Tuesday, April 10, 2012

DailyMarkets.com - Activision Launches New Mobile Game

DailyMarkets.com - Activision Launches New Mobile Game

Activision Launches New Mobile Game

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Video game publisher, Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) recently announced the launch of a mobile version of its popular franchise Skylanders. The new mobile game known as Skylanders Cloud Patrol will be available for download from Apple's (AAPL) iTunes App store and can be played on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
The storyline of Skylanders Cloud Patrol is similar to the web and console versions of the Skylanders franchise. The mobile game is set in a region of Skylands ruled by the followers of … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Bull Of The Day: Aetna, Inc. (AET)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

We reiterate our outperform rating on Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) prior to the release of its first-quarter earnings scheduled on April 25, 2012, to reflect its better-than-average operating fundamentals and expected strong performance in 2012.
The company ended the year 2011 with better performances, demonstrating growth in membership, revenues, operating margins and cash flow on the back of low medical utilization, pricing discipline, medical cost management strategies and cost controls. In 2011, the … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Growth & Income Stock: Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

FIS (NYSE:FIS) offers investors strong growth and solid income at a very reasonable price.
And estimates have been rising after the company delivered its third consecutive beat. It is a Zacks #2 Rank (Buy).
Company Description
FIS, or Fidelity National Information Services, is the world’s largest provider of banking and payments technology. It provides core bank processing, transaction processing and card issuing services, and other outsourcing services.
Its revenues are divided as … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Aggressive Growth Stock: Town Sports

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Town Sports (CLUB) is a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) after posting beats in five of the last six reports and getting higher estimates for 2012.
Company Description
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates fitness clubs in the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2011, it operated 160 fitness clubs comprising 108 New York Sports Clubs, 25 Boston Sports Clubs, 18 Washington Sports Clubs, and 6 Philadelphia … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Bear Of The Day: Citi Trends, Inc. (CTRN)

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Citi Trends, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:CTRN) falling comparable store sales, coupled with rising cost of goods sold and operating expenses, battered fourth-quarter 2011 results. The company incurred a quarterly loss of $0.18 per share, falling drastically from the year-ago quarter earnings of $0.64 per share. The results, however, bettered the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.20 per share.
Further, due to uncertainty hovering around sales, given the global economic unrest, the company decided not to … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Momentum Stock: Old Dominion Freight Line

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL)
22 years before Dwight D. Eisenhower formed the national interstate system in the US, Old Dominion was moving freight around this country.   80 years after its humble beginnings, Old Dominion was recently named the number 1 LTL (less than truckload) carrier. 
Trucking is in integral part of interstate commerce here in the states and with almost 12,000 employees and roughly 6,000 tractors to pull their 16,000 pup trailers and 6,300+ vans, ODFL is a … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Frisch Reports In-line 3Q

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Frisch’s Restaurants Inc. (FRS) recently posted third quarter 2012 earnings of 57 cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate, but 54.1% higher than the year-ago quarter earnings of 37 cents per share. The year-over-year earnings growth was driven by higher same-store sales, margin expansion and lower effective tax rate.
Inside the Headline Numbers
The restaurant chain reported total revenue of $68.4 million in the third quarter, up only 1.4% year over … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Kirkland’s Forecasts 2-Month Sales

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Kirkland’s, Inc. (NASDAQ:KIRK) has announced the sales and comparable sales for two months of the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
Net sales for the nine-week period ended March 31, 2012 jumped 3.4% to $71.4 million from $69.0 million for the nine-week period ended April 2, 2011. Kirkland's comparable store sales declined 1.3% for the same period as against the decrease of 8.9% in the prior-year period.
Kirkland's expects to report its earnings results for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 ending … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Netflix Partners Hasbro

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Netflix Inc. (NFLX) recently announced a multi-year partnership with Los Angeles-based Hasbro studios, a division of Hasbro Inc. (HAS). The partnership will allow Netflix to exclusively stream ten renowned Hasbro shows through 2012.
The shows will be available in Netflix's "Just for Kids" section. "Just for Kids", as the name implies, is targeted at children aged 12 and under. Children will now have direct access to Hasbro's favorite programs, such as "Transformers Prime", "My … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Market Looks Ahead To Earnings

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

With nothing major on the economic front, market action today will likely reflect the loss of momentum following Friday's jobs surprise. But the overall tone should be a lot less negative than what we encountered on Monday as market participants look ahead to the start of the first quarter reporting season with Alcoa's (AA) after the close today.
The economic docket is relatively on the lighter side this week, with the Fed's Beige Book on Wednesday, Trade Deficit on Thursday, and CPI on … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

CME Eyes European Expansion

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) looks to be on an acquisition spree, as just a week after acquiring US-based GreenX Holdings, the company is now eyeing its own futures exchange in the UK, according to Financial Times' report yesterday.
Ever since CME Group started its trade contract clearing services in the UK last year, alongside the company has also been looking to expand its spread as a futures exchange operator. On these lines, the company is bidding hard to bag the London Metal Exchange (LME), … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Stock Market News Briefs: Carrollton Bancorp, Microsoft, Vivus, Great Wolf Resorts

