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- Some Food Prices Have Been Falling Over Last Year
- Reaffirming Coventry At Neutral
- Groupon Sharpens Its Pencils
- SNWV: Updated FDA Plan Makes Sense
- Boston Properties Declares Dividend
- Emerson Acquires Avtron
- Range Resources Upped To Neutral
- Lowe’s Balancing Strategies
- All Eyes On US Housing, Bernanke, Apple
- D&B’s Chinese Unit Under Scrutiny
- Synopsys Offers New IP Solution
- Neutral On Cognizant
- Safeway Reiterated At Neutral
- Law Of Unintended Consquences
- PNC Gets Fed Nod To Hike Dividend
- Home Data, Apple Payout Lifts Stocks
- Gap Inc. Pinned To Neutral
- Earnings Preview: General Mills
- Quote Of The Day On Emerging Technology
- Nucor Issues 1Q Guidance
- Synovus CEO Gets Pay Hike
- Growth Strategies For Dell
- Growth Strategies For Dell
- Canadian Solar Remains Neutral
- Shift In Fracking Workers Will Boost Oil Production In The “Fastest Growing Oil Frontier In The World”
- Rating Action On Unum Group
- Medtronic To Raise Funds
- Central Bank News Link List – 20 March 2012
- DR Horton Stays Neutral
- Lockheed In Littoral Combat Deal
- Cardinal Downgraded To Neutral
- Bank Of Mauritius Cuts Benchmark Rate 50bps To 4.90%
- BCE Expanding In Media Space
- Hot Option Plays: Squeeze Is On
- Valeant To Buy Gerot Lannach Assets
- Rare Mets Win: Madoff Trustee Settles For $162 Million
- Keating: “Global Recession Fear…coming Down”
- Real Estate Market Gradually Improves
- ZYXI Q4 Largely In-Line With Our Numbers
- Parker Increases Stake In TAIYO
- The Trend Trader For ETF Trading On Tuesday, March 20, 2012
- The Trend Trader For Futures Trading On Tuesday, March 20, 2012
- The Trend Trader For Stock Trading On Tuesday, March 20, 2012
- The Trend Trader For Forex Trading On Tuesday, March 20, 2012
- The Heart Of March Madness
Some Food Prices Have Been Falling Over Last Year Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT Item Lettuce Cabbage Tomatoes Broccoli Strawberries Oranges Peppers Bologna Lemons Potatoes, Frozen Pears Butter Grapes Rice Bananas Round Roast Chicken Breast Apples Ham Grapefruit For the food items listed above (data here), the average retail prices have fallen over the 12-month period from … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Reaffirming Coventry At Neutral Posted: 19 Mar 2012 04:05 PM PDT We are maintaining our Neutral recommendation on Coventry Health Care Inc. (NYSE:CVH) based on its improving operating efficiencies, strong 2012 earnings guidance and sturdy capital position. |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:58 PM PDT 03/19/12 Groupon debuted its free version of Scheduler for small businesses. The daily deals site launched the appointment tool to gain a stronger foothold in the competitive … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
SNWV: Updated FDA Plan Makes Sense Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:50 PM PDT Q4 RESULTS / FDA APPROVAL PLAN Brian Marckx, CFA On March 14, 2012 SANUWAVE Health (SNWV) announced financial results for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2011 and provided an update on their planned path forward for getting dermaPACE through FDA. Financial results continue to be very much in-line with our estimates. We view the update on the regulatory approval plan as a positive development – both from the perspective of clearing up some of the lingering uncertainty of how … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Boston Properties Declares Dividend Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:50 PM PDT Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE:BXP), one of the leading office REITs in the U.S., has recently declared a cash dividend of 55 cents per share or $2.20 on an annualized basis. The first quarter 2012 dividend is payable on April 30, 2012 to shareholders of record as of March 30, 2012. |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:50 PM PDT Emerson (NYSE:EMR) acquired Avtron Loadbank, a leading designer and producer of high quality load banks and other testing systems and services for standby power generation, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and other power equipment industries. |
Range Resources Upped To Neutral Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:35 PM PDT We have upped our recommendation for Range Resources Corp. (NYSE:RRC) to Neutral from Underperform, following the impressive fourth quarter 2011 results. |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:25 PM PDT The performance of home improvement companies is directly proportional to the housing market cycles, which in turn is closely related with the existing economic conditions. A tremor at one end obviously makes its rippling effects evident on the other end, too. Remember the subprime crisis that destabilized the U.S. housing market? |
All Eyes On US Housing, Bernanke, Apple Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:20 PM PDT 03/19/12 More US housing data will be released on Tuesday. Bernanke will be delivering a lecture at George Washington University. Apple will continue to be watched after Monday’s stock buyback and dividend … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
D&B’s Chinese Unit Under Scrutiny Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:05 PM PDT The Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (NYSE:DNB) recently announced that operations at its Chinese subsidiary, Shanghai Roadway D&B Marketing Services Co. Ltd have been temporarily suspended, following an investigation into its alleged violation of U.S. and Chinese laws. |
Synopsys Offers New IP Solution Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:54 PM PDT Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) has come up with a 28-nm Multi-Gear MIPI Alliance M-PHY IP, which is used for six varied mobile applications. This new IP technology is compliant with different speeds, different mobile device and is also capable of handling a broad range of high-speed interfaces for mobile applications. |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:54 PM PDT We recently reiterated our Neutral recommendation on Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:CTSH). |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:25 PM PDT We reiterate our Neutral recommendation on Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) with a target price of $23.00. |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:20 PM PDT Here’s an interesting Crain’s New York Business article that illustrates the “Law of Unintended Consequences.” Residents and politicians on the Upper West Side of Manhattan are trying to protect small businesses and mom and pop shops, and prevent big box stores, banks, and drug stores from taking over huge storefront spaces (think “Walmart”). There are new zoning laws being proposed that would restrict new ground-floor retail storefronts on Columbus and Amsterdam to 40 feet and limit the … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
