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News Breaks | | | | October 16, 2012 | | 12:14 EDT |  | RATE, UNH, C, S, FOSL, KO, CLWR, AUO, JNJ | On The Fly: Midday Wrap
Stocks on Wall Street were higher at midday as quarterly results from three Dow members provided hope that this earnings season may not be as bad as feared. Stocks began the session in positive territory and continued to move higher throughout the early part of the session. The premarket economic reports had little impact on the market but better than expected earnings from some of the country’s largest corporations did push the averages higher. The NAHB homebuilder sentiment index, which was released after the open, also helped as the measure hit its highest level since June 2006 and added credence to the belief that a housing market recovery is progressing... ECONOMIC EVENTS: Domestically, the headline consumer price index rose 0.6% in September, versus expectations of an increase of 0.5%. The core CPI reading, which excludes food and energy components, indicated prices inched up 0.1%, versus expectations for an increase of 0.2%. Industrial production rebounded 0.4% in September, versus consensus expectations for a 0.2% rise. The NAHB homebuilder sentiment index rose to 41, which was in line with expectations. Internationally, the Wall Street Journal reported that Spain is considering a request for a line of credit from the EU's new bailout mechanism... COMPANY NEWS: One day after Citigroup (C) reported stronger than expected third quarter earnings, the bank's board shocked Wall Street by announcing that Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit had stepped down, effective immediately. John Havens, Citi’s President and Chief Operating Officer, also resigned. Pandit will be replaced by the current head of the European and Middle Eastern unit, Michael Corbat. Citigroup shares, which initially sold off, recovered and were up nearly 1% at midday... Among Dow members reporting earnings, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and UnitedHealth (UNH) both beat expectations and raised their full year views, while Coca-Cola (KO) shares moved down fractionally after its results were roughly in line with analysts' forecasts... MAJOR MOVERS: Among the notable gainers were AU Optronics (AUO), up 9% after being upgraded to Buy from Sell at CLSA, and Fossil (FOSL), up 8% following an upgrade to a Buy rating at Citigroup. Among the noteworthy losers was Bankrate (RATE), down 24% after the company gave weaker than expected guidance for its Q3 results. Also lower was Clearwire (CLWR), down 13% after Bloomberg said sources indicate that Sprint (S) has no immediate plans to acquire its smaller partner, as has been speculated... INDICES: Near noon, the Dow was up 123.01, or 0.92%, to 13,547.24; the Nasdaq was up 36.34, or 1.19%, to 3,100.52; and the S&P 500 was up 14.90, or 1.03%, to 1,455.03. | |
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| May 17, 2013 | | 12:01 EDT |  | AUO | iPad mini panel shipments from AUO expected to drop this quarter, DigiTimes says
AU Optronics' (AUO) shipments of panels for Apple's (AAPL) iPad minis are expected to sink to 2.5M-2.8M in Q2 from 4M in the first quarter, Taiwan-based supply chain sources stated, according to DigiTimes. Reference Link | | | 11:01 EDT |  | S | U.S. Cellular declares $5.75 per share special dividend
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:46 EDT | | CLWR, S | Clearwire investors to force Sprint to up bid, Reuters reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:19 EDT | | JNJ | J&J to end sales of of metal-on-metal hip replacements, Bloomberg reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:09 EDT | | AUO | AU Optronics shipments of iPad mini panels expected to slip, DigiTimes reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 16, 2013 | | 19:11 EDT | | S | Dish sends letter to FCC over SoftBank, Sprint deal, Reuters says
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:33 EDT |  | C | BofA/Merrill's gobal financial analysts hold an analyst/industry conference call
Global Financial Institutions Analysts discuss their Global Financials Quarterly Best Ideas Report on an Analyst/Industry conference call. Relevant companies AIG, ALL, ASBC, BCH, BKU, BBT, BBD, C, CMA, EVER, FITB, FHN, FRC, FULT, HBAN, ING, KEY, MTB, PNC, RF, STI, SUSQ, SNV, HIG, USB, WFC, XL and ZION may be included on the Analyst/Industry conference call to be held on May 16 at 10 am. | | | 07:18 EDT | | C | Investors bet on banks hit by credit crisis, Bloomberg reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:41 EDT | | C | Big banks to benefit from U.S. concession on derivatives, NY Times says
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 15, 2013 | | 17:36 EDT | | S | Paulson gives quarterly update on stakes
Subscribe for More Information | | | | 17:03 EDT | | C | Soros gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: MeadWestvaco (MWV), Brocade (BRCD), Red Hat (RHT), Liberty Global (LBTYK), and VMware (VMW). INCREASED STAKES: Google (GOOG), Liberty Global (LBTYA), EQT Corp (EQT), Charter (CHTR), and US Airways (LCC). DECREASED STAKES: Citigroup (C), AIG (AIG), Apple (AAPL), Invesco (IVZ), and Motorola Solutions (MSI). LIQUIDATED STAKES: JPMorgan (JPM), General Electric (GE), CF Industries (CF), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Capital One (COF). | | | 16:51 EDT | | JNJ | FDA approves Simponi to treat ulcerative colitis
Subscribe for More Information | | | 16:02 EDT |  | C | Options Update; May 15, 2013
Subscribe for More Information | | | 15:32 EDT | | C | Citigroup April net charge-offs 3.11% vs. 3.19% last month
Citigroup April delinquencies 2.1% vs. 2.17% last month | | | 11:48 EDT | | C | Appaloosa reports new stakes in Comcast, Ashland, sells Oracle
David Tepper's Appaloosa in its quarterly filing report new positions in Comcast (CMCSA), Prudential (PRU), Hess Corp. (HES), Check Point (CHKP), KBR (KBR) and Ashland (ASH). The fund sold its stakes in Oracle (ORCL) and Noble Corp. (NE). Appaloosa's top position is in Citigroup (C), with a stake worth over $376.9M. | | | 05:59 EDT | | KO | Corporate boards recruit newcomers with digital knowledge, WSJ reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 14, 2013 | | 18:28 EDT | | C | Citi announces sale of Credicard to Banco Itaú Unibanco
Subscribe for More Information | | | 16:00 EDT | | C | Options Update; May 14, 2013
Subscribe for More Information | | | 10:01 EDT |  | FOSL | On The Fly: Analyst Initiation Summary
Subscribe for More Information | | | 10:00 EDT |  | RATE | Bankrate falls 5.3%
Bankrate is down 5.3%, or 82c, to $14.53 | | |
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