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Options Brief: Mobile TeleSystems (MBT)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 12:06pm | 101Shares of Mobile TeleSystems (NYSE: MBT) are lower on the session by 0.87%, trading at $20.56. Overall put volume is now running at 2.91x the daily average, with 33% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,501 contracts have traded on the session so far. Mobile TeleSystems OJSC is a...
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Leap Wireless Rises 2% (LEAP)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:45am | 92Shares of Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) are on the move in early trading, rising around 2.60% to $13.41. The stock has lost more than 4% over the last month, but gained more than 15% over the last 3 months. Leap Wireless International, Inc. (Leap) is a wireless communications carrier that offers...
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Trading Resumes: ICO Global Communications
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:25am | 17Trading Resumes: ICO Global Communications (NASDAQ: ICOG)
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ICO Global and DISH Networks Sign Implementation and Restructuring Support Agreements; DISH to Pay ICO $324.5M
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:18am | 178ICO Global Communications Limited (NASDAQ: ICOG) announced today that it has entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement and Implementation Agreement with DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH). Pursuant to these agreements, ICO has agreed to support a proposed amended Investment Agreement...
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Trading Halted On ICO Global Communications
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:17am | 18Trading Halted On ICO Global Communications (NASDAQ: ICOG).
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Wedbush Initiates Coverage Of Gentium S.p.A. With Outperform Rating And $16 Fair Value
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:09am | 141In a report published by Wedbush, its initiating coverage of Gentium S.p.A. (NASDAQ: GENT) with an Outperform rating and $16 fair value. Wedbush said that Gentium, S.p.A, is a cash-flow positive biotechnology company focused on using defibrotide to treat and prevent Veno-Occlusive Disease (VOD), a...
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Deutsche Bank Comments On American Superconductor Acquisition Of Switch Engineering Oy
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:20am | 229In a report published by Deutsche Bank, American Superconductor (NASDAQ: AMSC) today announced the acquisition of The Switch Engineering Oy, a power technologies company headquartered in Finland. Deutsche Bank said that, in conjunction with the acquisition, management also lowered guidance. DB is...
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Potash Continues Downward (POT)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 10:42am | 87Shares of Potash (NYSE: POT) are falling again on Monday morning, trading down around 3% to $52.65. This stock has been hit extremely hard over the last 5 trading sessions, losing almost 14%. Over the last 52-weeks, POT is up 26%. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PCS) is an integrated...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades (S, CTAS, JDSU, LULU)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 8:19am | 149Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) was upgraded by Bernstein from "underperform" to "market perform." Sprint Nextel's shares closed at $5.00 on Friday. Sprint Nextel's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $32.56 billion. RW Baird upgraded Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) from "neutral" to "...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (GLUU, NXPI, VOD, NWS)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 8:18am | 118Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) dipped 4.40% to $3.26 in the pre-market session. GLUU's trailing-twelve-month ROE is -104.96%. NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) fell 4.01% to $26.36 in the pre-market session. NXPI's trailing-twelve-month ROE is -39.63%. Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ: VOD) moved...
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Piper Jaffray: LEAP / PCS Merger Would Have "No Real Effect" On Tower Stocks
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 7:32am | 235In its weekly update on telecom services, Piper Jaffray reports that the potential merger of Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) and MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) would have no real effect on the tower stocks. “Overlapping markets are extremely limited, so there is little risk for cell site decommissioning,” Piper...
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Oppenheimer Communications Industry Update (S, LEAP, DTEGY)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 7:27am | 136Oppenheimer reports that stocks in the communications industry, specifically Sprint (NYSE: S) and Leap (NASDAQ: LEAP) performed well this week, in spite of a market decline. Oppenheimer stated that “Communications sector stocks outperformed significantly, increasing by 0.7%. Sprint (+15%) and Leap...
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Top Stocks of Russia
Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 1:31am | 572Did you know that the Market Vectors Russia Exchange Traded Fund (RSX) has significantly outperformed the S&P 500 over the last two years. It has also outperformed over the last year, the last six months, and the last three months. Where has all this strength come from? Russia has the world's...
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Bulls Have Conviction Going into Weekend 03-11-11
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 7:23pm | 778Cusick's Corner Nice bounce with authority. The After Hours were solid, trading with strong volume and wider scope. The bulls have the conviction coming into the weekend. All eyes will be on Asia, monitoring Japan, and any further activity in the Middle East. Have a good weekend. Stocks are...
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The Companies to Watch in the Profitable World of Mobile Gaming
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 12:59pm | 732By Stephanie Taylor Christensen The high-tech gaming market used to be dominated by a few major players: Nintendo, Sony (SNE), and Microsoft (MSFT). Thanks to the uprise in smartphones (Nielsen estimates by the end of 2011, one in two Americans will have one), mobile gaming on a smartphone has...