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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) has sort of already fallen from grace despite all the hype behind the Palm Pre. Throw in that Pixi too. Discounting is trumping what may be weaker sales. It turns out that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is offering the Palm Pre for Sprint for a mere $79.99. Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) has [...]
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (BGI), the world's largest Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) provider(1), announced today that the iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund (NASDAQ: INDY) began trading today. The new iShares Fund is designed to track the S&P CNX Nifty Index that represents the 50 largest and most liquid Indian securities listed on the National Stock Exchange...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
COLMAR, PA (MARKET WIRE) Dorman Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: DORM) announced the launch of its all new Virtual Tradeshow on the heels of the 2009 AAPEX (Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo) Show held in Las Vegas earlier this month. To experience the Virtual Tradeshow, visit: www.DormanVirtualTradeshow6.com.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of FirstMerit Corporation (Nasdaq: FMER) today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share on the Company's common stock payable December 21, 2009, to shareholders of record on November 30, 2009.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has updated outlooks for OmniVision Technologies (Nasdaq: OVTI), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), ARM Holdings (Nasdaq: ARMH), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL).
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks tilted lower at Friday's start as investors fled to the relative safety of the dollar and bonds. An earnings disappointment from computer maker Dell Inc. hit the technology sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20.17 points to 10,312.27. The S&P 500 shed 3.6 points to 1,091.30. The Nasdaq Composite Index declined 12.33 points to 2,144.49. Market Pulse...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Technology stocks sank Friday morning, as shares of Dell Inc. fell sharply after the computer maker posted a drop in quarterly profit. Dell was down about 8% at the opening bell, as the Nasdaq Composite Index dipped 0.5% to 2,146. The Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index was down 0.8%, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index lost 0.9%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire,...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
CLEVELAND, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative IT solutions, announced today it received, under Section 1701.831 of the Ohio Revised Code, Ohio's "control share acquisition statute," an Acquiring Person Statement from MAK Capital Fund, LP and Paloma International L.P., notifying the company of their intent to increase their direct...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) GLG Life Tech Corporation (TSX: GLG)(NASDAQ: GLGL) ("GLG" or the "Company"), the vertically integrated leader in the agricultural and industrial development of high quality stevia extracts, announced today that it has commenced trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "GLGL". GLG's common shares are dual listed on the...
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Just this Monday, Goldman Sachs helped to gap the markets higher at the open in low-volume futures trading with the following pronouncement: "Goldman Sachs resumes coverage on Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and gave DELL a Buy rating at a 12-month price target of $19. Goldman believes that DELL will benefit from a corporate PC refresh cycle and will show better earnings as DELL is trying to optimize...
24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Updated throughout the day. GE (NYSE:GE) and Vivendi are at odds over the NBCU valuation (FT) IBM (NYSE:IBM) is taking advantage of the delay in the Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) deal to be bought by Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) (TheStreet) The joint venture between Rio Tinto (NYSE:RTP) and BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) may lead to a merger. (various) Ferrero may want to buy Cadbury’s gum and candy [...]
24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
These are this morning’s top day trader alerts and active trader alerts early this Friday morning. We have links through to each stock at VSInvestor.com with more data and analysis on each: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCRX) down almost 6% on its secondary offering. Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is down 8% on earnings, but we came up [...]
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
ENGLEWOOD, CO (MARKET WIRE) Evolving Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOL), a leading provider of software solutions and services to the wireless, wireline and cable markets, today announced it has paid approximately $3.2 million to fully retire its subordinated debt obligations.
24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
These are Friday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this morning in Wall Street research calls: AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) Started as Outperform at BMO Capital Markets. Dillard’s (NYSE: DDS) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. Dominion (NYSE: D) Cut to Sell at Citigroup. Intel [...]
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
US stock futures pointed to a downbeat start Friday after Dell Inc. reported disappointing quarterly profit and sales that badly missed Wall Street's forecasts. [More...]
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