Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) is off its highs but still higher on the day after the company raised its dividend and announced a share buyback plan. The company’s board of directors…
These are this Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Raised to Market Perform from Underperform at BMO Capital. American Express (NYSE: AXP) Raised…
Short sellers took huge positions in major banks and telecom companies in the two-week period ending December 15. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 30% to 281 million ahead of the bank…
Reuters: Thain regrets nothing he did at Merrill Lynch and during its merger with Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). Reuters: Trump put his support to the bondholders of his casino business. FT: A…
Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) over 32% to a yearly high of $28.14 after the company posted earnings of $0.44 per share, beating analysts estimates. Semitool Inc (NASDAQ: SMTL) rose over…
These are this Tuesday’s top day trader and active trader alerts with more details and analysis linked through to each stock over at VSInvestor.com: Netlist Inc. (NLST) is seeing small profit taking…
Semitool, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMTL) has become the perfect fit for Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT). Applied has decided to acquire the maker of multi-chamber single-wafer and batch wet chemical processing equipment used…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: China is the key stop on Obama’s tour of Asia. Reuters: South Korea’s businesses may start to feel more pressure from China competitors.. Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) bought 3Com (NYSE:COM) for $3.1…
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) is on deck for earnings this afternoon right after the market closes. The chip equipment giant, and relatively new solar player, is the king of its sector…
Earnings season has wound down now with over 85% of the S&P 500 Index having reported. Still, there are some key companies posting their quarterly results and some companies were screened out…
Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) appears to not be slowing down on its solar ambitions, or at least not as much as we might have all guessed about six months ago when…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 3.14 PM EST: STIC (NASDAQ:STIC) dropping on rumors that Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) database applications may hurt STIC sales (Barron’s) Updated 3.11 PM EST: Level 3 (NASDAQ:LVLT) is surging…
Shares in MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE:WFR) have been downgraded from ‘Buy’ to ‘Hold’ by Citigroup (NYSE:C). MEMC makes crystalline polysilicon wafers used in some photovoltaic solar cells, and the market appears…
There are many things that help solar power and orders for the sector, but arguably higher energy prices and tax incentives or subsidies probably dwarf the overall economic situation. There seems to…
Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) has reported results for its fiscal third quarter and its net sales were $1.13 billion. The non-GAAP net loss was $2 million, or break-even per share; the…
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