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Thursday's Stocks to Watch and Trading Ideas
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 4:06pm | 3325( click to enlarge ) I'm back from my Easter vacations and willing to keep blogging for your reading. It was really a great time to unwind some of the pressure of markets and hope you all understand. During today's trading session I was scanning some charts and I stumbled upon Vonage Holdings...
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Global Crossing Announces Excess Cash Offer for Senior Secured Notes
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 10:57am | 111Global Crossing Finance plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC), announced today that it has begun an excess cash offer with respect to its senior secured notes. In accordance with the indenture governing its notes, GCUK Finance will offer to purchase for cash up to 11....
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CEOWORLD Stocks Picks to Watch on 4/26/11 – NFLX, BIDU, ORCL, YRCW, KOG, SSN, AMZN, PZG, AIG, AMD, GS, POT…
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 9:05am | 1769Netflix, Inc. (NFLX)- Netflix, Inc. is a subscription service streaming movies and television episodes over the Internet and sending digital versatile discs (DVDs) by mail to more than 12 million subscribers. The Company's subscribers can watch unlimited movies and television episodes streamed to...
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Earnings Preview Netflix & How To Trade It (NFLX, LVLT, AKAM)
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 12:24pm | 245Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is going to report earnings tonight after the bell, and Wall Street will be looking to hear what the online DVD-rental and streaming company has to say about content costs, as many bears believe that content costs will catch up to the company, sooner rather than later...
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Vonage Holdings Popping Up 3% (VG)
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 11:33am | 67Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG) shares are jumping today, gaining more than 3% today on 1.4 million shares. At last check, shares of Vonage Holdings were up 17 cents to $5.12, a gain of 3.4%. Vonage Holdings Corp. provides voice and messaging services over broadband networks to residential,...
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High Beta Stocks: Big Risk, Big Reward (YGE, MELI, VC, LDK, CVGI, TSL, AKS, DAN, SLW, CCOI)
Monday, April 18, 2011 - 10:52am | 387Beta is a calculation of a stock's volatility as it relates to the market. The market has a beta of 1.0, and stocks are assigned a beta value according to how much they diverge from the overall market. For example, if a stock moves exactly the same percentage as the underlying market, it is...
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A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts
Monday, April 18, 2011 - 6:28am | 360Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 72 points to 12,231.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index fell 9.20 points to 1,309.80. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 14 points to 2,295.75. A Peek Into Global Markets Negative...
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Spacenet Acquires CICAT Networks (GILT)
Monday, April 18, 2011 - 6:02am | 183Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks (Nasdaq: GILT), and a leading provider of broadband network solutions, announced that it has acquired CICAT Networks, Inc., a nationwide provider of broadband network solutions based in Chantilly, Virginia. CICAT Networks uses a...
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Trading Ideas For The Week Ahead
Friday, April 15, 2011 - 4:30pm | 2085( click to enlarge ) Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) closed the day just above the break out point after some decent swings. The stock has been beaten down since February, but at this moment it seems pretty clear that buyers have been waiting in the 19-19.5 range. The stock may attempt to go higher...
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Oppenheimer Gives Color On Level 3 Communications' Recent Acquisition
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 8:08am | 189Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT) announced the acquisition of Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC) for 16 shares of LVLT per GLBC share. Oppenheimer is publishing a summary pro forma model with key financial metrics. In Oppenheimer's view the transaction will drive meaningful synergies, which will...
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Top Percentage Gainers And Losers As Of 8:45 a.m. 4/12/2011 (EXEL, GS, KITD, CYH, CBLI, LVLT, UBS, EXTR, AA, BBL, F, BP)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 7:58am | 372Best 1) Excelixis (NASDAQ: EXEL): Trading up 11.67% to $12.34 after a report came out saying that the company is working Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to prepare for takeover offers. The action is in response to a positive study regarding its experimental prostate-cancer drug. 2) Kit digital (NASDAQ:...
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Oppenheimer Comments on Level 3 Communications Acquisition of Global Crossing (LVLT, GLBC)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 7:51am | 135Oppenheimer is out with its report today on Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT), commenting on LVLT's acquisition of Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC). In a note to clients, Oppenheimer writes, "Level 3 announced the acquisition of Global Crossing for 16 shares of LVLT per GLBC share. In our view,...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades (LVLT, PKY, EIX, BIIB)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 7:21am | 138Level 3 Communications Inc (NASDAQ: LVLT) was upgraded by UBS from "sell" to "neutral." LVLT's shares closed at $1.70 yesterday. LVLT's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $3.65 billion. Parkway Properties Inc (NYSE: PKY) was upgraded by Stifel Nicolaus from "sell" to "hold.” PKY's shares closed at $...
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Morgan Stanley Comments On LVLT / GLBC Merger
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 6:43am | 146Morgan Stanley is commenting on the Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) / Global Crossing Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLBC) merger, which it says “underscores our view that consolidation makes sense for those assets with clear synergy potential.” “The transaction has appeared logical for some time given...
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Top Percentage Gainers and Losers as of 3:30 p.m. 4/11/2011(TSTY, FLO, GLBC, AMMD, ENDP, CT, EFII, IDIX, MILL, BAC, AFFX, CYH, QUIK, CIGX, THC, BDCO, SCEI, WPRT, IRE, TDSC, GFRE)
Monday, April 11, 2011 - 2:30pm | 553Best 1) Tasty Baking Company (NASDAQ: TSTY): Stock is skyrocketing a remarkable 146.58% to $3.96 in today's action after Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO) revealed plans to buy the company for $4 per share in an all-cash arrangement. 2) Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC): Surging 58.51% to $23.46 after...