Tuesday, September 22, 2009

RealNetworks' Explosive Volume: Reason Unclear - Seeking Alpha (blog)


RealNetworks' Explosive Volume: Reason Unclear
Seeking Alpha (blog)
Stock volume was nearly 3.5 times the average turnover, pushing RNWK up 6.18 percent to $3.61 in the regular session and another 1.11 in after-hours trading ...

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Delta Petroleum Finds Some Interest After 45% Drop (DPTR)

Delta Petroleum Corp. (NASDAQ: DPTR) is trading a bit firm this morning considering yesterday’s atrocious news on a poor well drilling performance.  Shares lost about 45% of their value yesterday on over an unbelievable 84 million shares of stock.  As of 8:50 AM EST we have shares up 1.3% at $2.24 on over 500,000 shares.  This is not much considering the magnitude of yesterday’s drop, but usually these huge downward moves are not met by immediate recovery.  Average volume is now 7 million shares but that was about 4 million shares last week before it became a news trading stock again. Anything is possible and any newsw could change, but if the news and information stays static we’d look for this one to trade all over the place for a few days. -JON OGG


OptionMonster Draws Heavy Call Buying - TheStreet.com


OptionMonster Draws Heavy Call Buying
TheStreet.com
... was nearly 3.5 times the average turnover, pushing the Seattle company up 6.2% to $3.61 in the regular session and another 1.1% in after-hours trading. ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


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


Monday, September 21, 2009

Potash Corp. shares fall on lower profit outlook - CBC.ca


CBC.ca

Potash Corp. shares fall on lower profit outlook
CBC.ca
... shares fell $4.05 â€" or 4.2 per cent â€" to $93.09 US on the New York Stock Exchange, although it regained a little of that in after-hours trading. ...

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Tenet Healthcare To Sell $300M Of Convertible Preferred Stock - Wall Street Journal


Tenet Healthcare To Sell $300M Of Convertible Preferred Stock
Wall Street Journal
Shares fell 2.1%, to $5.73 in after-hours trading. The stock has climbed fivefold this year, but is still down about 7% from a year ago. ...

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Navy awards $60M deal to 3 wireless providers - The Associated Press


Navy awards $60M deal to 3 wireless providers
The Associated Press
based Sprint Nextel fell 3 cents to $4.25. New York-based Verizon added a penny to $29.50 in after-hours trading, after falling 10 cents to close at $29.49.


Oclaro raises outlook for its 1Q revenue - The Associated Press


Oclaro raises outlook for its 1Q revenue
The Associated Press
Oclaro shares jumped 22 cents, or 21.6 percent, to $1.24 in after-hours trading, after falling 4 cents, or 3.8 percent, to finish regular trading at $1.02.

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Israel stocks fall; Israel Chemicals, Bank Leumi, El Al in focus - MarketWatch


Israel stocks fall; Israel Chemicals, Bank Leumi, El Al in focus
MarketWatch
Rival Mosaic Co. shares also had declined in after-hours trading on Friday. Leader Capital Markets said in a note that the "negative surprise is very ...


Dell Agrees to Buy Perot Systems for $3.9 Billion - PC World


Dell Agrees to Buy Perot Systems for $3.9 Billion
PC World
In after-hours trading, the stock traded at $29.70 early on Monday morning. The boards of Dell and Perot agreed to the terms of the transaction on Sunday, ...

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Calls Active in Airliners (CAL, DAL, LCC, JBLU)

Airliners are seeing massive call option action today with Continental (NYSE: CAL) trading more than 7,700 October $18 calls with shares at $16.80; Delta (NYSE: DAL) trading more than 13,200 October $10 calls with shares at $9.35; and US Air (NYSE: LCC) trading more than 10,600 October $6 calls with shares at $5.18.  Furthermore, JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) October $7 calls are trading 10,900 October $7 calls with shares at $6.50.  The trades have seen some very large blocks hit, and it may be a “shotgun approach” looking for consolidation in the airline industry, or just a bullish view as oil breaks below $70 a barrel and the airline companies seem to have seen the worst.  Most of the airline stocks are at 52 week highs after jet fuel recently hit long time lows, which will improve margins plus the added benefit of a rebounding economy generating more air traffic and better fill rates on planes.

Joe Kunkle, OptionsHawk.com

11:00 AM EST


Dell Agrees to Buy Perot Systems for $3.9B - PC World


Dell Agrees to Buy Perot Systems for $3.9B
PC World
In after-hours trading, the stock traded at $29.70 early on Monday morning. The boards of Dell and Perot agreed the terms of the transaction on Sunday, ...