PNC Gets Fed Nod To Hike Dividend Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:15 PM PDT Last week, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE:PNC) got the nod from the Federal Reserve to hike its common stock dividend. In the latest round of stress tests, the Fed reviewed the company's capital plan and did not object to any of the capital actions proposed by the company. |
Home Data, Apple Payout Lifts Stocks Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:00 AM PDT 03/19/12 Stocks rose Monday after a steady reading from home builders and news of Apple’s plan to return cash to … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:54 PM PDT We maintain our long-term Neutral recommendation on Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) based on the company's progress on its strategic plan, counteracted by the strained earnings performance throughout 2011. |
Earnings Preview: General Mills Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:40 PM PDT General Mills Inc. (NYSE:GIS), one of the leading branded foods companies in the US, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2012 financial results before the opening bellon Wednesday, March 21, 2012. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarterly earnings is pegged at 56 cents a share. |
Quote Of The Day On Emerging Technology Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:35 PM PDT Regarding energy policy….. “I prefer the “old” approach to emerging technology: We adopt new technology when it is better and cheaper than the old technology, not when it is worse and more expensive, forced to convert over by a government demanding we pay more for less — so we can reap all these speculative benefits in a hypothetical future.” ~ Ace of Spades … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:25 PM PDT Steelmaker Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) has provided its outlook for the first quarter of 2012. The company expects profits to be in the range of 30 cents to 35 cents per share, down from 43 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2011 and 50 cents in the first quarter of 2011. For the upcoming quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate is 37 cents per share. |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:05 PM PDT Synovus Financial Corp.'s (NYSE:SNV) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kessel D. Stelling's total compensation had been raised 66% to $1.47 million in 2011, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. In 2010, Stelling's compensation was $884,851. |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:00 PM PDT Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is slowly adopting different strategic measures to improve its business. Apart from acquiring new companies to access new technologies and customers, the company is also witnessing a flow of customers from EMC (NYSE:EMC) and NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) legacy storage products to Dell storage arrays. |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:00 PM PDT Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is slowly adopting different strategic measures to improve its business. Apart from acquiring new companies to access new technologies and customers, the company is also witnessing a flow of customers from EMC (NYSE:EMC) and NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) legacy storage products to Dell storage arrays. |
Canadian Solar Remains Neutral Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:50 PM PDT We maintain our recommendation on Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ) at Neutral. The company is a low cost, vertically-integrated solar module producer with predominantly China-based manufacturing assets. |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:46 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – “Collapsing natural gas prices have yielded an unexpected boon for North Dakota’s shale oil bonanza, easing a shortage of fracking crews that had tempered the biggest U.S. oil boom in a generation. Energy companies in the Bakken shale patch have boosted activity recently thanks to an exceptionally mild winter and an influx of oil workers trained in the specialized tasks required to prepare wells for production, principally the controversial technique of hydraulic … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:35 PM PDT A.M. Best reiterated its issuer credit ratings (ICR) of "bbb" of Unum Group (NYSE:UNM). The rating agency has also reiterated financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and ICR of "a" of U.S. life/health insurance subsidiaries of Unum. The outlook remains stable. |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:20 PM PDT Leading medical devices player, Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced its decision to raise more than $1 billion of funds consisting of $675 million of 3.125% senior (due 2022) and $400 million of 4.5% senior notes (due 2042). The company plans to use the funds for working capital and general corporate purposes, besides repayment of debts. |
Central Bank News Link List – 20 March 2012 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:11 PM PDT Here’s today’s Central Bank News link list, click through if you missed the previous central bank news link list. Remember, if you want to submit links for inclusion in the daily link list, just email them through to us or post them in the comments section below. CNBC survey sees FOMC raising rates before late 2014 (CNBC) |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:05 PM PDT We maintain our Neutral recommendation on DR Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) following appraisal of the first quarter of fiscal 2012 results. |
