Published Date : 2012-04-28 09:00:00
Category :
Health Care |
Allscripts Shares Plummet On Company-Wide Restructuring
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:MDRX) which provides electronic records in the healthcare industry, saw its shares drop the most in three years after a drastic shakeup among company board members.
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Published Date : 2012-04-28 09:00:00
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Information Technology |
Fusion-io Shares Dip Despite Reporting Record Revenue
Fusion-io Inc. (NYSE:FIO) shares were sent 12 percent lower on Thursday, April 26, despite reporting record revenues, as the company's report also showed higher costs constricted margins.
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Published Date : 2012-04-27 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Nuance Profit Exceeds Estimates, Stock Jumps Most In Nearly A Year
Speech-recognition software maker Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) surged the most in 11 months on Thursday after the company issued preliminary second-quarter revenue and profit that beat the average of analysts' estimates.
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Published Date : 2012-04-27 09:00:00
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Information Technology |
Akamai Reports Strong First-Quarter Results
Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) reported its first-quarter earnings on April 25, which indicated the company topped analysts expectations on revenues and earnings per share, DailyFinance reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-27 09:00:00
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Consumer Discretionary |
Wal-Mart Introduces Cash Payment Option To Online Shoppers
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) announced on April 26 that its online shoppers will now have the option to pay in cash, The Associated Press reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-27 09:00:00
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Health Care |
Information Technology |
Materials |
Stocks To Watch: Logitech International, Varian Medical Systems, US Airways Group, Newmont Mining and Equinix
Stocks To Watch: Logitech International, Varian Medical Systems, US Airways Group, Newmont Mining and Equinix
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Published Date : 2012-04-26 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Oracle's Lawsuit Against Google Heats Up In Trial
The trial over whether Google infringed on Oracle Corporation's (NASDAQ:ORCL) copyrights and patents has been going on for one week, and has seen Google executives take the witness stand to be bombarded by questions from Oracle's lawyers, InformationWeek reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-26 09:00:00
Category :
Telecommunication Services |
Intel Plans To Be Major Player In Smartphone Market Within Five Years
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is getting its feet wet in the smartphone market with the debut of its mobile chips this week, however the company isn't looking to merely dabble in the booming mobile device sector, Bloomberg reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-26 09:00:00
Category :
Energy |
Hess Reports Lower First-Quarter Net Earnings, Shares Drop
First-quarter earnings for Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) sank 41 percent, in line with most analysts' estimates, as the company was unable to benefit from a large year-earlier asset sale, Dow Jones Newswires reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-26 09:00:00
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Consumer Discretionary |
Health Care |
Materials |
Hot Stocks: Warner Chilcott, VIVUS, Southwestern Energy, Du Pont and Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Hot Stocks: Warner Chilcott, VIVUS, Southwestern Energy, Du Pont and Goodyear Tire & Rubber
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Published Date : 2012-04-25 09:00:00
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Health Care |
Industrials |
Materials |
Hot Stocks: ARM Holdings plc, Gilead Sciences, Alcoa, Medtronic and Parker-Hannifin
Hot Stocks: ARM Holdings plc, Gilead Sciences, Alcoa, Medtronic and Parker-Hannifin
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Published Date : 2012-04-25 09:00:00
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Financials |
Health Care |
Information Technology |
Equities Review: American International Group, KeyCorp, 3M, Align Technology and Altera
Equities Review: American International Group, KeyCorp, 3M, Align Technology and Altera
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Published Date : 2012-04-24 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Analysts Question Whether Apple is in Bubble
Shares of tech giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) could be in a bubble waiting to burst, some technical analysts say, while others believe that at a fundamental level, the company's stock has plenty of room to grow, the Financial Post reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-24 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
JPMorgan Said To Be Raising $513 Million For Carlyle Group
JPMorgan Chase and Co. (NYSE:JPM) is hoping to raise a $512.6 million collateralized loan obligation (CLO) for Carlyle Group, two people with inside knowledge of the deal announced on Monday, April 23.
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Published Date : 2012-04-24 09:00:00
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Financials |
Materials |
Hot Stocks: AFLAC, Bank of New York Mellon, Staples, Union Pacific and Devon Energy
Hot Stocks: AFLAC, Bank of New York Mellon, Staples, Union Pacific and Devon Energy
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Published Date : 2012-04-24 09:00:00
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Information Technology |
Materials |
Stocks to Watch: Western Union, SandRidge Energy, Applied Materials, Eldorado Gold and Talisman Energy
Stocks to Watch: Western Union, SandRidge Energy, Applied Materials, Eldorado Gold and Talisman Energy
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Published Date : 2012-04-21 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Microsoft Revenue Soars to New Highs, Despite Xbox Slip
In Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) quarterly earnings report, the company showed revenues of $17.41 billion for the first three months of the year, however profits fell 2.4 percent compared to the same period in 2011, ABC News reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-21 09:00:00
Category :
Energy |
Schlumberger Profit Surges 38 Percent
Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB) reported its first-quarter 2012 earnings on April 20, which showed the company took in revenue of $10.61 billion, compared to $10.97 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, and $8.72 billion in the same period last year.
