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- MDT, Ardian Target Hypertension
- PEG Unit Sells Texas Assets
- H-P Identifies New Growth Areas
- Harris Gaining Momentum Overseas
- Starbucks Enters Indian Market
- 5 Stocks On The Move
- CME Refinances Debt, Prepays $421M
- Target’s First Overseas Outpost
- Rating Action On UnitedHealth
- Grupo Aeroportuario’s Traffic Grows
- Forex – EUR/USD Up At The End Of U.S. Session
- Tetra Tech Buys Fransen
- QLogic Raises 3Q Outlook
- Rolling NDA For Pfizer Drug
- Forex – GBP/USD Up At The End Of U.S. Session
- Forex – USD/JPY Up At The End Of U.S. Session
- Closing Bell Market Monitor: JPM, NEM
- Forex – EUR/USD Up Toward The End Of U.S. Session
- Lululemon Ups Outlook
- Merck’s Blood Thinner In Trouble
- Forex – GBP/USD Up Toward The End Of U.S. Session
- Forex – USD/JPY Up Toward The End Of U.S. Session
- What A Recovery!
- U.S. Markets Close Higher; Dow Jones Up 0.47%
- Earnings Scorecard: Monsanto
- CBSH Beats On Higher Revenues
- Ranking The Final 4 Sectors
- BP Options Abuzz Ahead Of News Conference
- Forex – GBP/USD Up During The U.S. Session
- LAN Traffic Surges
- Shaw Communications Beats In 1Q
- Link: Technical Analysis Is About Reflection Not Inflection
- PC Sales Grow In 4Q
- Washington Federal Reports In Line
- Strong Q4 For Health Care REIT
- Core CPI Still Tame
- Forex – USD/CAD Up During The U.S. Session
- Retail Sales Set New Record In Dec. Of $381B
- Don Coxe Webcast – Updated (January 14, 2011)
- Gold GLD Still Standing On Precipice Of Chart Support
- Crude Drops Near $90
- Approaching The First Objective
| MDT, Ardian Target Hypertension Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Leading medical devices player, Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) has completed the acquisition of privately-held Ardian for an upfront payment of $800 million. Additionally, Medtronic is liable to pay milestone payments based on Ardian's revenues through 2015. Earlier, in November, the company announced its decision to acquire Ardian, in which it was holding an 11% stake then.
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Public Service Enterprise Group, or PSEG (NYSE:PEG), announced that its unit PSEG Power has entered into agreements to sell two 1,000 megawatt gas-fired generating assets in Texas.
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| H-P Identifies New Growth Areas Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:35 PM PST The world's largest computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) has won a $30.0 million deal from Texas Health and Human Services Commission. As per the terms of the agreement, the technology major will create a state-wide Medicaid health information exchange.
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| Harris Gaining Momentum Overseas Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:35 PM PST Early indications in 2011 are clearly showing that Harris Corp. (NYSE:HRS) is getting a significant foothold in the international (outside U.S.) markets. This is a welcome development as several industry researchers predicted that the U.S. Government budget for Defense may be reduced in 2011, which means low demand for military product manufacturers. As a leading government electronics supplier, Harris is benefiting from strong international market conditions.
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| Starbucks Enters Indian Market Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:35 PM PST Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) has taken its first step in India with Tata Coffee Ltd., Asia's largest publicly traded coffee grower. Starbucks will buy coffee beans from India and explore the possibility of opening outlets in the country.
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:30 PM PST ( click to enlarge ) I think Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) is setting up for a strong move, probably into the twenty two to twenty five dollar area at first. The stock has been under accumulation for a couple days now and today it broke through two major resistance levels. The momentum is back in this stock. The next major resistance level is around $22.80… so a lot more room on the upside. The volume on accumulation days consistently exceeded the volume on distribution days. That’s always a bullish … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| CME Refinances Debt, Prepays $421M Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:05 PM PST In the latest of its debt restructuring initiatives, yesterday CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) announced a loan prepayment of $420.5 million under the three-year credit and term loan agreement that was due August 2011. This revolving facility has further been replaced with a $1 billion multi-currency three-year revolving credit agreement that will expire in January 2014.
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| Target’s First Overseas Outpost Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:35 PM PST Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT), in its first expedition outside the U.S., has announced its plan to expand into Canada by acquiring leases for 220 Zellers stores, owned by Hudson Bay Company.
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:35 PM PST Following the revision of rating outlook to stable from negative over the U.S. Health Insurance and Managed Care sector, the rating agency Fitch Ratings also took rating action on UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) one of the major companies of the sector.
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| Grupo Aeroportuario’s Traffic Grows Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:35 PM PST Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V (NASDAQ:OMAB) recorded a 1.8% growth in passenger traffic in December 2010 compared with the year-ago period. Domestic traffic and International traffic rose 0.5% and 8.0%, respectively. For fiscal 2010, total passenger traffic went up 0.6% year over year with International traffic increasing 6.7%, while domestic traffic decreased marginally by 0.5%.