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Amgen Study Helps (AMGN)

Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) is seeing some positive action this morning.  The biotech and drug maker announced Phase 3 trial results evaluating denosumab versus Zometa in advanced cancer patients with solid tumors or multiple myeloma showing that denosumab delayed skeletal related events (osteoporosis etc.).  Shares are up over 2% at $62.20 on over 175,000 shares as of 8:52 AM EST. As this is already the leader here, the fallout may be limited in competitors. If you can believe it, Amgen is now within about 3% of its 52-week highs.  -JON OGG


Sunday, September 20, 2009

Potash Downgrade Pressures Fertiliser Companies - International Business Times Australia


Potash Downgrade Pressures Fertiliser Companies
International Business Times Australia
Potash shares fell more than 4% during after hours trading in the US early Saturday, Australian time, after the fertilizer giant slashed its earnings ...

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SNDY, RBTI, PSOF, HYTM, September 21 Stocks to Watch - TransWorldNews (press release)


SNDY, RBTI, PSOF, HYTM, September 21 Stocks to Watch
TransWorldNews (press release)
HYTHIAM INCORPORATED (NASDAQ: HYTM) "Up 9.41% in after hours trading on Friday" Hythiam, Inc. provides through its Catasys subsidiary, ...


Potash Downgrade Pressures Fertiliser Companies - International Business Times Australia


Potash Downgrade Pressures Fertiliser Companies
International Business Times Australia
Potash shares fell more than 4% during after hours trading in the US early Saturday, Australian time, after the fertilizer giant slashed its earnings ...

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Potash Downgrade Pressures Fertiliser Companies - International Business Times Australia


Potash Downgrade Pressures Fertiliser Companies
International Business Times Australia
Potash shares fell more than 4% during after hours trading in the US early Saturday, Australian time, after the fertilizer giant slashed its earnings ...

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Potash Downgrade Pressures Fertiliser Companies - International Business Times Australia


Potash Downgrade Pressures Fertiliser Companies
International Business Times Australia
Potash shares fell more than 4% during after hours trading in the US early Saturday, Australian time, after the fertilizer giant slashed its earnings ...

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Oracle's Profits Up, Revenues Down in Fiscal Q1 - Ethiopian Review


Oracle's Profits Up, Revenues Down in Fiscal Q1
Ethiopian Review
The common stock price tumbled about 4 percent to $21.44 in after-hours trading, as new license revenue â€" a key indicator of future software sales growth ...

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Potash lowers 2009 guidance, stock still looks bullish - Examiner.com


Examiner.com

Potash lowers 2009 guidance, stock still looks bullish
Examiner.com
On Friday, POT closed at $97.14, and moved down to the $93 level in after hours trading on news of the reduced profit guidance. ...


Saturday, September 19, 2009

Potash lowers 2009 guidance, stock still looks bullish - Examiner.com


Examiner.com

Potash lowers 2009 guidance, stock still looks bullish
Examiner.com
On Friday, POT closed at $97.14, and moved down to the $93 level in after hours trading on news of the reduced profit guidance. ...


Potash lowers 2009 guidance, stock still looks bullish - Examiner.com


Examiner.com

Potash lowers 2009 guidance, stock still looks bullish
Examiner.com
On Friday, POT closed at $97.14, and moved down to the $93 level in after hours trading on news of the reduced profit guidance. ...


Microsoft OKs Shareholder Advisory 'Say On Pay' - Wall Street Journal


Microsoft OKs Shareholder Advisory 'Say On Pay'
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft's shares were at $25.28, up 0.1%, in after-hours trading. The stock has gained nearly a third this year but is flat compared with a year ago. ...

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Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ... - Dallas Morning News


Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ...
Dallas Morning News
... 10K" annual report, said Zale treasurer David Sternblitz. Zale's stock price declined 15 cents to $7.16 Friday. There was no change in after-hours trading.

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AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


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


Business Tri-State: Sluggish demand affects W.Va. power plants - Huntington Herald Dispatch


Business Tri-State: Sluggish demand affects W.Va. power plants
Huntington Herald Dispatch
Its shares fell 32 cents to $28.75 in after-hours trading following the release of the personnel information. In the regular session, the stock rose 21 ...


Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ... - Dallas Morning News


Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ...
Dallas Morning News
... 10K" annual report, said Zale treasurer David Sternblitz. Zale's stock price declined 15 cents to $7.16 Friday. There was no change in after-hours trading.

