PetSmart 2Q earnings grow, but lowers guidance - BusinessWeek

PetSmart 2Q earnings grow, but lowers guidance
BusinessWeek
... to crowning expectations, but the pet matter and products merchandiser lowered profit estimates for the full year, sending shares tumbling in after-hours trading. ...

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petsmart's projections cause drop - Arizona Republic

petsmart's projections drive drop
Arizona Republic
20, 2009 12:00 AM petsmart Inc.'s share price slumped in after-hours trading Wednesday after the release of third-quarter and year-end earnings projections ...

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Synopsys posts better-than-expected 3Q results - The Associated Press

Synopsys posts better-than-expected 3Q results
The Associated Press
Shares fell 62 cents, or 3 percent, to $19.90 in after-hours trading, having closed earlier up 55 cents, or 2.8 percent, at $20.52.

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Santa Rosa bright spot for JDSU - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Santa Rosa bright spot for JDSU
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
... revenue of $283 to $300 million for the first quarter of 2010. Shares closed at $5.79 on Wednesday and fell 3 cents to $5.76 in after-hours trading.

NetApp Names New CEO; 1Q Profit Up 49% - CNNMoney.com

NetApp Names New CEO; 1Q Profit Up 49%
CNNMoney.com
NetApp shares fell 3.2% to $22.15 in after-hours trading as the hardware and data-management company said it wouldn't provide business second-quarter revenue ...

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Barnes & Noble To Publish Important Out-Of-Print Books - CNNMoney.com

Barnes & Noble To Publish Important Out-Of-Print Books
CNNMoney.com
Barnes & Noble's shares were at $20.82 , down 0.6% in after-hours trading. The stock has climbed about 40% this year but is still down about 15% from last ...

HP, La-Z-Boy Beat After the Bell - MarketNewsVideo.com

HP, La-Z-Boy Beat After the Bell
MarketNewsVideo.com
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) shares moving in early trading after it said late Tuesday its third lodge earnings fell 19 percent, to $1.6 billion, or 67 cents per ...

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Rambus Rumors Drive Stock/Options Volume (RMBS, NVDA)

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) is up over 7% at $18.55 at 2:00 PM EST on 3.6 million shares.  This already represents 140% of cipher daily intensity and the reasons cited are rumors of a settlement on a case with NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA).  Be advised that this move now has Rambus at the higher-end of its 52-week trading range of $4.95 to $19.65.  NVIDIA shares are down 1% at $13.20 but only on half of a day’s cipher volume.  Rambus is one of these highbrowed concept companies which relies on patent and highbrowed concept licenses in the semiconductor and chip sector for effectively every of its revenues. We are also seeing elevated CALL OPTION activity in the August options which suspire this Friday:

STRIKE Volume Op.Int.
$17.00    1,032  11,580
$18.00    3,923  11,958
$19.00    4,082  6,302
$20.00    3,709  10,384

SEPTEMBER 2010 CALL option activity is elevated as well:

STRIKE Volume Op.Int.
$18.00    5,021  1,485
$19.00    4,640  1,092
$20.00    4,039  2,917
$21.00    1,110  1,078
$22.00    2,640  1,926

-JON OGG

Analog Devices (ADI) falls on lower p... - BloggingStocks

Analog Devices (ADI) falls on modify profit and weaker margins
BloggingStocks
Still, shares were downbound close to 5% in after-hours trading as the chipmaker reported modify than expected margins in the quarter. The company earned 22 cents ...

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American Dental Partners Announces 2.... - FOXBusiness

American Dental Partners Announces 2.26 Million Share Offering (ADPI)
FOXBusiness
Aug 19, 2009 (smartrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) ----8/19/2009-Shares of dweller Dental Partners (NASDAQ:ADPI) fell 7% in after hours trading Tuesday ...

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STOCKS NEWS US-AFTER THE BELL-Agilent... - Interactive Investor

STOCKS NEWS US-AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises
Interactive Investor
Shares of Agilent Technologies rose 2.9 percent to $24.25 after the closing bell on Monday after the company reportable third-quarter results. ...

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Elevated Call Option Trading in Cameco (CCJ)

We have seen some elevated call option activity in Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ), Canada’s crowning nuclear and metal play.  The SET-2009 CALLS have been active while the stock has not. So far we have 577,000 shares traded as of 11:15 AM EST and shares are up 0.5% at $28.25 vs. an average daily volume of most 2 meg shares and a 52-week trading range of $11.78 to $30.83. While there is not firm news, this does come on the heels of news that it has filed a shelf catalogue for an substance of up to C$1 billion of senior unsecured debentures.  Here is the SEPT-2009 CALL data:

Strike.. Volume.. Op.Int.
$30.00.. 5,000   12,979
$31.00.. 12             649
$32.00.. 270        1,917
$33.00.. 2,495    2,253

JON C. OGG
AUGUST 19, 2009

HP, La-Z-Boy Beat After the Bell - MarketNewsVideo.com

HP, La-Z-Boy Beat After the Bell
MarketNewsVideo.com
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) shares agitated in early trading after it said New Tuesday its ordinal quarter earnings fell 19 percent, to $1.6 billion, or 67 cents per ...

Analog Devices (ADI) falls on lower profit and weaker margins - BloggingStocks

Analog Devices (ADI) water on modify profit and weaker margins
BloggingStocks
Still, shares were downbound close to 5% in after-hours trading as the chipmaker reported modify than due margins in the quarter. The company earned 22 cents ...

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La-Z-Boy moves to 1Q profit on fewer charges - BusinessWeek

La-Z-Boy moves to 1Q profit on fewer charges
BusinessWeek
The news sent its shares soaring 7.7 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday, to $7.97, up 56 cents. The stock wasn't yet active premarket Wednesday. ...

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Cerus Sees Swiss Eureka (CERS)

Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) is sight a surge after announcing that the land regulatory body titled Swissmedic has approved the ingest of platelet components aerated with Cerus’ INTERCEPT Blood System. The company noted that this support extends permissible hardware instance for platelets to heptad days with INTERCEPT treatment, compared to five days without treatment.  Be advised that the land market is a small market, but is also a key to other market.  Cerus shares at 8:48 AM EST have already traded 150,000 shares and the terminal change was up over 30% at $2.35.  Average volume is about 370,000 shares and the market cap was only $58 million as of the close yesterday.  The 52-week high here is $5,02, so this one is not off its charts. -JON OGG

American Dental Partners Announces 2.26 Million Share Offering (ADPI) - FOXBusiness

American Dental Partners Announces 2.26 Million Share Offering (ADPI)
FOXBusiness
Aug 19, 2009 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) ----8/19/2009-Shares of dweller Dental Partners (NASDAQ:ADPI) fell 7% in after hours trading Tuesday ...

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Lilly shelves osteoporosis drug after 5-year trial - Indianapolis Star

Lilly shelves osteoporosis drug after 5-year trial
Indianapolis Star
... a "buy" recommendation, while 10 have a "hold" and fivesome have a "sell" recommendation. Lilly's have fell most 1 percent in after-hours trading, to $32.50.

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Lilly shelves osteoporosis drug after 5-year trial - Indianapolis Star

Lilly shelves osteoporosis take after 5-year trial
Indianapolis Star
... a "buy" recommendation, while 10 hit a "hold" and five hit a "sell" recommendation. Lilly's have fell about 1 percent in after-hours trading, to $32.50.

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