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| Forex – EUR/USD Up At The End Of U.S. Session Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:10 PM PST Forex Pros – The Euro was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Friday. EUR/USD was trading at 1.3388, up 0.17% at time of writing. The pair was likely to find support at 1.2874, Monday's low, and resistance at 1.3456, today's high. Meanwhile, the Euro was down against the British Pound and up against the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP shedding 0.02% to hit 0.8436 and EUR/JPY rising 0.26% to hit … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:05 PM PST Tetra Tech Inc (NASDAQ:TTEK) is set to acquire substantially all of the assets of Fransen Engineering of Richmond, British Columbia.
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:05 PM PST A leading supplier of high performance network infrastructure solutions, QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ:QLGC) reported preliminary results for its third quarter 2011. QLogic expects revenue to come in at the high end of its previously projected guidance. The company raised its earnings per share (EPS) outlook on income tax benefits.
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:05 PM PST Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) recently announced that it has started a rolling submission for a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its lung cancer pipeline candidate crizotinib. The submission is expected to be completed in the first half of 2011.
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| Forex – GBP/USD Up At The End Of U.S. Session Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:05 PM PST Forex Pros – The British Pound was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Friday. GBP/USD was trading at 1.5870, up 0.20% at time of writing. The pair was likely to find support at 1.5476, Monday's low, and resistance at 1.5889, today's high. Meanwhile, the British Pound was up against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP shedding 0.02% to hit 0.8436 and GBP/JPY rising 0.27% to hit … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Forex – USD/JPY Up At The End Of U.S. Session Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:00 PM PST Forex Pros – The U.S. Dollar was higher against the Japanese Yen on Friday. USD/JPY was trading at 82.88, up 0.07% at time of writing. The pair was likely to find support at 82.41, today's low, and resistance at 83.49, Tuesday's high. Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 0.17% to hit 1.3388 and GBP/USD rising 0.20% to hit … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Closing Bell Market Monitor: JPM, NEM Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:50 PM PST 01/14/11 The latest in news, commentary, and information on what’s moving the US equities markets. Watch this broadcast LIVE at 4:00 pm EST daily @ … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Forex – EUR/USD Up Toward The End Of U.S. Session Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:40 PM PST Forex Pros – The Euro was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Retail Sales. EUR/USD was trading at 1.3383, up 0.13% at time of writing. The pair was likely to find support at 1.2874, Monday's low, and resistance at 1.3456, today's high. Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.S. rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 0.60% last month, from 0.80% in the preceding month. Analysts had expected retail sales to rise … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU), in a scheduled update to its business outlook for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, revised its earnings per share (EPS) guidance. On a bullish note, the company now sees earnings per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 in the range of 55 cents to 57 cents.
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| Merck’s Blood Thinner In Trouble Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) recently provided an unfavorable update on the development status of its cardiovascular pipeline candidate, vorapaxar. Vorapaxar, in late-stage trials, with a potential filing planned for 2011, is being studied for the reduction of cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
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| Forex – GBP/USD Up Toward The End Of U.S. Session Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:30 PM PST Forex Pros – The British Pound was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Retail Sales. GBP/USD was trading at 1.5864, up 0.16% at time of writing. The pair was likely to find support at 1.5476, Monday's low, and resistance at 1.5889, today's high. Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.S. rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 0.60% last month, from 0.80% in the preceding month. Analysts had expected retail … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Forex – USD/JPY Up Toward The End Of U.S. Session Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:20 PM PST Forex Pros – The U.S. Dollar was higher against the Japanese Yen on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Retail Sales. USD/JPY was trading at 82.95, up 0.17% at time of writing. The pair was likely to find support at 82.41, today's low, and resistance at 83.49, Tuesday's high. Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.S. rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 0.60% last month, from 0.80% in the preceding month. Analysts had expected retail sales … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:17 PM PST Here’s one way of looking at today’s data: And another – What can I say … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| U.S. Markets Close Higher; Dow Jones Up 0.47% Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:10 PM PST Forex Pros – U.S. stocks were up after the closing bell on Friday. At the close of U.S. trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.47%, the S&P 500 index gained 0.74%, while the Nasdaq 100 index climbed 0.78%. Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.S. rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 0.60% last month, from 0.80% in the preceding month. Analysts had expected retail sales to rise 0.70% last month. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, European … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:05 PM PST Following the first quarter of fiscal 2011 results on January 6, the analysts covering Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) remain positive on the stock based on the strong orders for soybean seeds and 9 biotechnology projects advancement in the company's R&D pipeline for fiscal 2011. Monsanto also posted decent results with an EPS of 2 cents, a penny above the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:05 PM PST On Thursday, Commerce Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ:CBSH) reported its fourth quarter 2010 earnings per share of 70 cents, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 66 cents.
