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America’s Most Successful Retailers

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 8:20 pm

The past few years have been challenging for the retailing industry, and there are no signs that 2012 will be no different. One key metric used to judge the ...
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CryoLife Files To Raise Up To $100 Million In Capital (CRY)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 5:03 pm

CRYOLIFE, INC. (NYSE: CRY) has just filed with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in a mixed securities offering.  The filing will allow the company to sell any ...
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VIVUS Scores FDA Backing For Qnexa Against Obesity (VVUS, OREX, ARNA)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 4:36 pm

VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) is going to likely have a huge day on Thursday.  The FDA panel reviewing its Qnexa drug to treat obesity has voted overwhelmingly to offer FDA panel backing ...
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Very Mixed H-P Earnings Data (HPQ)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 4:17 pm

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is out with its quarterly earnings report and earnings were $0.92 EPS on $30 billion in sales. Thomson Reuters had estimates of $0.87 EPS on $30.71 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, DELL, MOS, GILD, DNDN, BAS, CYH, LOPE, RRC, CETV, CHS, DLTR, GRMN, NG, RRD, TOL, HSTM, FIRE, THLD, NFX, CELL)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 4:07 pm

US equities markets opened lower this morning following surprisingly weak manufacturing reports from Europe and China. Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of Greek debt to ‘CCC’ could not have been a surprise, ...
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Gold Back To Uncertainty Trading Versus Risk-On Trading? And Silver? (GLD, SLV)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 3:32 pm

Trading gold has been a wild trip for investors and speculators over the recent years, but now gold is magically back to nearly $1,800.00 per ounce. In fact, gold is ...
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Stealth IPO Winner In Ceres (CERE)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 3:19 pm

Ceres, Inc. (NASDAQ: CERE) is getting off to a good start for new IPO investors.  While the $13.00 price for 5 million shares was under the $16.00 to $17.00 range ...
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Shell Offers to Buy Cove Energy at 73% Premium (RDS-A, APC)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 2:49 pm

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) has reportedly offered $1.58 billion to acquire London-based energy company Cove Energy PLC. The offer is a 73% premium to Cove’s average closing price ...
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Alcatel-Lucent Drop…. Just Profit Taking? (ALU)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 2:48 pm

Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) has been on a stock on fire.  After managing to pull a rabbit out of the hat with its earnings report, shares have continued to recover.  ...
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Opposition Mounts to Verizon Spectrum Acquisition (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, S, PCS, DTV, DTEGY)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 2:31 pm

The $3.6 billion acquisition by Verizon Wireless of advanced wireless services licenses from SpectrumCo LLC is generating some stiff opposition from Verizon’s competitors. Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon ...
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FuelCell Unusual Volume Also in Options (FCEL)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 2:28 pm

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is trading higher on exponential trading volume this Wednesday after reaching a memorandum of understanding to form a German-based joint venture with the Institute for Ceramic ...
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SEC Goes After Chinese Coal Executives (PUDA)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 1:49 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission has now charged two China-based executives with defrauding investors.  The charge is that these investors believed that they believed they were investing in a Chinese ...
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Dividend Investors: Future Tax Realities In 2012 Presidential Election

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 1:28 pm

Dividend investors potentially have a lot to lose in the 2012 Presidential election.  While the real crux of the matter may boil down to which party rules the House and/or ...
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PPL Wins Supreme Court Ruling (PPL)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 1:26 pm

Pennsylvania-based PPL Corp. (NYSE: PPL) today won a unanimous verdict from the US Supreme Court, overturning a Montana Supreme Court ruling that PPL must pay rent to the state for ...
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Trying To Find Growth Potential in Solar Stocks (AMAT, FSLR, WFR, GTAT, SPWR, STP, TSL, LDK, JASO)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 12:58 pm

The solar sector took a severe beating in 2011 as module prices fell by more than 40%. The bleeding has stopped for now, and most of the solar makers have ...
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