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Company News for December 23, 2009 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 10:26am | 347• Micron Technology (NYSE:MU) posted fiscal first quarter earnings of 23 cents a share, up from estimates of 6 cents, on revenues of $1.74 billion, which beat consensus projections of $1.59 billion • Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) reported non-GAAP earnings fell 21% to 39 cents, four cents under projections...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre- Market Losers (CTAS, CTEL, GOLD, ATPG, THQI, RIMM)
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 9:45am | 352Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) has decreased $2.74 or 9.23% to $26.94 in the pre-market session. Yesterday, Cintas Corporation reported its second quarter revenue of $884.5 million. Net income for the second quarter was $57.2 million and earnings per share were $0.37. The 52-week trading range...
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Buy Opportunities In Gold: Goldman Sachs (GFI, HMY, AU)
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 9:39am | 133Gold for December delivery fell to $1,080 an ounce and for February, gold futures fell to $1,082 an ounce; as expectations of economic recovery bolstered the U.S. dollar. Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of South Africa-based Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) with a buy rating and upgraded Harmony Gold (...
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Best And Worst Performers Of 2009 (AMZN, SBUX, GOOG, CLB, GE)
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 8:41am | 154Toby Shute of seekingalpha has picked the best and the worst performing stocks for the year 2009. The best performed are Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), which returned 160.82% YTD; Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) that returned 150.74%; Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) that returned 95.39% and Core...
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Interesting Trade in Barrick Gold
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 11:40am | 153Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX) is receiving an interesting trade this morning, betting that the stock will not move below $35 or above $50 by April 2010 expiration. 2,500 April 2010 35 puts were sold to finance the purchase of the April 40/50 call spread. The whole spread was executed for a net debit of...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (AHD, AMTD, IAG, XXIA, ATHX, SAIA)
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 10:06am | 300Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P. (NYSE: AHD) was today upgraded by Citigroup from Sell to Hold. Atlas Pipeline Holdings is now trading at $5.20, 4% up in the pre-market session. So far in 2009, AHD gained over 30%. AHD closed at $5 in the last trading session. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre- Market Losers (GIGM, MPEL, GOLD, UAUA, NOK)
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 9:40am | 241GigaMedia Limited (NASDAQ: GIGM) has decreased $0.24 or 5.78% to $3.91 in the pre-market session after GigaMedia today reported its second and third-quarter 2009 financial results. GigaMedia reported second-quarter revenues of $37.7 million and EBITDA of $2.3 million, and third-quarter revenues of...
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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks with Highest Profit Margins (LYG, NLY, PSA, NE, GG)
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 9:27am | 177Below are the top 5 large-cap stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of highest profit margins. The trailing-twelve-month profit margins of Lloyds Banking Group plc (NYSE: LYG) are 144.57%. LYG’s market capitalization is $14.23 billion. Credit Suisse upgraded LYG from “underperform” to “neutral...
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Stock Market News for December 18, 2009 - Market News
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 10:01am | 386U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Thursday as a tepid forecast from bellwether FedEx and Citigroup’s decision to sell stocks at a steep discount hurt investor confidence. As risk aversion gained ground, dollar jumped to a three month high against the euro and ended slightly higher against the yen...
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Fast Money Picks For December 17th (V, TSL, ABX, TCK)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 8:02pm | 199CNBC's Fast Money Tim Seymour thinks that investors should buy Barrick Gold Corporation (USA)(FREE stock trend analysis) (NYSE: ABX)(FREE stock trend analysis) on Thursday. Barrick (ABX)(FREE stock trend analysis) jumped 2.10% today and closed at $39.92. Joe Terranova likes Visa (NYSE: V)(FREE...
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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks with Highest 5-Y Earnings Growth Estimate (AU, AXA, LVS, BRFS, TM)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 8:40am | 233Below are the top 5 large-cap stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of highest earnings growth estimate. The five-year earnings growth estimate for AngloGold Ashanti Ltd (NYSE: AU)(FREE stock trend analysis) is 95.3%. AU’s market capitalization is $15.14 billion. AU had $1.12 billion of total...
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Fast Money Picks For December 15th (ABX, CLX, GOOG, CLF)
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 8:45pm | 225CNBC's Fast Money Tim Seymour likes Barrick Gold Corporation (USA)(FREE stock trend analysis) (NYSE: ABX)(FREE stock trend analysis) and thinks investors should take a look at this company. Barrick Gold (BCX) gained 0.81% today. Gary Kaminsky thinks that The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX)(FREE stock...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre- Market Gainers (WPP, SPPI, RYAAY, ASML, BWY, SPN, PFE, GOLD)
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 9:24am | 468WPP PLC (ADR) (NASDAQ: WPPGY)(FREE stock trend analysis) has moved up 3.82% to $47.93 in the pre-market session. The 52-week trading range for WPPGY is $24.51 - $49.66. WPP PLC (ADR) closed at $47.93 in the last trading session. WPPGY surged over 45% in the last six months. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers (SCO, EEN, XME, UYM)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 8:14pm | 171ProShares UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oil ETF (NYSE: SCO) gained the most among ETFs today as The Dow Jones—AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index struggled. SCO jumped 5.52% and closed at $16.06 with a volume of $3.53M. Claymore/BNY Mellon EW Euro-Pac LDRs ETF (NYSE: EEN) gained 5.26% today, after dropping around 7...
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Legal Issues at ABX Cortez Hills Project
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 3:43pm | 144Analysts at Credit Suisse downgrade Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE: ABX) from “outperform” to “neutral.” The target price for ABX has been reduced from $50 to $47. The US Court of Appeals has ruled that additional environmental analysis is required at the company’s Cortez Hills project in Nevada. The US...