Tuesday, July 28, 2009

DreamWorks beats 2Q expectations; costs seen down - eTaiwan News


DreamWorks beats 2Q expectations; costs seen down
eTaiwan News
Its shares were up in after-hours trading. The company said the quarter was largely unvoluntary by domestic pay TV revenues for "Kung Fu Panda" and international ...

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Ambac Ratings Cut Deep Into 'Junk' - Wall Street Journal


Ambac Ratings Cut Deep Into 'Junk'
Wall Street Journal
In after-hours trading, Ambac shares were down 3.6% at 80 cents. The shares have more than doubled since early March but they are still down more than 90% ...

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Microsoft, Yahoo agree on ad partnership - source - Reuters


Microsoft, character agree on ad partnership - source
Reuters
Shares of character traded at $17.39 in after-hours trading after closing at $17.22, while shares of Microsoft rose to $23.51 in after-hours trading from their ...

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Life Technologies Q2 Earnings Top Estimate - RTT News


RTT News

Life Technologies Q2 Earnings Top Estimate
RTT News
Life Technologies shares closed Tuesday's regular trading session at $42.91, downbound 9 cents but gained $2.61 or 6.08% in after hours trading. by RTT Staff ...

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Weakness Hits All Microsoft's Businesses - CRN


Weakness Hits All Microsoft's Businesses
CRN
Investors weren't thrilled with another weak quarterly showing by Microsoft, sending shares down $1.81 to $23.75 in Thursday after-hours trading. ...

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Exponential Volume Alert: USEC Inc. (USU)

USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) is getting hammered on function volume after the US DOE declined its long-pending loan indorse application. Shares are down 45% at $3.40 at 9:44 AM EST and we have already seen over 8 million shares trade hands. Total average volume is only 2.6 million shares and the 52-week trading range is $2.58 to $7.24. -Jon Ogg

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BEFORE THE BELL: US Stock Futures Continue Slide - Wall Street Journal


BEFORE THE BELL: US Stock Futures Continue Slide
Wall Street Journal
Shares rose 8.2% to $12.50 in after-hours trading. Fidelity National Financial Inc.'s (FNF) second-quarter profit surged on sharply higher premiums as the ...

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Friday, July 24, 2009

Amazon reports profits fall - Ireland Online


Amazon reports profits fall
Ireland Online
The second quarter results disappointed analysts and caused shares in Amazon to fall nearly 7% in after-hours trading in New York. ...


After-Hours Price/Volume Winner: SunPower (SPWRA, SPWRB, FSLR, STP, ENER)

SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) managed and upside surprise for the quarter and guided higher for the year. SPWRA has traded 833,000 shares after the close and is up nearly 18% at $29.25 as of 5:26 PM EST.  The SPWRB shares are up nearly 19% at $25.60, but on volume of 122,000 since the close.  SPWRA has an average of 4.6 million shares on most days and SPWRB trades only about 700,000 shares on average during normal days.

This was also strong enough to run another large solar stocks… First Solar (FSLR) closed up 4% at $157.78, and those shares are up 3.6% at $163.50.  Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (STP) closed up nearly 6% at $18.93 and its after-hours trading is up 6% at $20.07.  Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ENER) closed up nearly 4% at $13.48 and its after-hours trading is up 7% at $14.50.


UPS profit drops amid cutbacks in shipping - Augusta Chronicle


UPS profit drops amid cutbacks in shipping
Augusta Chronicle
Microsoft's revenue in the quarter was well short of analysts' expectations, and its shares skated down $2, or 7.8 percent, to $23.56 in after-hours trading ...

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Morning Reading - Marketplace


Morning Reading
Marketplace
That should certainly provoke a reaction (and, in fact, already has in after-hours trading). The CIT story continues to run. News today from the New royalty ...


Late-Day Volume Alert: Wynn Resorts (WYNN)

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN) got a bit of a pop here in volume over the last 15 minutes.  We have seen almost a million shares in that time trade and as of 2:45 PM EST there was over 5.5 million shares listed as the volume of the day.  When you consider its average volume is 3.8 million, that is an intra-day volume alert.  The stock is now up 7.5% at $45.43 now.  The culprit for the advise is a tout by Jim Cramer on STOP TRADING on CNBC.  He said he hates to say it, but with the new Macau IPO it filed for that this should probably be a $70 stock rather than one its $40’s….. The 52-week range is $14.50 to $119.74. -JON C. OGG


EBay's Profits Drop 29 Percent Due To Slow Economy - RedOrbit


EBay's Profits Drop 29 Percent Due To Slow Economy
RedOrbit
... and its better-than-expected performance in the quarter drove its stock toll up more than four percent to $20.37 dollars in after-hours trading. ...

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Amdocs revenue drops, but beats analyst estimates - Globes


Amdocs revenue drops, but beats analyst estimates
Globes
Shares in Amdocs rose 0.48% to $23.06 yesterday, giving a market cap of $4.7 billion.. In after-hours trading, the share rose 2.99% to $23.75.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Yahoo Shares Jump on Fresh Microsoft Talk - InformationWeek


Yahoo Shares Jump on Fresh Microsoft Talk
InformationWeek
Despite beating analysts' estimates, Yahoo shares fell 2.3% Tuesday in after hours trading after the company announced that operating income is likely to ...

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PREMARKET ALERT: Novavax (NVAX)

Novavax Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) shares are up 2.5 proportionality to $3.27 on premarket volume of about 180,000 shares just after 9 a.m. Eastern. The company said it has selected a respiratory virus candidate for additional preclinical studies to support an investigational new drug application. The company says the selected vaccine has been shown to protect mice against RSV disease and can be produced at commercial manufacturing yields. — Mike Tarsala


Yahoo profit grows, but sales dip amid slowdown - Middle East North Africa Financial Network


Yahoo profit grows, but sales dip amid slowdown
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Shares of Yahoo fell 4% to $16.08 in after hours trading, following the company's earnings announcement. Yahoo's earnings report comes amid renewed ...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Six Investment Topics for the Week Ahead - Seeking Alpha


Six Investment Topics for the Week Ahead
Seeking Alpha
... of at least US$9.70 per share, up from its previous looking of US$9.20, helping its shares rise as much as 3% in after-hours trading last Thursday. ...

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Unusual Options Activity: Plains Exploration & Production (PXP)

Plains Exploration & Production Company (NYSE: PXP) is trading more than 5,700 calls today, around 3X the norm, but the state is in the September $35 calls, where more than 4,065 have traded against no prior Open Interest, and shares are only at $28.74.  A large block of 2,000 bought at the offer is responsible for much of the action.  PXP’s fundamentals are not rattling strong, as shares have a lot of debt and trade 29X forward earnings, but ahead of August 6th earnings the state is substantially bullish due to an primeval morning note.  The note mentioned that a California budget proposal would clear drilling soured the Santa Barbara coast, with Plains Exploration the company set to learn soured existing platforms.  Environmentalists are opposed to the first offshore oil lease in California in 40 years, but an agreement would generate $2 billion over its lifetime, including $100 million this year.  With a mart container of $3.36 billion, an agreement would be sure to send shares higher, and is likely the reasoning behind the bullish call activity in far out of the money strikes.

Joe Kunkle, founder of OptionsHawk.com


CIT Group confirms $3 billion in rescue funding - Middle East North Africa Financial Network


CIT Group confirms $3 billion in rescue funding
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
The shares rose more than 7% to $1.34 in after hours trading. CIT Group, a bank retentive company, is a major lender to small- and medium-sized businesses, ...

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