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Major Movers on May 22; ZLC, NTAP, TGT, TOL, SKS
Shares of Zale Corp. (ZLC) catapulted more than 20% by afternoon trade after the jewelry retailer reported on Wednesday that it swung into fiscal third quarter profit. The Company also announced that the appointment of its new Chairman, Terry Burman, who previously served at the Chief Executive at rival firm, Signet Jewelers Ltd. For the [...]
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Toll Brothers Beat Q2 Estimates (TOL)
Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) reported on Wednesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit climbed 46% as vastly improving U.S. housing market allowed the luxury homebuilder to sell more homes at higher average prices. Shares rallied after the results were announced. The Horsham Pa. based Company has been benefitting due to record low interest rates, [...]
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Micro-Caps on Watch; Freddie Mac (FMCC), Alternative Energy Partners Inc. (AEGY), Globalink Limited (GOBK)
Shares of Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC), a provider of liquidity and stability to the secondary mortgage market, are up sharply in trading today. At last check, FMCC shares were trading 12% higher at $1.69 on above average volume of 23.13 million. The stock hit a 52-week high of $1.70 earlier today. FMCC shares have gained [...]
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Teenagers Like Twitter More Than Facebook (FB)
For the young generation, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) isn’t cool thing anymore. Indeed! According to a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center, teens are showing “waning enthusiasm” for the social networking site, reported All Things Digital, a technology blog on Tuesday. Pew Research Center’s survey, which was conducted last September and made public [...]
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Major Movers on May 21; CCL, MDT, TIVO, SKS, URBN
Shares of Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) fell about 4.30% by afternoon trade after the cruise company late on Monday downwardly revised its full-year outlook. Higher costs, current pricing strategy has resulted in more-than-expected dip in revenue yields, the Company said. Besides, higher-than-expected number of voyage cancellations is also expected to weigh on the top line. [...]
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Home Depot Beats Q1 Estimates, Boosts FY Guidance (HD)
The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) reported on Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 18% thanks to strong growth both in the revenue and comparable-store-sales. Both earnings and revenue topped analysts’ expectation. Home Depot’s Chief Executive Frank Blake attributed this to ongoing recovery in the U.S. housing market. The Company also upwardly revised [...]
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Micro-Caps on the Move; Nostra Energy Inc. (NORX), Save The World Air Inc. (ZERO), Globalstar Inc. (GSAT)
Shares of Nostra Energy Inc. (OTC: NORX), an exploration stage company engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas properties in the U.S., are climbing in trading today. At last check, NORX shares were trading 1.97% higher at $0.775 on volume of 597,901. The stock hit an all-time high of $0.79 earlier today. [...]
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TiVo Reports Narrower Q1 Loss as Revenue and Subscribers Rise (TIVO)
TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) said late on Monday that its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed thanks to higher revenue and fairly reasonable growth in subscribers’ base. The Company has been consistently posting quarterly losses since the second half of 2009. Patents related litigations have badly dented its bottom line. In the recently concluded quarter, the [...]
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Verizon to Boost Small Cell Network - Analyst Blog
Verizon Communications Inc. announced that it will use the small cell products of its existing equipment vendors
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Norden Extends Contract with Harris - Analyst Blog
Harris Corporation announced that Denmark-based Norden AS has extended its agreement
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Positive Data on Roche Candidate - Analyst Blog
Roche recently announced positive data on its ulcerative colitis (UC) candidate, etrolizumab (RG7413), from EUCALYPTUS, a phase II induction study
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TC PipeLines Prices Unit Offer - Analyst Blog
Natural gas transporter TC PipeLines L.P. has priced a public offering of 7,700,000 common units at $43.85 a piece.
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Goldman to Invest in Japan - Analyst Blog
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. intends to invest about 50 billion yen ($487 million) in renewable energy in Japan in the next 5 years.
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URS Awarded U.S. Army Contract - Analyst Blog
URS Corporation recently received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, multiple award contract from the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Ala.
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National Oilwell Hikes Dividend - Analyst Blog
National Oilwell Varco has recently increased its quarterly cash dividend payment by 100% to 26 cents per share, up from 13 cents per share paid in the previous quarter
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Data on Merck KGaA's L-BLP25 - Analyst Blog
Merck KGaA presented detailed results on its oncology candidate L-BLP25, from the phase III study, START.
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The Daily Insider Buying Stock for 05/22/2013 is Griffon Corporation Description
Griffon Corporation. President & COO ROBERT F MEHMEL bought 20,000 shares on 05-16-2013 at $ 11.08.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
The Company
Griffon Corporation (the “Company” or “Griffon”), is a diversified management and holding company that conducts business through wholly-owned subsidiaries. Griffon oversees the operations of its subsidiaries, allocates resources among t ...
The Daily Insider Buying Stock for 05/21/2013 is MediciNova, Inc. Description
MediciNova, Inc. Director Tatsuo Izumi bought 158,730 shares on 05-13-2013 at $ 3.15.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Overview
We are a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel, small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases with unmet medical needs with a commercial focus on the U.S. market. We are currently focusing our development ac ...
The Daily Insider Buying Stock for 05/20/2013 is Six Flags Entertainment Co Description
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. Director JON L LUTHER bought 5,000 shares on 05-13-2013 at $ 77.92.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Introduction
We are the largest regional theme park operator in the world based on the number of parks we operate. Of our 18 regional theme and water parks, 16 are located in the United States, one is located in Mexico City, Mexico and one is located in Mont ...
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The Daily Activist Stock for 05/22/2013 is Consumer Portfolio Services Description
Filed with the SEC from May 09 to May 15:
Consumer Portfolio Services (CPSS)
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners decreased its holdings to 3,774,508 shares (17%) after it sold 358,131 shares from April 23 through May 8 at prices in a range of $7.86 to $9.39.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Overview
We are a specialty finance company. Our business is to purchase and service retail auto ...
The Daily Activist Stock for 05/21/2013 is Alere Description
Filed with the SEC from May 09 to May 15:
Alere (ALR)
Coppersmith Capital Management sent a letter to the company expressing "strong disappointment at the management and board's failure to address the numerous issues facing Alere or engage in a constructive dialogue with Coppersmith...."
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
GENERAL
Alere Inc. enables individuals to take greater control of ...
The Daily Activist Stock for 05/20/2013 is CACI International Description
Filed with the SEC from May 09 to May 15:
CACI International (CACI)
Blue Harbour Group increased its holdings to 2,257,491 shares (9.8%) after it bought 336,000 from May 1 through May 7 at prices from $57.75 to $60.13.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Background
CACI International Inc was organized as a Delaware corporation under the name “CACI WORLDWIDE, INC.” on October 8, 1985. ...
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