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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (DGIT, ERIC, ASML, VOD)
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 8:32am | 132DG FastChannel Inc (NASDAQ: DGIT) dipped 18.50% to $20 in the pre-market session. The Board of Directors of DGIT has authorized a stock repurchase program worth $30 million. LM Ericsson Telephone Company (NASDAQ: ERIC) lost 1.60% to $9.82 in the pre-market session. ERIC’s earnings are likely to...
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August 30, 2010: October Suprise? Cuba Opens (A Little) For Business.
Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 7:30pm | 828The planets are aligned for the entry of companies into Cuba. Yes, one of the worst places on earth to do business may well be open for business soon, and on terms to entice investment. True, this has been stated in previous years, but "this time it's different". Think China and Richard Nixon's...
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China Unicom Profit Falls on Costs - Analyst Blog
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 2:37pm | 762China Unicom (CHU), China 's second largest mobile operator, announced its first half 2010 results with earnings per share of RMB 0.11 ($0.016 per share) falling 61.6% year over year. Adjusted net income plunged 62.2% year over year to RMB 2.11 billion ($0.31 billion) driven by higher spending on...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (APOG, ARST, JASO, VOD)
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 8:28am | 139Apogee Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ: APOG) rose 2.62% to $9.58 in the pre-market session. APOG’s shares have lost 32.47% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 1.58% in the same period. Arc Sight Inc (NASDAQ: ARST) added 2.38% to $37.50 in pre-market trading. ARST announced that...
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The Zacks Small-Cap Profileinclude: Aastrom Biosciences, Aastrom Biosciences, StemCells and International Stem Cell - Press Releases
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 12:45pm | 2024For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – August 26, 2010 – Today, Zacks.com Small-Cap Institutional Research (SCIR) features the following small-cap profile, including: Aastrom Biosciences (Nasdaq: ASTM), Aastrom Biosciences (Nasdaq: ASTM), StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEM) and International Stem Cell...
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RIM's BlackBerry Torch Doesn't Match Up
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 9:38am | 242NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Can Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) stay in touch with the small-business smartphone market? It's trying with the spankin' new BlackBerry Torch 9800. It's tres chic right now among the techno elite to bash Research In Motion and its BlackBerry devices. For all their power...
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Late Summer Squeeze 08-25-2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 7:06pm | 799Cusick’s Corner The market did something this afternoon that it has been unable to do in the last three sessions, finish strong to the upside. Another positive about this close -- the shorts succumbed to an upside squeeze. There is some new concern in Japan, EWJ -- the Yen, FXY, has been on a...
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Unconfirmed chatter that Indias’ Bharti Airtel looking to submit bid for company,in the mid $20’s for (LEAP)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:00am | 43Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP):Unconfirmed chatter that Indias’ Bharti Airtel is looking to submit bid for company,in the mid $20’s..(LEAP) Could not be reached for comment.
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Weekly Market Commentary | Week of August 23, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 4:13pm | 911Highlights •If history is any guide, the disappointingly soft economic data over the past few months may soon begin to firm. •Looking back over the past 60 years, about one year after the start of every recovery a soft spot emerges. •Some closely watched indicators of growth are likely to be near...
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Weekly Market Commentary | Week of August 23, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 10:10am | 881Highlights •If history is any guide, the disappointingly soft economic data over the past few months may soon begin to firm. •Looking back over the past 60 years, about one year after the start of every recovery a soft spot emerges. •Some closely watched indicators of growth are likely to be near...
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Mad Money Lightning – Stocks According To Cramer (LVS, CRM, SAP, VOD, RLD, HBAN, WCRX)
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 6:56am | 190In Monday’s “Mad Money Lightning” round, Jim Cramer appeared bullish on some stocks and not so bullish on others. Cramer remained bullish on Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) and “likes” Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX). While Rex Energy (NASDAQ: REXX) was a “better energy pick,” RealD (NYSE: RLD) was the...
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Value Stocks! (VOD, ESV, SNY, SVU)
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 1:48pm | 296I ran a quick screen looking for value stocks today. The metrics that I used were NYSE and NASDAQ listed stocks that had a market capitalization over $1 billion, a P/E ratio of less than 10, a price to book ratio of less than 1.2, a price to cash flow ratio of less than 9 and a dividend yield of...
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CBO: Deficits on Budget, Surplus Off - Analyst Blog
Friday, August 20, 2010 - 11:25am | 2288The Congressional Budget Office projects that the budget deficit will total $1.342 trillion in fiscal 2010 (which is a pretty firm projection since the year ends on September 30th). That is $71 billion less than fiscal 2009, and $27 billion lower than what it projected last time it did the numbers...
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Sprint Nextel CFO Sells 70,000 Shares of S
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 3:13pm | 52In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) CFO, Robert. H. Brust, reported that he sold 70,000 shares of Sprint on August 18th for an average price of $4.53. The transaction totaled $314,240. Mr. Brust owns 81,231 direct shares of S. Source: The Washington Service
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Big Catalysts Ahead For Aastrom Bio - Analyst Blog
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 11:19am | 653In July 2010, we initiated coverage of Aastrom Biosciences (ASTM) with a Neutral rating and a $2.50 price target. Aastrom is pioneering the research effort on adult stem cells for therapeutic applications, specifically for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as critical limb ischemia (...