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Published Date : 2012-04-21 09:00:00
Category :
Consumer Discretionary |
Health Care |
Industrials |
Hot Stocks: Lennar, Hanesbrands, MGM Resorts International, Xerox and Mylan
Hot Stocks: Lennar, Hanesbrands, MGM Resorts International, Xerox and Mylan
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Published Date : 2012-04-20 09:00:00
Category :
Health Care |
Human Genome Sciences turns down $2.59 billion offer from GlaxoSmithKline
Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:HGSI) was presented with an unsolicited $2.59 billion takeover offer from GlaxoSmithKline PLC on Thursday, but turned down the deal, saying it undervalues the company.
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Published Date : 2012-04-20 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
EBay Shares Surge on Strong Quarterly Report
EBay's quarterly report showed sales and profit surpassed analysts' expectations, and also noted the company increased its 2012 forecasts in response to its growing Marketplaces and PayPal services.
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Published Date : 2012-04-20 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
EMC profit rises, but falling shares reflect company's outlook
EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC) provided a forward outlook that disappointed investors, indicated by a 4 percent dive in company share value, despite news that it could top sales targets and posted a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street estimates, Reuters reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-19 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Yahoo Shares Climb as Earnings Report Beats Expectations
Shares of Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) gained on Wednesday after the ailing company's first-quarter profit report surpassed what analysts had expected, and also noted its revenue grew, ending a streak of 13 consecutive quarterly declines, The Associated Press reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-19 09:00:00
Category :
Health Care |
SXC Health to Purchase Catalyst for More than $4 Billion
SXC Health Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ:SXCI) announced it plans to take over competing pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. (CHSI) in a $4 billion deal only one month after major competitor Express Scripts sealed a $29.1 billion takeover, The Associated Press reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-19 09:00:00
Category :
Telecommunication Services |
Clearwire Shares Dive on Spectrum Sale Announcement
Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ:CLWR), the struggling provider of wireless-broadband that is no longer profitable, dropped to its lowest price since January after news broke that Verizon Wireless plans to sell pieces of its spectrum, Bloomberg reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-18 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Oracle takes on Google in court over software patents
Chief executives from Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) duked it out with those from Google, Inc. on Tuesday in a court battle over whether Google tromped over Oracle's software patents.
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Published Date : 2012-04-18 09:00:00
Category :
Health Care |
Walgreen Co. added to UBS' 'most preferred' list
Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG) shares jumped 5 percent on Tuesday on the announcement that UBS included the nationwide drugstore chain on its "most preferred" list, as well as a potential resolution to the company's tiff with Express Scripts, Reuters reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-18 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
Goldman Sachs earnings beat estimates from Wall Street
Goldman Sachs' (NYSE:GS) first-quarter profits for common shareholders more than doubled, beating out analysts' estimates, and the company also announced it plans to raise its dividend, The Associated Press reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-18 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
Health Care |
Information Technology |
Equity Review: International Business Machines, American Eagle Outfitters, Forest Laboratories, Huntington Bancshares and Netflix
Equity Review: International Business Machines, American Eagle Outfitters, Forest Laboratories, Huntington Bancshares and Netflix
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Published Date : 2012-04-17 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Analysts say Seagate Profit Likely Jumped, Despite Potential for Falling Prices
Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) will likely report a large jump in earnings and revenue on Tuesday when it issues the results of its fiscal third quarter, Investor's Business Daily reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-17 09:00:00
Category :
Energy |
Forbes Gives its Earnings Preview for Halliburton
Analysts have grown more uncertain about Halliburton's (NYSE:HAL) first-quarter earnings, which the company will release on Wednesday, April 18.
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Published Date : 2012-04-17 09:00:00
Category :
Energy |
Exxon, Rosneft sign agreement for North America, Russian oil projects
Exxon Mobile (NYSE:XOM) and Russian oil company Rosneft have joined forces to begin developing oil and natural gas fields in both North America and Russia.
