Thursday, August 20, 2009

BEFORE THE BELL -2: US HOT STOCKS TO ... - Zawya


BEFORE THE BELL -2: US HOT STOCKS TO WATCH
Zawya
Shares tumbled 12% to $19.80 in after-hours trading. NetApp's fiscal first-quarter acquire jumped 49% on higher margins and lower expenses, and the company ...

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Profits tumble for owner of Victoria'... - New York Daily News


New York Daily News

Profits tumble for owner of Victoria's Secret chain
New York Daily News
Nonetheless, Limited boosted its yearly outlook last night, and its shares rose more than 2% in after-hours trading. The stock, which gained 61 cents to ...

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DivX settles suit with Yahoo over adv... - San Diego Union Tribune


DivX settles suit with Yahoo over advertising deal
San Diego Union Tribune
They closed yesterday at $5.43, up 27 cents, before the settlement was announced. In after-hours trading, the shares were up 17 cents at $5.60.

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Umpqua stock offering nets $245.6 mil... - OregonLive.com


Umpqua stock offering nets $245.6 million
OregonLive.com
... meg borrowed from the US Treasury. Umpqua announced its news trading ended on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Shares oversubscribed for $10.18 in after-hours trading.

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Harman Intl Swings To 4Q Loss On High... - Wall Street Journal


Harman Intl Swings To 4Q Loss On Higher Charges, Lower Rev
Wall Street Journal
Harman shares were indolent in after-hours trading Wednesday at $27.07. The stock has more than doubled from an eight-year baritone in March, though it is off ...

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Pulte takeover of Centex creates nation's largest home builder - Fort Worth Star Telegram


Pulte takeover of Centex creates nation's largest bag builder
Fort designer Star Telegram
Pulte (ticker: PHM) closed up a penny to $12.33 Tuesday, but then lost 8 cents in after-hours trading. As for Centex (CTX), it lost four cents to finish at ...

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Longtop Financial's 1Q profit jumps 38 percent - The Associated Press


Longtop Financial's 1Q profit jumps 38 percent
The Associated Press
... or about 2.7 percent, to close at $27.98. In after-hours trading, the stock backward course, losing $2.51, or nearly 9 percent, to $25.47.

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HP Reports Q3 Revenue, Earnings Drop, Reaffirms Outlook For Year - ChannelWeb


HP Reports Q3 Revenue, Earnings Drop, Reaffirms Outlook For Year
ChannelWeb
However, shares fell in after-hours trading, hitting just over $43.00 per share two hours after the close. For its ordinal quarter, ended July 31, ...

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Trina Solar beats projections with 2Q09 profit | Cleantech Group - Cleantech Group


Trina Solar beats projections with 2Q09 acquire | Cleantech Group
Cleantech Group
Shares of the company were slightly up in after-hours trading. Trina Solar shares winking at $26.42 before announcing the news. The net acquire resulted in ...

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Elevated Put/Call Options Trading in Apple (AAPL)

We are sight some unusual call option activity in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) today.  Because of the sort of strike prices, it is impracticable to tell how these are every being used.  Most probable it is ahead of Friday’s expiration and is probable roll-out trades in the options moving from August to Sept while there is at least a lowercase bit of time value left in the options.

So we have seen in August some 49,754 CALL contracts in these contracts alone, and that does not include the further discover of the money and further in the money contracts.  Of the PUTS traded, we have already seen 45,651 and that likewise does not include the other in and discover of the money contracts not referenced.  In September, we have seen a amount of 18,985 of the traded CALLS not including further in and discover of the money calls.  The sum for the traded PUTS in Sept was 14,923, and that likewise does not include the other contracts not referenced.

SEPTEMBER SELECT CALLS/PUTS
CALL$    Volume    Op.Int.
$155.00    4,056    16,633
$160.00    16,577    21,450
$165.00    20,683    26,646
$170.00    7,043    26,761
$175.00    1,395    15,658
PUT$    Volume    Op.Int.
$150.00    7,686    24,089
$155.00    7,173    21,982
$160.00    23,074    20,429
$165.00    7,718    10,733

OCTOBER SELECT CALLS/PUTS
CALL$    Volume    Op.Int.
$160.00    2,576    7,512
$165.00    5,055    15,285
$170.00    3,392    9,839
$175.00    3,065    8,467
$180.00    2,308    9,661
$185.00    1,353    5,987
$190.00    1,236    2,308
PUT$    Volume    Op.Int.
$140.00    2,041    34,925
$145.00    1,177    22,052
$150.00    1,884    21,178
$155.00    1,521    5,946
$160.00    3,366    15,843
$165.00    4,934    6,373

JON C. OGG
August 18, 2009


Lilly will not seek FDA approval for arzoxifene - The Associated Press


Lilly will not seek FDA approval for arzoxifene
The Associated Press
Shares of Eli Lilly lapse 34 cents to $32.50 in after-hours trading. The stock ended the regular conference up 13 cents at $32.84.

