Navistar swings to fiscal 4Q profit - BusinessWeek

Navistar swings to fiscal 4Q profit
BusinessWeek
Its shares rose $1.17, or 3.3 percent, to $36.68 in after-hours trading, after finishing up 33 cents in the regular session to close at $35.51.

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AFTER THE BELL-Electronic Arts drops after Take Two news - Interactive Investor

AFTER THE BELL-Electronic Arts drops after Take Two news
Interactive Investor
Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. ...

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Eagle Rock Energy to sell minerals unit - The Associated Press

Eagle Rock Energy to sell minerals unit
The Associated Press
Shares of Eagle Rock closed up 46 cents, or 10.2 percent, to $4.96 and rose an additional 7 cents in after-hours trading.

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Fitch Raises Outlook on Prudential to Stable - ABC News

Fitch Raises Outlook on Prudential to Stable
ABC News
Shares of Prudential slipped 23 cents to $50.40 in after-hours trading, after climbing 71 cents to $50.63 during the regular session.

Micron Tech Elevated Options Trading (MU)

Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE: MU) is a chaser stock today with teh stock at fresh 52-week highs.  There is options activity in the stock, some of which may be roll-out activity as this is the first day without the DEC-2009 options any longer, and some is chasing the gains elsewhere in tech and chips after an Intel upgrade.  There are some probably using the “buyout rumor” out there, although we would caution on that in the case of Micron.  If a giant wanted to buy it, it could have been done far cheaper when times were tougher.  At 1:11 PM EST we have shares up 5.7% at $9.29 on 21.6 million shares.  Average volume is 25.6 million shares and the 52-week trading range is 2.12 to $9.28 (now).  Here is the options trading in the name (C-Call; P-Put):

JAN$    Volume    OpInt.
7.50C    9,173    70,261
9.00C    4,227    37,245
10.00C    11,540    18,062
JAN$    Volume    OpInt.
9.00P    12,739    3,156
APRIL$    Volume    OpInt.
8.00C    8,327    14,237
9.00C    409    4,375
10.00C    8,321    4,305

JON C. OGG
DECEMBER 21, 2009

Take-Two shares jump on Icahn stake - GamesIndustry.biz

Take-Two shares jump on Icahn stake
GamesIndustry.biz
... with his 11 per cent stake, as stock went up from USD 8.25 to close at USD 9.01 - with a further 1.4 per cent increase in after hours trading. ...

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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Statoil ASA, The St. Joe Company ... - Benzinga

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Statoil ASA, The St. Joe Company ...
Benzinga
... and soared 59.4% from 69 cents delivered in the prior-year quarter, resulting in more than a 12% jump in the stock in after-hours trading yesterday. ...

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Palm Recovers, Some (PALM)

Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) is trading higher this morning but already off the pre-market highs.  The troubled smartphone maker was upgraded to Hold from Sell at Morgan Joseph this morning after last week’s sell-off based on valuation.  After hitting under $10 briefly on Friday, the firm believes that it is discounting guidance and targets.  It also noted that the risk-reward no longer favors the short sellers.  At 8:55 AM EST we have shares trading up over 1% at $10.28 on 151,000 shares. There is a monster short interest here in Palm.

JON OGG

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Statoil ASA, The St. Joe Company ... - Benzinga

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Statoil ASA, The St. Joe Company ...
Benzinga
... and soared 59.4% from 69 cents delivered in the prior-year quarter, resulting in more than a 12% jump in the stock in after-hours trading yesterday. ...

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Postash, Mosaic, and MOO Love Goldman Sachs (POT, MOS, MOO)

Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) is trading higher this morning after Goldman Sachs raised the potash maker to the Conviction Buy List to take advantage of a sharp sell off in fertilizer stocks last week.  Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) was also raised to Buy from Neutral.  Goldman Sachs’ view of a fundamental demand recovery in potash in 2010 remains unchanged and it sees that weak 2010 potash pricing is discounted into the price of the stocks.  The weakness in the past week and the comments that were bullish from the same sources responsible for negative sentiment were ignored.

Mosaic shares are up 3.5% at $57.18 on 33,000 shares as of 8:48 AM EST and Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) shares are up 3% at $108.15 on 66,000 shares.

We would keep an eye on the MOO this morning.  The Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE: MOO) is u only 1%, but this is the agriculture ETF and these two stocks alone account for over 15.5% of the entire weighting of that ETF.

JON OGG

Oracle posts surprise sales rise, shares up - Financial News USA (press release)

Oracle posts surprise sales rise, shares up
Financial News USA (press release)
... top technology company said it shipped a record-breaking 10 million smartphones, sending its shares surging 12.1 percent in after-hours trading. ...

METALS-Shanghai copper to open steady as dollar slips - Reuters India

METALS-Shanghai copper to open steady as dollar slips
Reuters India
LME copper pushed higher to $6898 in after-hours trading. * When Shanghai closed on Friday, LME copper stood at $6910 a tonne. * LME aluminium stocks hit a ...

Oracle posts surprise sales rise, shares up - Financial News USA (press release)

Oracle posts surprise sales rise, shares up
Financial News USA (press release)
... top technology company said it shipped a record-breaking 10 million smartphones, sending its shares surging 12.1 percent in after-hours trading. ...

Oracle posts surprise sales rise, shares up - Financial News USA (press release)

Oracle posts surprise sales rise, shares up
Financial News USA (press release)
... top technology company said it shipped a record-breaking 10 million smartphones, sending its shares surging 12.1 percent in after-hours trading. ...

Oracle posts surprise sales rise, shares up - Financial News USA (press release)

Oracle posts surprise sales rise, shares up
Financial News USA (press release)
... top technology company said it shipped a record-breaking 10 million smartphones, sending its shares surging 12.1 percent in after-hours trading. ...

Delta, American Airlines Cancel Flights in Northeast (DAL,AMR) - Trading Markets (press release)

Delta, American Airlines Cancel Flights in Northeast (DAL,AMR)
Trading Markets (press release)
Delta Air Lines shares are down 1% in after hours trading on the news. SmarTrend analyzes over 5000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and ...

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Delta, American Airlines Cancel Flights in Northeast (DAL,AMR) - FOXBusiness

Delta, American Airlines Cancel Flights in Northeast (DAL,AMR)
FOXBusiness
Delta Air Lines shares are down 1% in after hours trading on the news. SmarTrend analyzes over 5000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and ...

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Delta, American Airlines Cancel Flights in Northeast (DAL,AMR) - Trading Markets (press release)

Delta, American Airlines Cancel Flights in Northeast (DAL,AMR)
Trading Markets (press release)
Delta Air Lines shares are down 1% in after hours trading on the news. SmarTrend analyzes over 5000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and ...

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Kforce suspended from federal government work - The Associated Press

Kforce suspended from federal government work
The Associated Press
... with the federal agency and wants to find a prompt resolution. Shares of Kforce fell 58 cents, or more 4 percent, to $13.67 in after-hours trading Friday.

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Google Takes On France In he Courtroom - Benzinga

Google Takes On France In he Courtroom
Benzinga
... Google shares were untouched, gaining 2.48 to close at 596.42 Friday afternoon. Google closed down 1.2 points at 595.22 in after-hours trading.

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