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Oppenheimer Changes Price Targets Of UTX, ORLY, MDAS, CCI And More
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 1:13pm | 119Oppenheimer is changing the price targets of the following companies: IAC/InterActiveCorp. (NASDAQ: IACI) $30 to $35 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ORLY) $50 to $59 United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) $80 to $83 Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) $45 to $52 Symantec (NASDAQ:...
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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Thursday - Tale of the Tape
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 1:03pm | 346Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: Advanced Analogic Tech Inc (AATI) AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS) Allegheny Tech Inc (ATI) American Dental Partners Inc (ADPI) Arbitron Inc (ARB) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. ADV ANALGC TECH (AATI): Free Stock Analysis...
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AK Steel's Profit Dips, Outlook Uncertain - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 4:33pm | 563As anticipated, AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS) posted net loss of $59.2 million or 54 cents per share in the third quarter of 2010 in contrast to a net income of $6.2 million or 6 cents in the year-ago quarter. Reported losses were higher than the Zacks Consensus loss of 34 cents. Higher raw...
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Earnings Preview: Siderurgica Nacional - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 4:03pm | 656Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (SID), or CSN, is slated to release its third quarter 2010 results on Thursday, October 28. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the third quarter earnings per share (EPS) is 36 cents, representing an annualized decline of 59.09%. Companhia Siderurgica's...
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Stock Market News for October 27, 2010 - Market News
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 3:33pm | 1211After a lackadaisical session, stocks closed mostly flat on Tuesday as mixed earnings and economic reports failed to motivate traders. Investors appeared jittery ahead of next week's mid-term elections and a sliding dollar. The blue-chip Dow average gained a little more than 5 points to close at...
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: United States Steel, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca plc, BHP Billiton and Wyndham Worldwide - Press Releases
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 3:33pm | 1901For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – October 27, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: United States Steel Corp. (X), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY), AstraZeneca plc (AZN), BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) and Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (WYN ). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity...
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Dahlman Rose Reiterates Buy Rating On Cliffs Natural (CLF)
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 2:25pm | 99Analysts at Dahlman Rose are reiterating their Buy rating on shares of Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) prior to the company's earnings report tomorrow after the closing bell. Despite being bullish on the stock, the analysts said that "we are slightly adjusting our number to take into...
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Buy Rating Reiterated on U.S. Steel
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 11:24am | 28Dahlman Rose reiterates a Buy rating on U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) and lowers the company's price target from $61 to $55.
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U. S. Steel Announces Executive Appointments in Tubular Products Organization
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:03am | 75United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) today announced several executive appointments in its tubular products business. Douglas R. Matthews, who currently serves as vice president-tubular operations, has been appointed senior vice president-tubular operations. George H. Thompson, Jr., the...
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Dahlman Maintains Its Hold Rating On MT
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 8:37am | 151Dahlman Rose has published a research report on ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) following 3Q results that were roughly in-line with estimates, causing Dahlman to lower 2010-11 estimates and maintain its Hold rating. In the report, Dahlman Rose writes "Based on our softer near-term market outlook, we are...
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AK Steel Reports Dismal Earnings, Lowers 4Q Forecast
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 8:37am | 181Goldman is lowering its 4Q2010 estimates for AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) to a loss of $0.62/share from a loss of $0.25/share on higher cost assumptions. AKS reported a 3Q loss of $0.54/share and guided to a loss of $80/ton for 4Q. As a result, our FY2010 estimate falls to a loss of $0.67/share from a...
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Earnings Were Solid 10-26-2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 6:57pm | 898Cusick's Corner Earnings were solid and the dip was bought into the After Hours. While the Dollar, UUP, is in oversold levels and the market is now firmly held at resistance, it will be interesting who is going to blink first. Energy, XLE, will be in the spotlight, especially Crude, CLZ10 $82.42,...
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Current OX Put/Call Ratio 10-26-2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 6:55pm | 862Cusick's Corner The Dollar fluctuations and the pullback in the Euro put early pressure on this market. I am still concerned with the amount of bullishness, especially on the retail side with the put call ratio at oX at .41, meaning that for every 2.5 puts being purchased there are still 6 calls...
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Who's Right? Steel Companies Or Everyone Else? (X, MT)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 12:55pm | 182Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) and U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) both reported weak earnings this morning, saying that the economic recovery isn't as rosy as other sectors are making it appear. We've gotten strong earnings and guidance from companies like Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), CSX (NYSE: CSX), and Eaton (NYSE...
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Tuesday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders (LINTA, GGB, PVH, MTL, PCYC)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 12:44pm | 94Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Liberty Media Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: LINTA) 3,600 puts, 14 calls 2. Gerdau SA (NYSE: GGB) 11,577 puts, 121 calls 3. Phillips Van Heusen (NYSE: PVH) 10,737 puts, 460 calls 4. Mechel...