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Candela 4Q income soars, but loss for year widens - CNBC


Candela 4Q income soars, but expiration for year widens
CNBC
Shares soared in after-hours trading, rising 19 percent, or 27 cents, to $1.67, after closing the regular conference up 8 cents at $1.40. ...


Unusual Options Activity in M&T Bank (MTB)

M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) is active with a super change illumination up the extraordinary actions screen as a 10,000 contract bearish October $45/$40 place spread trades.  This is celebrity considering shares are at $58.11, as the trade, which is definitely of institutional size, is anticipating shares of the Northeast bank to fall around 30% in coming months.  MTB Q2 profit fell 75% and it is possibly a bank that will need to go to the mart to improve capital, as it is considered a regional bank with a capital shortfall.  Shares are nearing the $60 field resistance level from April highs, and prior support levels.  However, upon further analyse there also was a block of more than 75,000 shares bought at the aforementioned time, so this appears to be a hedge using a spread instead of the traditional straight place purchase.

JOE KUNKLE, OptionsHawk.com


Amgen's Vectibix Meets Goal In Colon Cancer Study - Visit Bulgaria


Visit Bulgaria

Amgen's Vectibix Meets Goal In Colon Cancer Study
Visit Bulgaria
... from the studies will be presented at an upcoming scrutiny conference in Europe, causing Amgen shares to uprise 5-cents to $59.89 in after-hours trading.

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Amgen's Vectibix Meets Goal In Colon Cancer Study - Visit Bulgaria


Visit Bulgaria

Amgen's Vectibix Meets Goal In Colon person Study
Visit Bulgaria
... from the studies module be presented at an upcoming medical conference in Europe, feat Amgen shares to rise 5-cents to $59.89 in after-hours trading.

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Price/Volume Alert in Novavax on Swine Flu Vaccine Data (NVAX)

Novavax Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX) is soaring on news that its experimental H1N1 swine flu vaccine was trenchant in animal tests.  The vaccine won’t be approved nor ready for advertizement ingest in humans for two years.  At 8:53 AM EST we have already seen over 650,000 shares trade hands and th last print has the stock up 10.5% at $4.96. The 52-week high is $5.59 and cipher intensity is now over 6 million shares now that swine flu is such a buzz-word for traders. -JON OGG


Barchart US Morning Call - Inside Futures


Barchart US Morning Call
Inside Futures
Agilent Technologies (A) rose nearly 3% in after-hours trading after the biggest concern of scientific-testing equipment reported Q3 business profit of 15 cents ...

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Trina Solar Records $18.9 Million In Profits - Electric.co.uk


Trina Solar Records $18.9 Million In Profits
Electric.co.uk
Prior to announcing their quarterly profits, Trina Solar's shares closed at $26.42 in after hours trading. The shares were higher than had been estimated by ...

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Metals bears emerge - The Australian


Metals bears emerge
The Australian
... lead - about which The Dirt warned last weekday - which fell by 3.6 per cent to $US1785/tonne (although it did rally a little in after hours trading). ...


Agilent to lift pay cuts - Santa Rosa Press Democrat


Agilent to displace pay cuts
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
The forecast exceeded analyst expectations, and Agilent shares rose 2.7 percent to $24.20 in after-hours trading.

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STOCKS NEWS US-AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises - 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 approaching bell on Monday after the company reported third-quarter results. ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises after quarterly results - Interactive Investor


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

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AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises after quarterly results - Interactive Investor


AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises after quarterly results
Interactive Investor
Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and thermostated by the Financial Services Authority. ...

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Agilent Swings To Q3 Loss; Ex-items, EPS Tops Estimate - Trading Markets (press release)


Agilent Swings To Q3 Loss; Ex-items, EPS Tops Estimate
Trading Markets (press release)
... closed Monday's regular trading session at $23.56, down 48 cents or 2.00%. The stock is currently gaining 44 cents or 1.87% in after hours trading.

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Amgen said Vectibix improved survival as second-line treatment for ... - Los Angeles Times


Amgen said Vectibix improved survival as second-line treatment for ...
Los Angeles Times
Shares of Amgen rose 5 cents to $59.89 in after-hours trading after falling $1.01 to close at $59.84 during the lawful trading session.

