Thursday, October 15, 2009

Ads drive Google's profit way up - San Francisco Chronicle


Ads drive Google's profit way up
San Francisco Chronicle
Investors applauded the late-day announcement, bidding up shares more than 3 percent, or $17, in after-hours trading to about $547. ...

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AMD still in the red, but picture is improving - Austin American-Statesman


AMD still in the red, but picture is improving
Austin American-Statesman
AMD's stock closed at $6.19 a share, down 6 cents, before results were announced. In after-hours trading, the stock fell to $5.96 a share.

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Tech and oil gains put sentiment back on positive track - Financial Times


Tech and oil gains put sentiment back on positive track
Financial Times
It reported $5.89 earnings per share, beating average analyst forecasts of $5.42 per share, and shares rose in after-hours trading. ...

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Dave Fry's Market Comments For Oct 15, 2009 - istockAnalyst.com (press release)


Dave Fry's Market Comments For Oct 15, 2009
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Other than Google, things are a little soft in after hours trading tonight. AMD reported and the stock got sold as did IBM. There's quite a mania going on ...


IBM profit grows despite sales drop - CNNMoney.com


IBM profit grows despite sales drop
CNNMoney.com
But investors were unimpressed: IBM shares dropped 5% in after-hours trading. IBM (IBM, Fortune 500) said its net income for the quarter rose to $3.2 ...

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AFTER THE BELL-IBM falls after results - Interactive Investor


AFTER THE BELL-IBM falls after results
Interactive Investor
Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. ...

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IBM's 3Q results due after the bell as tech company looks to support its ... - Washington Examiner


IBM's 3Q results due after the bell as tech company looks to support its ...
Washington Examiner
AP SAN FRANCISCO â€" IBM Corp.'s ability to keep boosting profits despite the recession and slumping sales shows how important its high-margin services and ...

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Google earnings blow out Wall Street estimates on cost control, click growth - Daily Finance (blog)


Google earnings blow out Wall Street estimates on cost control, click growth
Daily Finance (blog)
... which handily topped Wall Street estimates, sending the company's stock price nearly three percent higher in after-hours trading. ...

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Frothy Options Trading in Google - TheStreet.com (subscription)


Frothy Options Trading in Google
TheStreet.com (subscription)
As always, this action on Google just ahead of expiration will make for some explosive after-hours trading. I can see Google moving up or down 20 points on ...

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Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. board of directors under investigation - PRLog.Org (press release)


Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. board of directors under investigation
PRLog.Org (press release)
Rubio's Restaurants shares RUBO traded at $7.75 per share in after hours trading after the announcement and were are about $6.50 per share days before the ...

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IBM's 3Q results due after the bell as tech company looks to support its ... - Washington Examiner


IBM's 3Q results due after the bell as tech company looks to support its ...
Washington Examiner
AP SAN FRANCISCO â€" IBM Corp.'s ability to keep boosting profits despite the recession and slumping sales shows how important its high-margin services and ...

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Options Traders Increase Activity in IBM Ahead of Earnings (IBM)

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is on deck for earnings this afternoon, and traders have begun their last minute bets by using call and put options.  The OCT-2009 CALLS and PUTS expire tomorrow at the close, so these bets are right around the closest strike prices only.  We have included the OCT-2009 CALLS and PUTS only along with trading volume and the listed open interest.

CALL$    Volume    OpInt
120.00    11,228    33,884
125.00    9,571    20,881
130.00    10,166    18,605
135.00    2,180    6,788
PUT$    Volume    OpInt
115.00    1,900    17,011
120.00    3,659    9,824
125.00    5,395    9,586

At 2:32 PM EST we have shares trading down 1.1% at $126.96 and trading volume in the stock is only about 5.5 million shares versus a full day’s trading volume of about 6.7 million shares.  Because of its super high share price and because the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted index, our take is that IBM is perhaps more crucial than any other component as far as whether this DJIA 10,000 level can hold.

