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UPDATE: Bank of America Moves to No Rating on TriQuint Semiconductor Following Merger with RF Micro Devices
In a report published Monday, Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya moved to No Rating on TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT ). In the report, Bank of America noted, “TriQuint Semiconductor (TQNT) and RF ...
Short Sellers Pick Up Some Avon And Rite Aid (AVP, RAD, SVU)
Among the struggling U.S.-based retailers, Avon Products (NYSE: AVP ), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD ) and SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU ) saw significant swings in short interest between the January 31 and February 14 settlement ...
Overvaluing Liquidity: Invest For The Future, Not For Today
If you talk to individual investors about which stocks they own, you will undoubtedly hear a recitation of the same stocks that dominate the financial media on a daily basis. Everyone owns and trades stocks ...
Mid-Day Market Update: Dow Surges Over 100 Points; Deckers Shares Slip After Disappointing Outlook
Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.70 percent to 16,386.76 while the NASDAQ surged 0.44 percent to 4,338.01. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.69 percent to 1,867.06. Leading and Lagging Sectors ...
3 Reasons IdaCorp Is Appealing For Patient Investors
Even though IdaCorp (NYSE: IDA ) has a low beta of 0.46, the share price has still moved nearly 25 percent over the last 52 weeks of market action. IdaCorp, a power company based in Boise, is now at its ...
Varonis Systems: Friday’s Hot IPO
Enterprise software maker Varonis Systems held its initial public offering Friday morning. The company sold 4.8 million shares at an IPO price of $22, which was above the recently raised expected range ...
Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Rise; Pepco Posts Higher Profit
Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.51 percent to 16,355.94 while the NASDAQ gained 0.45 percent to 4,338.29. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.50 percent to 1,863.48. Leading and Lagging ...
A Punishing Compugen Secondary Offering to Raise Cash
Compugen is raising close to $60 million in a secondary offering, but at a punishing price to any new shareholders who bought into this week's strength.
More Big Moves In Social Media Short Interest (LNKD, TWTR, ZNGA)
Early February saw resumed interest by short sellers in several social media companies based in the United States, particularly LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD ), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR ) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA ). ...
Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund Announces Tender Offer for 20% of its Shares
Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc. (NYSE: APF ) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a tender offer to acquire in exchange for cash up to 20 percent of the Fund's outstanding shares ...
Capital City Bank Group, Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend and Stock Repurchase Program
Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCBG ) announced today that its Board of Directors approved the reinstatement of a quarterly cash dividend as well as a new stock repurchase program. The Board declared ...
Simplicity Bancorp Announces Sixth Stock Repurchase Program
Simplicity Bancorp (Nasdaq: SMPL), the holding company for Simplicity Bank (the "Bank"), announced today that its Board of Directors authorized the sixth stock repurchase program pursuant to ...
7 Stocks With High Dividend Yields
Companies that pay out dividends have traditionally been seen as stable and established. But the global economic downturn has turned a lot of that old-school thought on its head, while volatile markets ...
Mid-Day Market Update: US Stocks Gain; J.C. Penney Shares Gain After Q4 Results
Midway through trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.23 percent to 16,235.46 while the NASDAQ surged 0.36 percent to 4,307.65. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.23 percent to 1,849.36. Leading and Lagging Sectors ...
Amgen, BioMarin Lead Biotech Short Interest Trend (AMGN, BIIB, BMRN)
Among the leading biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies, Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN ), Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB ) and BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: BMRN ) saw the largest percentage increases in short ...
Short Interest in 3D Printing Sector Focuses on One Stock
We continue to track the short interest changes in the primary 3D printer and services companies. The following information is based on data reported for the period ended February 14, 2014. Short interest ...
Nasdaq Stocks With the Largest Short Positions
Here is a look at the six Nasdaq-traded stocks with the largest number of shares held short as of February 14. Of the six, only one saw short interest fall, while the rest had short interest rise. For ...
Short Sellers Return to Biotech Stocks
After largely shying away in the previous period, short sellers returned to many of the leading biotech and emerging pharmaceutical stocks in early February. The largest upswings happened to BioMarin Pharmaceutical ...
AMCOL International Corporation Announces Amended Merger Agreement with Imerys; Increases Price Per Share for AMCOL Shareholders to $42.75
AMCOL International Corporation (NYSE: ACO ) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved an amended merger agreement with Imerys S.A. ("Imerys"), pursuant to which AMCOL ...
Five Steps To Making Money In The Market
How often have you bought a stock because someone told you it was a good company to own? It is still amazing to see so many individual investors with such a gamblers mentality when it comes to the stock ...
