.42 points. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 rose 7.24. Some of the top stocks that might gain prominence today are: Following the takeover of Duane Reade’s 257...
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Stocks With Excellent Charts
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 3:45pm | 1534As we await the breakout over S&P 1100 (if not today, then surely in premarket tomorrow or Friday, when all the important work is done) some chart review. A lot of stocks have made a quite substantial turn for the better with yesterday's low volume surge. I am seeing countless charts that look...
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems, Inc., International Business Machines Corp., Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems - Press Releases
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 8:06am | 1185For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – February 16, 2010 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include:...
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Oracle on Acquisition Spree - Analyst Blog
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 2:44pm | 697Oracle Corp. (ORCL) announced the acquisition of Convergin, a leading software provider of real-time service brokering solutions. The acquisition will enable Oracle to step up the deployment of next-generation pre-paid and value-added services in the communications industry besides lowering the...
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Materials Sector ETF Poised to Fill Gap Down (XLB, GLD)
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 12:54pm | 107Just a quick note for traders looking for some gap fill ideas. We are noticing some upward movement in Materials Select SPDR ETF (NYSE: XLB). The names in this sector were strong yesterday so we may see a rebound continue in them after this mornings gap down. This ETF tracks a basket of stocks in...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers (EDC, UCO, UYM, ERX)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 6:21pm | 242The market bounced back after recent downturn and ETFs were there to follow. Commodity emerging market bull ETFs had the biggest gains today. Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3x Shares(ETF) (NYSE: EDC) jumped 9.25% as the MSCI Emerging Markets Index performed really well today, on the news of a...
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Agrium Posts Lower Profit, Sees Rebound (AGU, MON, MOS, DD)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 10:20am | 195Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) reported a weak fourth quarter profit on Tuesday, primarily due to lower fertilizer prices, but the company said it expects increasing sales volumes to help 2010 financial results. The Canadian agricultural chemical company reported fourth quarter earnings of $0.19 per share...
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Stock Market News for February 8, 2010 - Market News
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 9:56am | 482Amid growing worries about Europe’s ability to control its public finances and an anemic labor market, stocks posted their fourth straight weekly decline even as the U.S. unemployment rate showed a surprise drop in January. Although stocks managed to stage a late comeback on Friday, after a sharp...
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DOW Beats Q4 2009 Expectations On Tax Gain
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 10:40am | 161Analysts at BB&T Capital Markets maintain their "hold" rating on The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), while raising their estimates for the company. Dow Chemical Company has reported its Q4 2009 EPS ahead of the expectations, driven primarily by lower than expected tax rates. Without the tax...
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Stock Market News for February 3, 2010 - Market News
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 10:15am | 394Stocks started on a sluggish note but ended the session sharply higher as better-than-expected earnings reports and upbeat economic data helped calm lingering worries about the economy. Nevertheless, broader concerns regarding Obama's spending plans and banking reform intentions, Beijing's move to...
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Financials Making Turnaround In February
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 3:33pm | 340Among the 10 key sectors in S&P, industrials, energy and materials led the market up today as pending-home sales rose 1% in December and oil pushed above $75 a barrel. Alcoa led the Dow for a second day in a row, after the ISM report on manufacturing turned out to be better than expected....