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ING Group Downs VOD To Hold
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 6:47am | 42Analysts at ING Group downgrade Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ: VOD) from "buy" to "hold." VOD’s shares gained 0.54% to close at $22.22 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Puts Sold on Leap Wireless (LEAP)
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 3:08pm | 145Shares of Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) are lower on the session by 3.76%, currently trading at $12.02. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months, off from recent highs near $19.00. Options traders are selling puts on the name today. The August $10 put...
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Top Narrow Based Indexes for July 19 (EDMC, IMAX, CHU)
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 2:08pm | 207By 1:39 pm, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 17.71 points, or 0.18%, to 10,115.61, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 1.19 points, or 0.11%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 3.24 points, or 0.15%. Some of the narrow based indexes supporting the markets are Education...
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24/7 Wall St. CEOs Who Need to be Fired: Nine for 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 8:03am | 481Public companies dismiss CEOs all the time. The firings can be due to incompetence, malfeasance, or tensions with boards of directors or founders. 24/7 Wall St. has chosen nine sitting CEOs who should be let go by their boards. All the CEOs are on this list for simple reasons. The first is that...
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MTS Acquires Multiregion (MBT)
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 8:43am | 67Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (NYSE: MBT), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, announces that it has acquired a 100% stake in CJSC Multiregion ("Multiregion"), one of the leading groups of broadband and cable TV providers in the Russian regions, from Cavolo Trading Limited (...
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MTS Acquires Multiregion (MBT)
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 8:40am | 67Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (NYSE: MBT), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, announces that it has acquired a 100% stake in CJSC Multiregion ("Multiregion"), one of the leading groups of broadband and cable TV providers in the Russian regions, from Cavolo Trading Limited (...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers (UNG, TZA, DAG, FXP)
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 4:38pm | 167Natural gas prices spiked today after a government report showed lower than expected inventories of natural gas. Natural gas gained more than 7%, and United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (NYSE: UNG) jumped 6.46% to close at $7.75. Direxion Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (ETF) (NYSE: TZA) gained 2.78%, on...
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"Mad Money Lightning Round:" Jim Says Don’t Expect A Lot Of Upward Movement In IBM
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 7:26am | 285In his "Mad Money Lightning Round" on Wednesday, Jim Cramer said that Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) overpaid for XTO Energy. He advised traders to sell the stock. When asked about Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU), Jim said that he will buy the stock only after the numbers come down. Jim said that...
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“Mad Money Lightening Round:” Jim Says AMT Set To Surge
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 5:29am | 277In his “Mad Money Lightening Round” on Tuesday, Jim Cramer said that American Tower (NYSE: AMT) stock has been stuck at $45 for a long time and is ready to shoot off. “I think this one is a house of pleasure and I say...pull the trigger." Jim advised traders to sell American Capital Agency (NASDAQ...
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Shorts Flee Strongest Stocks
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 8:25am | 221Stocks with strong balance sheets that are likely to post good earnings have lost their interest for short sellers. Base on data as of June 30, short sellers abandoned the shares of Citigroup (NYSE: C), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Ford (NYSE: F), and AT&T (NYSE: T). The short interest in AT&T...
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Top 4 NYSE Stocks In The Technology Industry With The Highest EPS Estimates (CEL, IBM, WDC, BIO)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 5:52am | 146Below are the top technology stocks on the NYSE in terms of earnings estimates for the next quarter. Cellcom Israel Ltd (NYSE: CEL) is likely to earn $2.96 in the September quarter. CEL’s trailing-twelve-month ROE is 264.90%. International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM) is expected to earn $2....
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Top 4 NYSE Stocks In The Technology Industry With The Highest Operating Margin (DLB, PHI, AMT, LFT)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 5:51am | 144Below are the top technology stocks on the NYSE in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin for Dolby Laboratories Inc (NYSE: DLB) stands at 47.06%. DLB’s quarterly earnings growth is 70%. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin for Philippine Long Distance...
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News Summary (S, VZ, T, AVP)
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 10:45am | 263When Sprint (NYSE: S) had launched the first ever 4G network, it had beat its rivals to the game. However, CEO Dan Hesse admitted that "we thought we would have more of a head start than we'll end up having." The manufacturer is running into rough weather as it can’t keep up with the demand for the...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (ASML, VOD, CRUS, ACGY)
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 8:50am | 143ASML Holding N.V (NASDAQ: ASML) tumbled 2.41% to $29.58 in the pre-market session. ASML is among the top five companies in the Semiconductor Equipment industry in terms of relative performance. Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ: VOD) fell 1.65% to $21.49 in the pre-market session. SWIR Q1 loss narrows....
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Puts Sold on American Movil (AMX)
Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 12:59pm | 152Shares of American Movil SAB (NYSE: AMX) are lower on the session by 0.58%, currently trading at $49.38. The stock has been trading largely higher over the past month and is currently in a short-term technical uptrend. Puts were sold on the name this morning, as well. It appears that the August $...