Lockheed In Littoral Combat Deal Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:50 AM PDT Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) has received a $715 million contract for the construction of the third and fourth Littoral Combat Ships ("LCS") under a previous 10-ship contract received by the company in December 2010. Per the contract modification, the company will construct two LCS, Little Rock (LCS 9) and Sioux City (LCS 11). |
Cardinal Downgraded To Neutral Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:40 AM PDT We downgrade our rating for Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) to Neutral. Earnings per share from continuing operations of 81 cents exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 76 cents for the second quarter of fiscal 2012. Earnings from continuing operations (as reported) increased about 23% year over year to $264.4 million (or 76 cents a share). |
Bank Of Mauritius Cuts Benchmark Rate 50bps To 4.90% Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:32 AM PDT The Bank of Mauritius cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 4.90% from 5.40%. The bank said: “The MPC weighed the risks to the growth and inflation outlook over the policy-relevant horizon and concurred that a cut in the Key Repo Rate was warranted in view of the higher downside risks to the domestic growth outlook compared with the upside risks to the inflation outlook. The voting pattern was, however, split with regard to the magnitude … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:25 AM PDT In a move to expand its footprint in media business, Canada's largest telephone operator BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE) inked a deal with Montreal-based Astral Media Inc. |
Hot Option Plays: Squeeze Is On Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:18 AM PDT Cusick’s Corner 03-19-2012 |
Valeant To Buy Gerot Lannach Assets Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:05 AM PDT Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE:VRX) recently announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire certain branded generic assets from Austrian pharmaceutical company, Gerot Lannach. As per the terms of the agreement, Valeant will pay less than $165 million for the assets. Additionally, the company will be obligated to make milestone payments of up to $20 million, based upon achievement of performance targets. The deal is expected to close shortly subject to certain … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Rare Mets Win: Madoff Trustee Settles For $162 Million Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:00 AM PDT 03/19/12 The owners of the New York Mets baseball team agreed to pay $162 million to settle a lawsuit with the court-appointed trustee in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme Monday … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Keating: “Global Recession Fear…coming Down” Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:50 AM PDT 03/19/12 James E. Coffey Securities’ Gregory Keating discusses the latest market moving developments: Apple’s dividend and share buyback announcement, US housing data and the recent gains in the financial … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Real Estate Market Gradually Improves Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:37 AM PDT 1. MLIVE — “Michigan home sales surged 14% in February compared to one year earlier, while the average sale price dropped nearly 3%, according to data from the Michigan Association of Realtors (MAR). An improved economy and low interest rates have boosted Michigan's housing market after years of turmoil. There were 8,284 homes sold in February, up 14% from 7,245 sold in February 2011, according to MAR. A 14% increase is "pretty remarkable," said Bill Martin, CEO of the trade … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
ZYXI Q4 Largely In-Line With Our Numbers Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:35 AM PDT Q4 2011 Financial Results: Largely In-Line with Our Numbers… Revenue Total revenue consisted of $2.5 million (+33% y-o-y) in rentals and $7.2 million (+46% y-o-y) in product sales. Both categories’ revenue came in stronger than our respective estimates, especially … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Parker Increases Stake In TAIYO Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:35 AM PDT Recently, Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH) completed the tender offer to purchase the outstanding shares in its Japanese subsidiary, TAIYO, LTD. Since June 2006, Parker is holding 56.49% shares in TAIYO, which is based in Osaka, Japan. The tender offer made by Parker Hannifin Japan Holdings GK increases the company's holding in TAIYO to 97.82%. |
The Trend Trader For ETF Trading On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:03 AM PDT By ForexMansion.com The Trend Trader for ETFs The top 40 ETFs by net assets Close 3×1 7×5 AGG – iShares Lehman Aggregate Bd Fd Bearish BND – Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Bearish DBC – DB Commodity Index Tracking Fd Bullish DIA – SPDR DJ Industrial Average … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
The Trend Trader For Futures Trading On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:03 AM PDT By ForexMansion.com The Trend Trader for Futures INDICES Close 3×1 7×5 S&P 500 – Jun ESM2 Bullish Dow Jones – Jun YMM2 Bullish Nasdaq – Jun NQM2 Bullish Russell – Jun TFM2 Bullish INTEREST RATES US T-Bond – Jun ZBM2 |
The Trend Trader For Stock Trading On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:03 AM PDT By ForexMansion.com The Trend Trader for the Dow 30 Stocks In alphabetical order by symbol Close 3×1 7×5 AA – Alcoa Inc Bullish AXP – American Express Company Bullish BA – Boeing Co Bullish BAC – Bank of America Corporation Bullish CAT – Caterpillar Inc |
The Trend Trader For Forex Trading On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:03 AM PDT By ForexMansion.com The Trend Trader for Forex THE BIG SIX Close 3×1 7×5 AUDUSD – Aust Dollar / US Dollar Bullish EURUSD – Euro / US Dollar Bullish GBPUSD – British Pound / US Dollar Bullish USDCAD – US Dollar / Canadian Dollar Bearish USDCHF – US Dollar / … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards |
Posted: 18 Mar 2012 10:00 PM PDT As sports fans fill stands to watch teams compete for the NCAA championship, another kind of "madness" is attracting attention. |
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