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Weekend Review: Options Flag in FormFactor (FORM)

FormFactor Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM) is not a highly active stock by almost any measure for almost any stock exchange.  It is also not an active stock in the realm of options trading.  In our weekend review, this one stood out handily for a stock that has rarely, if ever, crossed our path for big weekend stock and options trading screens.     Yet we saw over 11,000 contracts trade hands on Friday, and it was sneaky because the trades were one-sided and all the way out to APRIL-2010 in the CALL options. Here are the trades in the APRIL-2010 CALLS:

CALL$    Volume Op.Int.
20.00    6,880     25
22.50      125        25
25.00    5,592     96

What is odd is that those two trades were bigger than the open interest of all the seen CALL options from now until then combined.  That even includes the SEPT-2009 options which expired.   This stock closed down 0.45% at $24.34 on 684,832 shares.  That is barely above average of about 585,000 shares.  Its market cap is $1.2 billion and the 52-week trading range is $11.36 to $26.08.

JON C. OGG


AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


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


Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ... - Dallas Morning News


Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ...
Dallas Morning News
... 10K" annual report, said Zale treasurer David Sternblitz. Zale's stock price declined 15 cents to $7.16 Friday. There was no change in after-hours trading.

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AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


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


Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ... - Dallas Morning News


Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ...
Dallas Morning News
... 10K" annual report, said Zale treasurer David Sternblitz. Zale's stock price declined 15 cents to $7.16 Friday. There was no change in after-hours trading.

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AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


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


Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ... - Dallas Morning News


Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ...
Dallas Morning News
... 10K" annual report, said Zale treasurer David Sternblitz. Zale's stock price declined 15 cents to $7.16 Friday. There was no change in after-hours trading.

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AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results
Interactive Investor
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Friday, September 18, 2009

Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ... - Dallas Morning News


Zale finds accounting errors, will restate 2008, 2009 financial ...
Dallas Morning News
... 10K" annual report, said Zale treasurer David Sternblitz. Zale's stock price declined 15 cents to $7.16 Friday. There was no change in after-hours trading.

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AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


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


Potash Corp slashes its earnings guidance -- again - Calgary Herald


Potash Corp slashes its earnings guidance -- again
Calgary Herald
s shares dropped 4.5% in after-hours trading as news of the profit warning sank in. For the third quarter, the company stuck with its prior guidance of ...

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Microsoft OKs Shareholder Advisory 'Say On Pay' - Wall Street Journal


Microsoft OKs Shareholder Advisory 'Say On Pay'
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft's shares were at $25.28, up 0.1%, in after-hours trading. The stock has gained nearly a third this year but is flat compared with a year ago. ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


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


AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


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


LVMH Prevails In Paris Counterfeit Case Against EBay - Wall Street Journal


LVMH Prevails In Paris Counterfeit Case Against EBay
Wall Street Journal
... order to protect their brands' prestige. EBay shares were recently up 49 cents at $24.46 in after-hours trading. The stock is up three-quarters this year.

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Bob Evans CFO to retire at end of fiscal year - The Associated Press


Bob Evans CFO to retire at end of fiscal year
The Associated Press
Its shares fell 32 cents to $28.75 in after-hours trading following the release of the personnel information. In the regular session, the stock rose 21 ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results
Interactive Investor
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Arena weight-loss trial yields mixed results - Reuters


Arena weight-loss trial yields mixed results
Reuters
Shares soared as much as 38 percent to $6.77 in after-hours trading on Thursday, but then changed direction when Arena released the results overnight and ...

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Breaking: Adobe To Acquire Omniture For Approximately $1.8 Billion - Ethiopian Review


Breaking: Adobe To Acquire Omniture For Approximately $1.8 Billion
Ethiopian Review
Adobe shares fell 3.6 percent in after-hours trading to $34.34. Omniture shares were halted after the close. By combining Adobe's content creation tools and ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results - Interactive Investor


AFTER THE BELL-Palm shares up after results
Interactive Investor
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Oracle Sales Stumble 7% - WIBW


Oracle Sales Stumble 7%
WIBW
Oracle shares fell sharply in after-hours trading Wednesday after the database software maker reported quarterly sales that missed Wall Street forecasts. ...

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Health Net Federal Services Expands Provider Network Adding ... - Financial News USA (press release)


Health Net Federal Services Expands Provider Network Adding ...
Financial News USA (press release)
Shares fell $1.10, or 4.6 percent, to $22.75 in after-hours trading. The stock had closed up 8 cents at $23.85 in the regular session.


Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News - Seeking Alpha (blog)


Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Seeking Alpha (blog)
Palm (PALM) reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss yesterday (see details below), but shares traded down nearly 3% in after hours trading on a weak ...

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