Thursday, December 3, 2009

AFTER THE BELL-Bank of America shares up - Reuters UK


AFTER THE BELL-Bank of America shares up
Reuters UK
NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Shares of Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) rose 3.2 percent after the close on Wednesday after it said it has worked out a deal with ...

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After the Bell: Trinity River Mission - WFAA


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission
WFAA
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Cisco to go ahead with plan to buy Tandberg - Reuters


Cisco to go ahead with plan to buy Tandberg
Reuters
Cisco shares fell 4 cents on the Nasdaq to $23.83 on Thursday but were up slightly in after-hours trading. ($1=5.570 Norwegian Crown) (Additional reporting ...

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After the Bell: Trinity River Mission - WFAA


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission
WFAA
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bofa prices offering for bailout payback - CNNMoney.com


bofa prices offering for bailout payback
CNNMoney.com
Shares of the bank ended at $15.76, and then fell 1.65% to $15.50 in after-hours trading. The offering is expected to generate $19.29 billion, ...

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Collective Brands Up on Earnings Beat - FOXBusiness


Collective Brands Up on Earnings Beat
FOXBusiness
Shares of Collective Brands rose $1.54 or 7.64% to close at $21.71 a share, Thursday. The stock was up 34 cents or 1.57% in after-hours trading.

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US HOT STOCKS: Take-Two Active In Late Trading - Wall Street Journal


US HOT STOCKS: Take-Two Active In Late Trading
Wall Street Journal
Shares slid 22% in after-hours trading to $8.56 as the company said it likely won't be profitable in the new fiscal year like analysts had anticipated. ...

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After the Bell: Trinity River Mission - WFAA


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission
WFAA
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Mentor Graphics beats analyst expectations - Bizjournals.com


Mentor Graphics beats analyst expectations
Bizjournals.com
Mentor shares ended the day down 1 cent to $8.28 per share, but fell nearly 8 percent in after-hours trading to $7.64 per share. Shares have traded between ...

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After the Bell: Trinity River Mission - WFAA


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission
WFAA
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Soybeans advance on speculation demand may pare us inventory - Financial Express Bangladesh


Soybeans advance on speculation demand may pare us inventory
Financial Express Bangladesh
January-delivery soybeans climbed as much as 1 per cent to $10.44 a bushel in after-hours trading on the Chicago Board of Trade, after closing 2.4 per cent ...

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PELL Futures Now Offers Free Earnings Event Trading Webinars - Earthtimes (press release)


PELL Futures Now Offers Free Earnings Event Trading Webinars
Earthtimes (press release)
A Webinar is a live conference conducted online that is an ideal way to help educate investors looking to put current stock news and after hours trading ...

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BofA Options Volume Alert (BAC)

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is almost always one of the most active call options stocks out there.  But today we are seeing a flurry of trading activity based upon last night’s announcement that it is repaying the full TARP amount.  This first list is the DEC-2009 CALLS and we followed it with DEC-2009 PUTS as well:

CALL$    Volume    OpInt
$15.00    10,711    37,503
$16.00    99,716    102,460
$17.00    62,006    109,868
$18.00     16,721    84,740
$19.00    3,041    20,268
$20.00    1,849    12,537

PUT$    Volume    OpInt
$14.00    2,933    104,680
$15.00    23,208    104,484
$16.00    74,628    84,786
$17.00    97,617    37,044

The stock is up 2.5% at $16.04 on the reactio to last night’s news.  At 12:05 PM EST we have already more than doubled the average volume with about 374 million shares trading hands…. 4 hours to go.

JON C. OGG
DECEMBER 3, 2009


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission - WFAA


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission
WFAA
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Huntsman Options Trading Explosion (HUN, DD)

Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) is seeing a surge in options activity.  There have been 30,698 calls traded, 15X average, and implied volatility is spiking 44% on rumors that Dupont (NYSE: DD) is looking at a possible $18 offer for shares of the company.  The action has been  extremely bullish with block buyers in calls at the offer ahead of the rumor and continuing now in strikes as high as the January $13 calls.  Shares trade 1.45X cash value and look very cheap on valuation.

