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Motorola Titanium, Palm Pixi Appear on the FCC
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 4:18pm | 169Endgadget Mobile found a filing with the FCC for a Motorola (NYSE: MOT)(FREE stock trend analysis) device code named "Titanium" over the weekend. Details on the device were sparse but it appears to support both CDMA and GSM. This looks likely to be a high end smartphone for Verizon (NYSE: VZ)(FREE...
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New Additions To The Nasdaq 100 Index
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 1:56am | 110The following companies will be added to the Nasdaq 100 Index, meaning a few new members for the PowerShares QQQ ETF (Nasdaq: QQQQ). Software maker BMC Software (Nasdaq: BMC), toymaker Mattel (Nasdaq: MAT), generic drug producer Mylan (Nasdaq: MYL), Dutch biotech firm Qiagen (Nasdaq: QGEN),...
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Time To Grab A Piece Of The Emerging Markets PIE With This ETF?
Sunday, December 13, 2009 - 2:30am | 369While the number of emerging martkes stocks trading on U.S. exchanges as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) continues to grow, there is a vast amount of equities from emerging markets that have yet to make it to U.S. bourses. Options such as China's Shanghai-listed A and B shares are off limits to...
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Watch Out For American Tower (AMT) In 2010
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 3:13pm | 88CNN gave its top 10 picks for 2010. Here’s a report. CNN picked American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) as one of the top 10 stocks to be watched out for in 2010. According to CNN, American Tower Corporation owns 26,000 towers around the world and controls large territories without the threat of...
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CLWR’s Subscriber Growth Expected to Accelerate
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 1:38pm | 141Analyst Michael Nelson of Soleil Securities Group upgrades Clearwire Corp (NASDAQ: CLWR)(FREE stock trend analysis) from "sell" to "buy," while reducing his estimates for the company. The target price for CLWR has been raised from $4 to $8. Clearwire’s stock is expected to rally heading into the...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (SYNA, EP, MCRS, ENR, CNTY, EW, CLWR)
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 10:19am | 291Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ: SYNA) was today upgraded by Broadpoint AmTech Research from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $35. Synaptics is now trading at $26.10, 0.04% up. The 52-week trading range for SYNA is $13.85 - $40.94. El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) has climbed 2.57% to $9.57 in...
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SK Telecom (SKM) Bets on Hana Credit Cards
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 10:12am | 231SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM)(FREE stock trend analysis) has recently invested $ 337 million in Hana Credit Card (HCC)(FREE stock trend analysis) via HCC’s third-party rights offering. SK telecom now has 49% stake in HCC. According to a report released by Citi (NYSE: C)(FREE stock trend analysis), the...
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Nat'l Oilwell Makes Twin Purchases - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 3:15pm | 359Oilfield service firm National Oilwell Varco (NOV) announced the acquisition of two Asia-based private companies in cash transactions worth about $160 million in total. The purchases include South Korean manufacturing and fabrication outfit Hochang Machinery Industries Co. Ltd. and Singapore-based...
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Stock Market News for December 10, 2009 - Market News
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 10:22am | 417U.S. stocks snapped a two-day losing streak as a declining dollar and analyst upgrades of 3M and Sprint Nextel helped overcome concerns about rising debt levels globally. Trading remained erratic as sentiments wavered on the Street. At the end of the session, the Dow Jones industrial average...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre- Market Gainers (IMGN, AVNR, NLST, HNSN, ONTY, VOD, JASO)
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 9:33am | 302ImmunoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMGN) rose 1.35% to $9.01 in the pre-market session. The 52-week trading range for IMGN is $3.68 - $10.13. In the last six months, IMGN gained over 9%. AVANIR Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AVNR) jumped up 6.09% to $2.09 in the pre-market session. Yesterday, Avanir...
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Benzinga’s Top Gainers (JTX, RNWK, COO, S, CMTL)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 12:02pm | 193Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (NYSE: JTX) has soared 18% to $4.87 on 1.31 million shares after Jackson Hewitt posted a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss, aided by lower costs, and said it will operate in more Wal-Mart Stores Inc locations than previously estimated. RealNetworks, Inc. (NASDAQ...
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Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) Breaches 200 Days Moving Average In Morning Trades
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 11:09am | 96Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), the mobile phone company got a boost on Wednesday when Citigroup upgraded its outlook on Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) from hold to buy. Citigroup has upgraded Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) on the prospects of retaining better strategic value for its spectrum assets. Sprint...
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Fast Money Picks For Wednesday December 9th (MBT, JPM, RIG, MS)
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 8:28pm | 132CNBC's Fast Money Tim Seymour would buy Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (ADR) (NYSE: MBT) at $42 on Wednesday. Mobile TeleSystems (MBT) dropped 5.65% today and closed at $46.10. Joe Terranova likes JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) and believes in its CEO Jamie Dimon. JPMorgan fell 0.10% to $41.21 on Tuesday. Karen...
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Research Report From Pali Downgrades Sprint Nextel (S) To Neutral From Buy
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 1:21pm | 139The downgrade is because analysts Walter Piecyk & Joseph Galone of Pali Capital do not think the pace of improvements in subscriber losses is enough to grow EBITDA. According to the report from Pali Capital “Sprint’s (NYSE: S) stock is not expensive at 5.1x our 2010 EBITDA estimate or a free...
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Sprint Calls Active
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 12:49pm | 110Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) call options have been active this morning, especially the January 2010 $5 Calls. Over 30,000 of these calls have traded so far today, with blocks as large as 14850 and 9000 contracts. Most transactions have been purchases at or above the offer, near 0.11. Sprint is...