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Published Date : 2012-04-17 09:00:00
Category :
Health Care |
Information Technology |
Materials |
Hot Stocks: Suncor Energy, SanDisk, Clearwire, Marvell and Boston Scientific
Hot Stocks: Suncor Energy, SanDisk, Clearwire, Marvell and Boston Scientific
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Published Date : 2012-04-17 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Materials |
Utilities |
Equities Review: Marathon Petroleum, Symantec, Zynga, Progress Energy and CA
Equities Review: Marathon Petroleum, Symantec, Zynga, Progress Energy and CA
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Published Date : 2012-04-14 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
Wells Fargo earnings beat estimates on Wall Street
The bank earnings season has started off strong, with Wells Fargo and Co. (NYSE:WFC) reporting higher-than-expected earnings on Friday, helped by strong mortgage results that pushed revenues higher for one the largest home lenders in the country, The Los Angeles Times reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-14 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
SunTrust Banks Falls Furthest on S&P in Early Trading
On Friday, SunTrust Banks (NYSE:STI) performed the worst out of all stocks on the S&P 500, as the S&P fell 11.55 points, or 0.83 percent, to 1,376.02, The Street reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-14 09:00:00
Category :
Energy |
Chesapeake Energy Falls as Natural Gas Dips to $2
For the first time in more than a decade, natural gas prices dropped to $2, prompting shares of Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) to fall.
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Published Date : 2012-04-13 09:00:00
Category :
Materials |
Eldorado shares jump after company announces strong gold output growth
Eldorado Gold Corp. (NYSE:EGO), which recently acquired European Goldfields, announced it expects gold production to hit 1.7 million ounces every year in the next five years as the company begins production at new mines.
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Published Date : 2012-04-13 09:00:00
Category :
Health Care |
Illumina Shares Drop After Rejection of Bid From Roche
Shares of Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) fell on Thursday after it rejected unsolicited takeover bids from Roche Holding AG for the second time, Bloomberg reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-13 09:00:00
Category :
Health Care |
Information Technology |
Hot Stocks: Netflix, Mylan, Broadcom, MIPS Technologies and Applied Materials
Hot Stocks: Netflix, Mylan, Broadcom, MIPS Technologies and Applied Materials
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Published Date : 2012-04-12 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Microsoft, Accenture close Azure cloud deal
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has signed a deal that makes Accenture Plc. the first IT consulting firm allowed to sell the company's end-to-end public cloud solution that was developed for the Windows Azure platform, InformationWeek reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-12 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
Forbes provides Citigroup earnings preview
Throughout March, analysts have become more and more bullish on Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) as the company prepares for its first quarter earnings report, scheduled for April 16, which many experts believe will indicate its earnings per share have moved up 95 cents to $1.04 per share.
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Published Date : 2012-04-12 09:00:00
Category :
Materials |
Alpha Natural Resources Gives President's Post to Vining
Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) announced on Wednesday, April 11, it had named Paul Vining, the company's current chief commercial officer, as president, taking over for retiring Kurt Kost.
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Published Date : 2012-04-12 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Materials |
Equities Review: Tesoro, CVS Caremark, Barrick Gold, EnCana and ON Semiconductor
Equities Review: Tesoro, CVS Caremark, Barrick Gold, EnCana and ON Semiconductor
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Published Date : 2012-04-11 17:29:28
Category :
Industrials |
Information Technology |
Materials |
Hot Stocks: Fastenal, United Rentals, Comstock Resources, TJX, and Taiwan Semiconductor
Hot Stocks: Fastenal, United Rentals, Comstock Resources, TJX, and Taiwan Semiconductor
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Published Date : 2012-04-11 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
JPMorgan Plans to Limit Non-Customers' Student Loans
JPMorgan Chase and Co. (NYSE:JPM), the largest bank in the U.S., has announced it will stop giving out private student loans to anyone who isn't a customer of the bank by July 1, Bloomberg reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-11 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
Telecommunication Services |
Everything Everywhere Employs the Help of Morgan Stanley to Sell Spectrum
Mobile network operator Everything Everywhere Ltd. announced on Tuesday that it has hired investment bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) to sell some of the company's spectrum, per the terms of its merger that created the largest mobile operator by revenue in the UK.
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Published Date : 2012-04-11 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Cisco and NetApp Announce Plans to Help Customers Take to the Cloud
In order to give customers greater flexibility, choice and affordability, Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) and NetApp plan to extend the FlexPod series of new design architectures that are priced and sized for smaller workloads.