This deal appears to fit in with some deals of the past and it is worth noting that Huntsman was a busted private equity acquisition where Hexion Specialty Chemicals was originally going to acquire the company for about $28.00 per share.  Shares are also up almost 8% at $10.70 and the 4.5 million share average volume has now been crossed at 11:25 AM EST.

Joe Kunkle, OptionsHawk.com


Soybeans advance on speculation demand may pare us inventory - Financial Express Bangladesh


Soybeans advance on speculation demand may pare us inventory
Financial Express Bangladesh
January-delivery soybeans climbed as much as 1 per cent to $10.44 a bushel in after-hours trading on the Chicago Board of Trade, after closing 2.4 per cent ...

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PELL Futures Now Offers Free Earnings Event Trading Webinars - PR Web (press release)


PELL Futures Now Offers Free Earnings Event Trading Webinars
PR Web (press release)
A Webinar is a live conference conducted online that is an ideal way to help educate investors looking to put current stock news and after hours trading ...


Stem Cell Players Giving Some Back (GERN, STEM, OPXA)

Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN), StemCells Inc. (NASDAQ: STEM), and Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXA) are all playing give-back this morning on the heels of monster gains yesterday due to the National Institutes of Health approving new embryonic stem cell lines.

At 8:39 AM EST we have GERN down 2.9% at $6.02 on 80,000 shares, STEM down 5.4% at $1.40 on 695,000 shares, and OPXA is down 10% at $2.86 on 35,000 shares.  As a reminder, the NIH did say that it would be making a new announcement on stem cell line approvals after 96 lines were submitted…. and that deadline is tomorrow, so these may all swing wildly yet again.

JON C. OGG


BEFORE THE BELL: US Stock Futures Up On Bank Of America Repayment Plan - Wall Street Journal


BEFORE THE BELL: US Stock Futures Up On Bank Of America Repayment Plan
Wall Street Journal
Shares dropped 8.8% to $20.53 in after-hours trading as Synopsys gave a weak view for the new quarter and year. Jo-Ann Stores Inc.'s (JAS) fiscal ...


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission - WFAA


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission
WFAA
DALLAS - Thirteen-thousand North Texas elementary and middle school students are in after school programs everyday. ...

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Futures Edge Higher, All Eyes on BAC, GE, and CMCSA - TradersHuddle.com


Futures Edge Higher, All Eyes on BAC, GE, and CMCSA
TradersHuddle.com
The Dow component rose substantially in after-hours trading after and will certainly play a leading role in today's trading. M&A will be in focus, ...

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After the Bell: Trinity River Mission - WFAA


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission
WFAA
DALLAS - Thirteen-thousand North Texas elementary and middle school students are in after school programs everyday. ...

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Caterpillar And Colgate Palmolive Have Something In Common, Says Dr. Joe Duarte - Trading Markets (press release)


Caterpillar And Colgate Palmolive Have Something In Common, Says Dr. Joe Duarte
Trading Markets (press release)
He is the author of: Futures And Options For Dummies, Successful Energy Sector Investing, Successful Biotech Investing and co-author of After-Hours Trading ...


JAPAN BANK, REAL ESTATE SHARES FALL ON DEFLATION WOES - Trading Markets (press release)


JAPAN BANK, REAL ESTATE SHARES FALL ON DEFLATION WOES
Trading Markets (press release)
But after the boj's policies were reported, disappointment among investors caused Nikkei index futures to fall in after-hours trading on the Osaka ...


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission - WFAA


After the Bell: Trinity River Mission
WFAA
DALLAS - Thirteen-thousand North Texas elementary and middle school students are in after school programs everyday. ...

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Stocks mostly rise Wednesday as Fed sees improving economy - Pioneer Press


Stocks mostly rise Wednesday as Fed sees improving economy
Pioneer Press
In after-hours trading the stock rose 39 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $16.04. Wells Fargo & Co. slid 54 cents, or 1.9 percent, to $27.45 on reports that some ...

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