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

    After it announced plans to merge with Jefferson Bancorp Inc., shares of Carrollton Bancorp (NASDAQ:CRRB) jumped 25.9%

    VIVUS, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:VVUS) shares slumped 8.5% post the closing bell after US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended its target date for the company's leading pipeline candidate, Qnexa, by three months

    AOL, Inc.'s (AOL) announced that it will sell over 800 of its patents to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Rent-A-Center Adds 2 Stores

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Rent-A-Center Inc. (NASDAQ:RCII), the largest rent-to-own operator in the U.S, announced the opening of a new store in the state of Illinois and another one in New York. The company now operates through 104 and 177 locations in Illinois and New York, respectively.
With the addition of the latest stores, the company expects to offer luxury furnishings, electrical devices, electronics and computers to the residents of Illinois and New York. Further, the new showrooms will offer brands like HP, Ashley, … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Air Products, Yongxin Ink Pact

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Leading industrial-gas company Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (NYSE:APD) recently penned a supply deal with leading Chinese glass maker Kunshan Yongxin Glassware (“Yongxin”). Yongxin is a leading heat-resistant glass maker for microwave ovens and other home appliances in China.
Under the pact, Air Products will supply its integrated oxy-fuel solution to Yongxin, which will help the Chinese manufacturer meet the increasingly stringent environmental regulations while enhancing productivity and … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Kraft Foods Recalls Peanuts

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (NYSE:KFT) recently announced that it is voluntarily recalling single code date of its Planters Cocktail Peanuts as it believes that the product might have been exposed to water not suitable for consumption during the production process. The company had sold around 3,000 cases of the recalled product to its retailers in the US and Puerto Rico. Kraft warns the consumers not to consume the product of the affected code date and return the same to the store from where it was … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

EA Set To Release Mass Effect DLC

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) recently announced that it will launch a new downloadable content (DLC) pack for Mass Effect 3. The new DLC known as Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut can be downloaded for free on Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox 360, Sony's (SNE) PlayStation 3 and personal computers this summer.
Developed by BioWare, the Mass Effect series is one of the most successful franchises for the company with over 7 million copies sold to date. However, the latest version faced severe criticism because … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Walgreen Hikes Quarterly Dividend

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Walgreen (NYSE:WAG) recently declared a 28.6% hike in its regular quarterly dividend to 22.5 cents per share. It is encouraging to note that the company has been paying dividends for more than 79 years and the recent hike marks the 36th consecutive quarter of dividend increase for the company.
Although the current dividend-payout ratio is 30% for fiscal 2011, the company has set a long-term dividend payout target of 30%-35% of net earnings. Over the last five years, Walgreen's dividend has grown … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Japanese Yen Continues Rebound Against Commodity Currencies

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 06:46 AM PDT

Fundamental Headlines
- Bernanke Calls on Regulators to Curb Shadow Banking Risks – Bloomberg
- Top Forecasts See Euro Weakness Returning on Spain – Bloomberg
- North Korea says Ready to Launch Rocket, Prompts Warnings – Reuters
- Spain Vows Reforms as Yields Soar – WSJ
- The QE3 Drug – WSJ
European Session Summary
Despite some early bullish price action in Asia, higher yielding currencies and risk-correlated assets took a turn lower in the European session as market participants … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Energy Boom Comes To Appalachia Ohio

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 06:37 AM PDT

Appalachia has been the “forgotten part of Ohio for the last 50 years,” explains Glenn Enslen, Carroll County's economic development director, in the video above, “but now we’re at the forefront of economic development in the state of Ohio.” 

Reason? A huge boom has just started for oil and gas development in the Utica Shale area of east-central Ohio. There are thousands of new jobs being created in and around Carroll County, the local Days Inn hotel is booked for the next three … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Stock Markets Remind Us That There Is Danger Out There

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 06:22 AM PDT

For three months, it was up and away, not many could believe the LTRO2, Twist and QE3 hope rally. Folks need a FED dictionary to work out what’s going on. Many took a swift kick the marbles on the last SP500 gap down. But the truth is,  its just the cycles re affirming their existence once again.

Previous post: SP500 Gann Angle Review

Re read the state of the Gann Angles, then catch up with the cycles, and you will see that we should get a few more weeks of distribution before any real … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

The Prohibitive Cost Of Higher Education: A Racket?

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:04 AM PDT

I have often thought, "If education is expensive, try ignorance."
I strongly believe that the key to future prosperity is a quality education. That said, there is increasing evidence that the costs connected to higher education have ratcheted higher at an unsustainable pace. I initially addressed this critically important topic a year ago in a commentary entitled, Are Student Loans an Impending Bubble? Is Higher Education a Scam?. I wrote then:

I am a huge proponent of the need for … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards
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