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Published Date : 2012-04-11 09:00:00
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Financials |
Health Care |
Information Technology |
Equities Review: McDonald's Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices, Electronic Arts, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Host Hotels and Resorts
Equities Review: McDonald's Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices, Electronic Arts, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Host Hotels and Resorts
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Published Date : 2012-04-10 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
AOL sells more than 800 patents to Microsoft for more than $1 billion
AOL Inc. (NYSE:AOL) has agreed to hand over more than 800 of its patents and related products to Microsoft for $1.056 billion - an effort by the ailing online company to raise cash for its investors, Dow Jones Newswires reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-10 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
JPMorgan trader prompts further prop-trading debate with bets
JPMorgan Chase and Co. (NYSE:JPM) trader Bruno Iksil's outsized bets in credit derivatives are highlighting a very small division that invests the company's reserves, and are encouraging debates over whether banks are taking too many risks with federally insured money, Bloomberg reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-10 09:00:00
Category :
Telecommunication Services |
Intel looks to Chinese market to sell smartphones and tablets
While it may be best known as a global manufacturer of PC chips, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is looking to be a winner in the booming Chinese tablet and smartphone market as well, PC World reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-09 17:10:06
Category :
Consumer Discretionary |
Financials |
Health Care |
Hot Stocks: Annaly Capital Management, Caterpillar, Target, Eli Lilly, and Walgreen
Hot Stocks: Annaly Capital Management, Caterpillar, Target, Eli Lilly, and Walgreen
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Published Date : 2012-04-09 16:03:13
Category :
Energy |
Hot Stocks: CBS Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Metlife, American Express Company, and Melco Crown Entertainment
Hot Stocks: CBS Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Metlife, American Express Company, and Melco Crown Entertainment
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Published Date : 2012-04-09 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
Bank of America sends structured note sales to highest in seven months
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) distributed $1.16 billion of U.S. structured notes last month, which helped the company push the market to the highest sales in seven months as growing stocks caught the eye of investors, Bloomberg reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-09 09:00:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Apple looks into iPad users' Wi-Fi gripes
After receiving hundreds of complaints from new iPad owners about Wi-Fi connectivity, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has begun to investigate what could be causing the issues, PC World reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-09 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
Materials |
Hot Stocks: Marathon Oil, SunTrust Banks, Mosaic, Occidental Petroleum, and SUPERVALU
Hot Stocks: Marathon Oil, SunTrust Banks, Mosaic, Occidental Petroleum, and SUPERVALU
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Published Date : 2012-04-05 09:00:00
Category :
Financials |
Information Technology |
Materials |
Hot Stocks: Western Refining, Goldman Sachs Group, Ciena, Silver Wheaton, and Barclays PLC
Hot Stocks: Western Refining, Goldman Sachs Group, Ciena, Silver Wheaton, and Barclays PLC
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Published Date : 2012-04-05 09:00:00
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Financials |
Materials |
Equity Preview: Banco Bradesco, Chevron, Southwest Airlines, Viacom, and Banco Santander
Equity Preview: Banco Bradesco, Chevron, Southwest Airlines, Viacom, and Banco Santander
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Published Date : 2012-04-04 17:01:38
Category :
Energy |
Materials |
Equities Review: El Paso, Petroleo Brasileiro, Home Depot, ConocoPhillips, and Amarin
Equities Review: El Paso, Petroleo Brasileiro, Home Depot, ConocoPhillips, and Amarin
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Published Date : 2012-04-04 16:29:00
Category :
Information Technology |
Oracle spells out its vision for analytics leadership
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) president Mark Hurd spoke on Wednesday to highlight a slew of recent product launches, which introduce significant new applications and upgrades that are expected to enrich the company's business analytics strategy, InformationWeek reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-04 16:24:36
Category :
Health Care |
Abbott hepatitis C drug shows promise where other drugs have failed
An experimental hepatitis C treatment developed by Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has cured nearly half of the patients who did not respond to other therapies currently being used to treat the disease, a new study shows.
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Published Date : 2012-04-03 16:03:13
Category :
Information Technology |
Vringo stock surges 86 percent following article on Google lawsuit
One of the best performing stocks in any industry on Tuesday was New York-based Vringo (VRNG), which develops software for the social networking and mobile device sectors.
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Published Date : 2012-04-03 15:58:27
Category :
Energy |
GE purchases majority stake in Oklahoma wind farm
General Electric's Energy Financial Services has acquired a 51 percent stake in a $375 million wind farm in Oklahoma currently being built by Italy-based Enel Green Power, Reuters reports.
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Published Date : 2012-04-02 16:18:59
Category :
Consumer Discretionary |
Avon rejects $10 million offer from Coty
Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:AVP), a direct cosmetics seller that has seen recent struggles, rejected a $10 billion buyout on Monday, April 2, from Coty Inc., a smaller cosmetics company that sought to take advantage of Avon's troubles.
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Published Date : 2012-04-02 16:14:56
Category :
Health Care |
Keryx shares fall on news of treatment failure in late-stage trials
Shares of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:KERX) dropped by a significant margin in trading on Monday, April 2, 2012, after the drug company announced that its experimental treatment for colorectal cancer failed in late-stage clinical trials.
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