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EPA Fracking Concerns Still Flaring
Kimco Realty Obtains Term Loan
Hot Option Plays: Corner Correction
Hot Option Plays: Tech And Consumer Lead
Endo Pharma To Shell Out $15M
World’s Ten Most Resource-Rich Countries
Brown-Forman Stays Neutral
Earnings And Data Deluge On Thursday
Markets In Everything: 3D Printer For Medicine
Next “Equal Occupational Fatality Day” In 2021
Alliance Forays Deeper Into Brazil
ProAssurance Stays Outperform
Shire To Buy Pervasis Therapeutics
Earnings Preview: NCR Corp.
Pebblebrook Acquires In San Fran
BP Advances With Shah Deniz Stage 2
Four Breakout Stocks To Watch On Thursday
Obama Wants Tougher Penalties For Oil Speculators
Higher Demand Drives Seagate’s 3Q
Pepsi Inks Deal With Family Dollar
Vivus Awaits Avanafil Approval
FedEx Gears For Another Buy-TATEX
Wall Street Falls One Day After Posting Big Gains
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Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:58 PM PDT

04/18/12 The Obama administration set standards to control air pollution from natural gas fracking. Drillers will have until January 2015 to comply with the new … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Kimco Realty Obtains Term Loan

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:40 PM PDT

Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE:KIM), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently obtained an unsecured term loan worth $400 million to increase its liquidity. The loan is scheduled to mature in April 2014, and includes an accordion feature by virtue of which the company can increase the debt maturity by three additional one-year periods to April 2017 at its own discretion.
The term loan bears an annualized interest rate at LIBOR plus 105 basis points, which is based on Kimco Realty's … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Hot Option Plays: Corner Correction

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:36 PM PDT

Cusick’s Corner 04-18-2012
I need to make a correction for yesterday’s Corner where I referenced Housing Permits as Starts — there is a difference. Permits allow for the potential to start building and Starts are buildings built. The take away from the data — Starts down and Permits up. The pop in Permits could be a potential flag that the starts could be ready to potentially turn up after dropping over 8% since January. So the take away on this data is that even though Starts are low, they … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Hot Option Plays: Tech And Consumer Lead

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:36 PM PDT

Cusick’s Corner 04-18-2012
I wanted to take the pulse of the action in the major offensive sectors. Tech, QQQ/XLK, & Consumer Discretionary, XLY, have been the leaders in this current trend up and these are also the major sectors to watch. If these sectors get weak, the market could be potentially struggling. We also need Finance, XLF, & Industrials, XLI, to pick up action, these sectors have been flat and one of these two sectors needs to get some more octane to the upside and show … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Endo Pharma To Shell Out $15M

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:35 PM PDT

Following the decision of the US patent and trademark office to extend the patent protection of BioDelivery Sciences International's (NASDAQ:BDSI) pain candidate BEMA buprenorphine by seven years to 2027, partner Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENDP) will pay $15 million as milestone payment to BioDelivery Sciences.
We remind investors that in January 2012, Endo Pharma had inked a global license and development agreement with BioDelivery Sciences regarding the latter's pain candidate BEMA buprenorphine. … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

World’s Ten Most Resource-Rich Countries

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:29 PM PDT

No. 1 is Russia with an estimated $75.7 trillion of natural resources, according to this list from 24/7 Wall Street, and the U.S. is No. 2 with $45 … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Brown-Forman Stays Neutral

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:20 PM PDT

We reiterate our long-term Neutral recommendation on Brown-Forman Corporation – B (BF.B), based on the company's expectation of considerable improvement in consumer trends in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.
Battered by higher input and fuel costs along with increased operating expenses, Brown-Forman's third-quarter 2012 earnings of 93 cents per share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.00 and declined approximately 3.1% from the prior-period level.
However, in anticipation of a … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Earnings And Data Deluge On Thursday

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:20 PM PDT

04/18/12 Thursday’s economic and earnings calendar is jam-packed. The Spanish bond auction will also be closely … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Markets In Everything: 3D Printer For Medicine

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:19 PM PDT

YahooNews — “From creating intricate guitars to delicious pieces of chocolate, 3D printing is moving beyond the realm of making simple models and into the realm of creating useful things. And thanks to researchers at University of Glasgow, this cutting-edge technology could take an incredible new turn that could save millions of lives: A 3D printer capable of creating drugs.

Professor Lee Cronin and his team introduced the tech in a research paper, published in Nature … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Next “Equal Occupational Fatality Day” In 2021

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:11 PM PDT

Yesterday was Equal Pay Day, which supposedly represents how far into 2012 the average woman has to work to make the same pay that the average man earned in 2011. The National Committee on Pay Equity started Equal Pay Day in 1996 as "a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages."