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Unusual Options Trading in Rockwell Medical Technologies (RMTI)

Rockwell Medical Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: RMTI)  seeing unusual options intensity as 1,801 February $10 calls change versus OI of 10, with buyers leading the way in multiple large lots, as shares change for $8.77.  RMTI is in the impact of Phase 2b studies for its iron equal therapy for dialysis patients, calles SFP for short.  Results are exxpected in Q1 of 2010, likely the reason for using February calls in this trade.  Phase 3 is expected to start in Q4 of this year, and some Phase 2b data should be free by the end of September.  The intensity is 500X the cipher call intensity for Rockwell.

JOE KUNKLE, OptionsHawk.com


Re drops to one-month low on market slide - Business Standard


Business Standard

Re drops to one-month low on market slide
Business Standard
Crude oil fell by as much as 2.8 per coin today in after-hours trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, way for the biggest two-day expiration since July ...

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Elevated Options Activity in AFLAC into Dividend (AFL)

AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) is seeing monster call options activity today.  Unfortunately, this looks more same it is dividend capture trading than it is anything sinister or based upon rumors.  On the company’s site, it lists the Q3 dividend dates as:

  • AUG 19    Third quarter dividend record date
  • SEP 1    Third quarter dividend payable

Here is the call choice activity in AFLAC shares today for just the August-2009 expirations that suspire this Friday:

Strike.. Volume…op.Int.
$10.00.. 27,000.. 3,000
$20.00.. 70,000.. 635
$22.50.. 15,300.. 3
$24.00.. 4,800… 35
$25.00.. 17,709.. 44
$32.00.. 26,700.. 421
$33.00.. 13,200.. 7
$34.00.. 15,005.. 73
$35.00.. 63,585.. 385
$36.00.. 15,630.. 376
$37.00.. 44,408.. 543

Jon C. Ogg
August 17, 2009


Re drops to one-month low on market slide - Business Standard


Business Standard

Re drops to one-month low on market slide
Business Standard
Crude oil fell by as such as 2.8 per cent today in after-hours trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, way for the biggest two-day loss since July ...


Asian Stocks Decline Most in Five Months on Growth Concerns - Bloomberg


Asian Stocks Decline Most in Five Months on Growth Concerns
Bloomberg
Copper futures in New York sank 2.6 percent in after-hours trading. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest defence company, declined 3 percent to A$37.13, ...

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InterDigital Getting Spanked (IDCC, NOK)

InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC) is effort spanked this farewell after a patent ruling came from the International Trade Commission that went in favor of Nokia (NOK) rather than for InterDigital.  Shares are down sharply by almost one-third on the news. IDCC had sued Nokia for infringment.  Shares of IDCC are down 26% at $21.75 on 90,000 shares as of 8:50 AM EST.  Be advised that this traded almost 200,000 shares after the close on weekday after this ruling came out.  This trades only about 600,000 shares per period so we can expect an exponential intensity period today in IDCC. The 52-week range here is $16.20 to $33.69.


India Sugar Mills Agree to Boost Supplies to Calm Record Prices - Bloomberg


India Sugar Mills Agree to Boost Supplies to Calm Record Prices
Bloomberg
12 and was at 21.51 cents in after-hours trading at 4 pm Mumbai time. Prices in Vashi jumped 4.5 percent to 3082 rupees for 100 kilograms after dropping 3.2 ...

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China Stocks Drop Most in 9 Months, Led by Commodity Suppliers - Bloomberg


China Stocks Drop Most in 9 Months, Led by Commodity Suppliers
Bloomberg
Crude lubricator traded near a two-week low in after-hours trading today in New York after sliding 4.3 proportionality on Aug. 14. SAIC Motor Co., China's largest carmaker ...

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Asian Stocks Decline Most in Five Months on Japan, China Growth ... - Bloomberg


Asian Stocks Decline Most in Five Months on Japan, China Growth ...
Bloomberg
Copper futures in New York sank 2.7 percent in after-hours trading. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest defence company, declined 2.2 percent to A$37.42, ...


China Stocks Drop, Driving Shanghai Composite Index Below 3000 - Bloomberg


China Stocks Drop, Driving Shanghai Composite Index Below 3000
Bloomberg
Crude lubricator traded near a two-week low in after-hours trading today in New York after sliding 4.3 percent on Aug. 14. “Valuations are at such a stretched ...

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