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Eight Stocks Being Accumulated by Large Holders (CYTR, DVA, HNSN, JNS, ODP, SONS, THC, VSAT)

Posted: October 19, 2012 at 8:16 am

There are a number of reasons that insiders and large holders sell shares of public companies. There is really only one reason that insiders and large holders buy shares, and ...
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Sold $130 Million in Shares over Last Week

Posted: October 2, 2012 at 3:50 pm

The rise of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been monumental of late. Analysts have been forcing their price targets higher after Google keeps a huge lead in internet search and ...
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Potential Large VC-Holder Sales Coming in Vonage, Sort Of

Posted: September 24, 2012 at 11:00 am

Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG) may have a significant wave of insiders selling shares soon. The low-cost IP-telephony provider announced on Monday that a key backer has distributed shares to ...
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Insiders Locking In Big Gains in Proto Labs

Posted: September 6, 2012 at 4:12 pm

Proto Labs Inc. (NYSE: PRLB) was one of the better IPOs of 2012, certainly when you consider all of the lame internet and social media IPOs which have led to ...
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Paulson Said To Be Losing Hedge Fund Assets From Citi

Posted: August 23, 2012 at 2:49 pm

The hedge fund business might not be so easy after all, even for billionaires.  Reports are out today citing 'people close to the situation' that Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) via ...
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Major Reynolds Holder Dumps Some Tobacco Shares

Posted: August 21, 2012 at 4:44 pm

Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) saw its gains peter out and then melt away today. The news is that shareholder Brown & Williamson Holdings Inc. dumped more than $50 million ...
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Dick’s Chairman Sells $45 Million in Stock, Other Insiders Sold Too

Posted: August 21, 2012 at 7:17 am

Investors love tracking insider trading. Edward Stack, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer at Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS), just got some serious spending money ...
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Insider Cashes Out Millions More in Cognizant Stock Options

Posted: August 20, 2012 at 11:21 am

Investors love to watch insider trading, even the legal insider buy-sell actions from corporate insiders.  When a director sells shares after exercising an option, it is not always a prelude ...
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Facebook Insiders May Sell Shares

Posted: August 3, 2012 at 7:30 am

Facebook Inc.'s (NASDAQ: FB) shares have traded below $20, after a $38 initial public offering. The price could be pushed down more by the people who helped start the company ...
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Salvation For P&G Seems Premature and Already Extended (PG, KMB, CLX, CL)

Posted: July 13, 2012 at 10:29 am

There is good news for defensive consumer products and high dividend investors: change is likely coming in some form at Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG).  The market value as ...
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Can Activist Investors Fix Procter & Gamble? Take A Poll!!!

Posted: July 12, 2012 at 1:10 pm

The ongoing calls to bring change at Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) are growing.  The company's shares have become stuck and many investors feel that the company has grown ...
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Did The Coldwater Creek Turnaround Really Get Saved?

Posted: July 10, 2012 at 10:30 am

Coldwater Creek Inc. (NASDAQ: CWTR) is nothing short of a highly unusual winner today.  The news is that the women's apparel retailer announced the closing of a five-year, $65 million ...
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Finding the Next Biotech M&A Targets (HGSI, GSK, AMLN, BMY, VRTX, CELG, CBST, AMRN, DNDN, BMRN, VVUS, ARNA, PCYC, VICL, MDGN, AFFX, THRX, RIGL)

Posted: July 10, 2012 at 7:35 am

More biotech mergers are on the way! That is the verdict of Wall St. There may be patent protection risks associated with future regulation under health care, but deals in ...
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Bankruptcy News Killing Coal Miners (PCX, ACI, BTU, KOL, JRCC)

Posted: July 9, 2012 at 3:45 pm

Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX) was halted on a major downside move.  Bloomberg has reported that a bankruptcy filing is said to be coming as soon as today.  The headlines ...
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One Healthcare Merger Driving Consolidation Wave

Posted: July 9, 2012 at 10:10 am

Now that the healthcare constitutionality argument has passed, healthcare and insurance providers are consolidating.  WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) just announced that it was acquiring AMERIGROUP Corporation (NYSE: AGP) in a $4.9 billion ...
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