JON C. OGG


Pre-Market Round-Up for October 15, 2009 - Sumfolio.com


Pre-Market Round-Up for October 15, 2009
Sumfolio.com
However, the stock's rally stalled at the key resistance of $1.11-1.12 per share, and sold off in after-hours trading. The company did not release any news, ...

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Linktone Sees Exponential Trading Volume (LTON)

Linktone Ltd. (Nasdaq: LTON) is surging on news that the wireless interactive entertainment company in China has entered into a mobile video agreement to make video highlights of Major League Baseball games available to customers in China with China National Radio Mobile Media (Beijing) Co. Ltd.  This is traditionally a low volume stock with only about 62,000 shares trading per day.  At 10:41 AM EST we have seen an exponential volume day with some 385,000 shares traded (6X volume) and the stock is up 20% at $2.50.  JON C. OGG


IBM's 3Q results due after the bell as tech company looks to support its ... - Washington Examiner


IBM's 3Q results due after the bell as tech company looks to support its ...
Washington Examiner
AP SAN FRANCISCO â€" IBM Corp.'s ability to keep boosting profits despite the recession and slumping sales shows how important its high-margin services and ...

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Stocks Likely To Give Back Some Ground In Early Trading - US Commentary - Forex Hound


Stocks Likely To Give Back Some Ground In Early Trading - US Commentary
Forex Hound
Lazzard Inc (LAZ) might be in focus after the stock declined more than 50 percent in after-hours trading following the news of the demise of its Chairman ...

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FDA Panel Likes Acorda's Multiple Sclerosis Drug - Wall Street Journal (blog)


FDA Panel Likes Acorda's Multiple Sclerosis Drug
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Shares of Acorda Therapeutics, a small company that's developing the drug, rose more than 40% in after-hours trading. As often happens when a small ...

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IBM's 3Q results due after the bell as tech company looks to support its ... - Washington Examiner


IBM's 3Q results due after the bell as tech company looks to support its ...
Washington Examiner
AP SAN FRANCISCO â€" IBM Corp.'s ability to keep boosting profits despite the recession and slumping sales shows how important its high-margin services and ...

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Acorda Volume Goes Exponential Before Market Open (ACOR)

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) is getting some of its lost mojo back.  The company’s fampridine-SR for multiple sclerosis was given a favorable FDA panel review yesterday in a 12-1 vote in support of a future marketing approval for the drug.  The stock was halted yesterday and FDA comments last week battered the stock.  This morning we have a 54% gain to $25.90 after Tuesday’s $16.74 close.  As of 8:46 AM EST we have seen a whopping 1.7 million shares trade hands, making this already an exponential volume alert versus 800,000 on average and the market is not even officially yet open.

JON C. OGG
OCTOBER 15, 2009


US Stock Futures Point To Lackluster Opening - RTT News


RTT News

US Stock Futures Point To Lackluster Opening
RTT News
Lazzard Inc (LAZ) might be in focus after the stock declined more than 50% in after-hours trading following the news of the demise of Wasserstein. ...


Rubio's gets $80 million takeover bid - San Diego Union Tribune


Rubio's gets $80 million takeover bid
San Diego Union Tribune
In after-hours trading, the stock price soared nearly 27 percent to $7.61 a share. “We're in discussions with our attorneys on this,” Rubio's Chief ...

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GS - They Made the Rally ? - Benzinga


GS - They Made the Rally ?
Benzinga
It appears, based on after hours trading, that GS is continuing to "rally" with a last trade of 194.65 - a gain of 2.37 from the official Close. ...


Blackstone Draws Call Buyers - TheStreet.com


Blackstone Draws Call Buyers
TheStreet.com
Blackstone rose 7.6% to $17.60 Wednesday on heavy volume and moved up another 2.9% in after-hours trading. For the calls Wednesday to turn a profit, ...

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