In 2010, I created "Equal Occupational Fatality Day" on the Enterprise Blog and started an annual tradition:
Inspired by Equal Pay Day, and in recognition of the … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Alliance Forays Deeper Into Brazil

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:05 PM PDT

Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE:ADS) announced that Companhia Brasileira De Servicos De Marketing, aka CBSM or popularly known as "Dotz,” where LoyaltyOne — an operational segment of Alliance Data — has a substantial share has initiated its loyalty program in Sao Paolo State Interiors.
This launch will increase the company's customer base by more than 2.1 million, owing to its presence in Belo Horizonte, Brasilia and now the Sao Paolo State Interior.
The program is similar to that of … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

ProAssurance Stays Outperform

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 02:50 PM PDT

We reiterate our Outperform recommendation on ProAssurance Corporation (NYSE:PRA) based on the company's revenue growth, stable ratings and improved return on equity (ROE). Geographic diversity, aggressive claims defense and strong financial position are the other positives for the company.
ProAssurance reported earnings of $4.27 per share in the fourth quarter of 2011, well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.03 and the year-ago earnings of $3.08. Income from continuing operations … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Shire To Buy Pervasis Therapeutics

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 02:40 PM PDT

Shire plc (NASDAQ:SHPGY) recently entered into an agreement to acquire almost all the assets of Pervasis Therapeutics. As per the terms of the agreement, Shire will make an upfront payment and regulatory, development and commercial milestones upon the achievement of certain pre-specified conditions. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Vascugel, the lead pipeline candidate at Pervasis, is developed using an acute vascular repair technology for improving hemodialysis access for patients … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Earnings Preview: NCR Corp.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 02:25 PM PDT

NCR Corp. (NYSE:NCR) is scheduled to release its first quarter 2012 results on April 19, 2012 and we see some variation in the analysts' estimates at this point.
Fourth Quarter Recap
The company reported fourth quarter 2011 earnings per share (EPS) of 65 cents, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 57 cents.
Revenue generated during the fourth quarter was $1.64 billion, up 16.7% from $1.40 billion in the year-ago quarter. Global orders grew 24.0% annually and helped the company maintain a … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Pebblebrook Acquires In San Fran

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 02:15 PM PDT

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB) recently announced that it has acquired San Francisco-based Hotel Milano for $30 million. Hotel Milano comprises 108 rooms and post-acquisition will be managed by the Viceroy Hotel Group.
The company intends to invest approximately $8 million to $10 million in renovating and repositioning the hotel. The renovation of the hotel's guest room and public area will likely commence in the second half of 2012. Pebblebrook plans to rename the property once … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

BP Advances With Shah Deniz Stage 2

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 02:06 PM PDT

U.K.-based oil major BP Plc (NYSE:BP) reported that the Shah Deniz consortium has agreed to proceed with the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) on the Shah Deniz Stage 2 project valued at $25 billion.
Located about 70 kilometers offshore in the Caspian, the Shah Deniz Stage 2 project will offer new opportunities along the Southern Gas Corridor by carrying gas originating from the Caspian Seato markets in Turkey and Europe. The success of this project would help the Shah Deniz consortium to … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Four Breakout Stocks To Watch On Thursday

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 02:03 PM PDT

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The Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) stock embarked on another leg of the bull rally that took it to a new high of $27.66 today on rising volumes. Technical indicators are supporting the bulls. The stock is still on a strong bull market with 50-day moving average on top over 200-day moving average and MACD is above signal line. Today's high was $27.66, which is resistance for the continuation move on Thursday. If you haven’t added GPS to your watchlist, now is the … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Obama Wants Tougher Penalties For Oil Speculators

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT

04/18/12 On Tuesday, President Barack Obama called for increasing penalties on oil speculators and more oversight of U.S. energy as part of a plan to crack down on an “irresponsible few” who he says fix the oil … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Higher Demand Drives Seagate’s 3Q

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 01:51 PM PDT

Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX) reported third quarter 2012 earnings per share of $2.64, comprehensively beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.09. Higher unit shipments of its hard disk drives (HDD), coupled with favorable pricing resulted in the earnings outperfromance.
Revenue
Seagate reported revenues of $4.45 billion in the third quarter of 2012, up 65.1% from $2.69 billion in the year-ago period. The company's unit shipments improved by 29.0% sequentially, as the company … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Pepsi Inks Deal With Family Dollar

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 01:51 PM PDT

PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE:PEP) has inked a multi-year agreement with Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:FDO), by virtue of which the latter is responsible for selling Pepsi's beverages.
Family Dollar already offers PepsiCo brands like Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Quaker products. The new agreement will also allow Family Dollar to offer products like Mountain Dew and Sierra Mist sodas, Aquafina water and Lipton tea.
Management at Family Dollar promises that the new agreement with PepsiCo will not affect the … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Vivus Awaits Avanafil Approval

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 01:51 PM PDT

Vivus Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS) is keeping its fingers crossed with the target date (April 29, 2012) for one of its lead pipeline candidates, avanafil, fast approaching. Vivus is looking to get the candidate approved for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). The company has also filed for the approval of avanafil in the EU.
Vivus has a development, licensing and supply agreement with Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation for avanafil. Mitsubishi Pharma is eligible to receive milestone payments on the … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

FedEx Gears For Another Buy-TATEX

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 01:30 PM PDT

FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) is again in the lime light with acquisition plans for another European company, TATEX Express. This remarks the second big move by the company after its recent announcement to acquire Polish company Opek Sp.z o.o.
Following the recent announcement of proposed acquisition of Opek Sp.z o.o, this remains the second move by the company to enter the European package delivery market.
French-based TATEX Express provides courier and express transport services to … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Wall Street Falls One Day After Posting Big Gains

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:00 AM PDT

04/18/12 Stocks dropped Wednesday as tech giants disappointed investors with their quarterly results and bad loans surged in … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards