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Benzinga's After Hours Decliners (TSU, GGB, GNW, TFSL)
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 4:42pm | 98Among the stocks that have moved lower in Friday's after hours trading session are Third Federal Corp. (NASDAQ: TFSL), Tim Participacoes SA (NYSE: TSU), Gerdau S.A. (NYSE: GGB) and Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW). Volume in all of these names has been fairly light. Here is how these stocks are...
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Arcelormittal Re-Opens Its Share Buy-Back Program
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 2:16pm | 44ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) announces today a re-opening of its share buy-back program for up to 6% of its share capital, within the scope of the authorisation given by the annual general meeting of shareholders held on 11 May 2010.
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AK Steel Downgraded - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 1:12pm | 573According to Associated Press (AP), Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a credit rating agency, has lowered its outlook on steel producer, AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS) to "Negative" from its initial “Stable” outlook. Other ratings included a "BB" corporate credit rating that places AK...
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Options Brief: Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (SID)
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 11:53am | 88Shares of Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (NYSE: SID) are lower on the session by 1.60%, trading at $16.12. Call volume is currently running at 3.06x the daily average, with 73% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,284 contracts have traded on the session so far. Companhia...
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Company News for November 26, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 10:30am | 407• Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced plans for "minor design changes" to the electrical system of its troubled 787 Dreamliner, with another delivery schedule expected out in the next few weeks • A buyout group led by KKR (NYSE:KKR) agreed to acquire Del Monte Foods (NYSE: DLM) for $19 per share, valuing...
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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Friday - Tale of the Tape
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 9:18am | 343Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS) Alere Inc (ALR) Animal Health Intl Inc (AHII) Big Lots Inc (BIG) Greatbatch Inc (GB) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. ANIMAL HLTH INT (AHII): Free Stock Analysis Report AK STEEL HLDG (AKS):...
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On Power and the Constitution - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 9:00am | 2138Since my Capitalism, Past & Present post seemed to be generally well received, I thought I might do another in-depth thought piece. This time I want to talk about power, and the structure of the U.S. Government. Like greed, the desire for power has existed since the dawn of time. Power can be...
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AK Steel Downgraded - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 7:17am | 573According to Associated Press (AP), Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a credit rating agency, has lowered its outlook on steel producer, AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS) to "Negative" from its initial “Stable” outlook. Other ratings included a "BB" corporate credit rating that places AK...
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Company News for November 26, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 5:10am | 422• Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced plans for "minor design changes" to the electrical system of its troubled 787 Dreamliner, with another delivery schedule expected out in the next few weeks • A buyout group led by KKR (NYSE:KKR) agreed to acquire Del Monte Foods (NYSE: DLM) for $19 per share, valuing...
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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Friday - Tale of the Tape
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 4:14am | 343Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS) Alere Inc (ALR) Animal Health Intl Inc (AHII) Big Lots Inc (BIG) Greatbatch Inc (GB) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. ANIMAL HLTH INT (AHII): Free Stock Analysis Report AK STEEL HLDG (AKS):...
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On Power and the Constitution - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 3:53am | 2138Since my Capitalism, Past & Present post seemed to be generally well received, I thought I might do another in-depth thought piece. This time I want to talk about power, and the structure of the U.S. Government. Like greed, the desire for power has existed since the dawn of time. Power can be...
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Schnitzer Steel Acquires Macon Iron & Paper Stock Company
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 3:04pm | 47Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCHN) today announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Macon Iron & Paper Stock Company, Inc. of Macon, GA. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Uranium Plays Continue To Explode Higher (URRE, URZ, UEC, STHJF)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 11:21am | 242Here's a quick questions, “What's the best performing metal miner this year, YTD, over the past 6-months, or over the past 3-months?” Perhaps a silver play like Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW) may come to mind or a metallurgical coal miner like Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF). In both cases you...
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Follow The Money
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 11:04am | 385Today the S&P 500 Index and the rest of the major stock market indexes are all trading sharply higher to start the trading session. The initial jobless claims were better than expected this morning coming in at 407,000. However, during the holiday season the initial jobless claims should...
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Calls Purchased on Commercial Metals Company (CMC)
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 12:28pm | 156Shares of Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) are higher on the session by 3.51%, currently trading at $15.32. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past five months, rallying from a recent low near $12.00, and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options...