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:05 PM PST In my weekly Earnings Trends report, I rank the 16 economic sectors on a wide variety of earnings and sales metrics. The report just looks at the 500 firms in the S&P 500, not the whole Zacks Universe. However, since it is organized by the individual metric, such as Annual Earnings Growth or P/E, it can be hard to get an overall picture of a given economic sector. This is the fourth and final post in a series that tries to rectify that. Since there is a lot to write about in each sector, I … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| BP Options Abuzz Ahead Of News Conference Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:03 PM PST BP options abuzz ahead of news conference
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| Forex – GBP/USD Up During The U.S. Session Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:45 PM PST Forex Pros – The British Pound was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Retail Sales. GBP/USD was trading at 1.5865, up 0.17% at time of writing. The pair was likely to find support at 1.5476, Monday's low, and resistance at 1.5889, today's high. Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.S. rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 0.60% last month, from 0.80% in the preceding month. Analysts had expected retail … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:35 PM PST LAN Airlines S.A. (NYSE:LFL) posted a 13.7% increase in total passenger traffic for December 2010 compared to December 2009. Domestic traffic and International traffic rose 10.7% and 15.0%, respectively. Cargo traffic surged 9.9% year over year, based on the growth in Latin American imports.
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| Shaw Communications Beats In 1Q Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:35 PM PST Shaw Communications Inc. (NYSE:SJR) has declared the financial results of its first quarter of fiscal 2011 (ended November 30, 2010), which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The company provided a strong financial outlook and also raised the dividend on its common stock.
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| Link: Technical Analysis Is About Reflection Not Inflection Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:13 PM PST I wanted to share a link to a brief but helpful/thought-provoking defense of Technical Analysis as explained by Greg Harmon of Dragonfly Capital.
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:05 PM PST Personal computer (PC) shipments for the fourth quarter were disappointing, missing IDC estimates, although growing 2.7% during the quarter. As expected, Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad was partially to blame, diverting dollars away from the more traditional desktop and notebook markets.
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| Washington Federal Reports In Line Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:05 PM PST On Thursday, Washington Federal Inc.'s (NASDAQ:WFSL) fiscal first quarter (ended December 31, 2010) earnings came in at 22 cents per share in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate and compares favorably with the year-ago quarter's earnings of 7 cents.
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| Strong Q4 For Health Care REIT Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:05 PM PST Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE:HCN), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates senior housing and health care real estate assets, has recently announced gross investments of $1.6 billion in fourth quarter 2010, partially offset by $77 million of asset sales and loan payoffs resulting in $1.5 billion of net new investments for the quarter.
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:05 PM PST The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.5% in December, a sharp rise from the 0.1% increase in November, and the 0.2% rise October. While that sounds bad, year over year it is up just 1.5%. Looking a little bit deeper, the problem is mostly with energy prices, which surged 4.6% a very sharp acceleration from the 0.2% increase. Actually, November was more like a pause in the trend as Energy prices were up 2.6% in October and are up 7.7% year over year. In fact, the increase is even narrower … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Forex – USD/CAD Up During The U.S. Session Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:05 PM PST Forex Pros – The U.S. Dollar was higher against the Canadian Dollar on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Retail Sales. USD/CAD was trading at 0.9894, up 0.04% at time of writing. The pair was likely to find support at 0.9848, Wednesday's low, and resistance at 0.9983, Monday's high. Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.S. rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 0.60% last month, from 0.80% in the preceding month. Analysts had expected … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Retail Sales Set New Record In Dec. Of $381B Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:03 PM PST The Census Bureau reported today that U.S. consumers set a new all-time monthly record by spending $380.9 billion on retail and food services in December of last year. Without adjusting for inflation, this was the first time since the recession started in December 2007 that consumer spending has surpassed the pre-recession, previous record-high retail sales volume of of $380.0 billion set back in November 2007. The highest-ever retail spending amount in December was almost 8% … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Don Coxe Webcast – Updated (January 14, 2011) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:02 PM PST Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog. Don Coxe webcast – updated (January 14, 2011) was first posted on January 14, 2011 at 10:02 pm.
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| Gold GLD Still Standing On Precipice Of Chart Support Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:34 AM PST I wanted to give a quick chart-based update to my prior post this week "Key Daily and Weekly Price Level to Watch in Gold GLD" which goes into a bit more detail than this quick update. Cutting right to the chase, Gold – seen in its leading/popular ETF GLD above - broke under the critical 50 day … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST 01/14/11 Front month crude prices took a hit this session, falling near $90 a barrel, after weak US jobs reports and China moving to slow its economic … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Approaching The First Objective Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:07 AM PST It’s getting to feel more and more like a real, old-fashioned bull market. There seem to be three varieties of stocks these days: Category I stocks started running last Labor Day and have now advanced far ahead including semiconductors, software, internet and precious and rare metals. Category II stocks are just now breaking above key resistance levels and are just now joining the bull run including money center banks, industrial equipment, construction and engineering, large biotech, … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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