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News Breaks | | | | November 21, 2012 | | 16:39 EDT |  | CRM, VVUS, AET, SQNM, ZLC, TLYS, STJ | On The Fly: Closing Wrap
Stocks on Wall Street were higher on the day, the last full trading session of the week ahead of Thursday's holiday and Friday's half day. Jobless data that was in-line with expectations did little to move the markets before the open, but the markets slowly moved higher through the session, although volume remained light. Just after midday, news crossed that a cease fire between Israel and Hamas had been reached, tempering fears that the conflict could escalate to involve other players in the region and have broader economic impacts... ECONOMIC EVENTS: In the U.S., initial jobless claims fell to 410,000, which was in-line with forecasts. Markit's "flash" November flash PMI rose to 52.4 from 51.0 in October. The final November reading of the University of Michigan Sentiment index slipped to 82.7 from its 84.9 preliminary reading. The leading indicators edged up 0.2% in October to 96.0 from 95.8 in September. In Europe, the region's finance ministers and the IMF were unable to reach a bailout agreement for Greece and will meet again on Monday with an eye on resolving the remaining disagreements. In Asia, Japanese exports fell 6.5% in October, lower than expectations for a 4.9% decline... COMPANY NEWS: Salesforce.com's (CRM) Q3 results beat on the top and bottom lines and RW Baird and Wells Fargo reiterated their Outperform ratings on the stock following the report, and shares of Salesforce.com traded higher on the session, settling up $12.88, or 8.83%, to $158.78... MAJOR MOVERS: Among notable gainers were shares of VIVUS (VVUS), up $1.38, or 13.33%, to $11.73 after Aetna (AET) posted a policy revision that expands coverage of the company's weight-loss drug Qsymia. Also higher were shares of Sequenom (SQNM), up 56c, or 15.18%, to $4.25 after a committee of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended that cell-free fetal DNA testing be offered to certain at-risk patients. Among the noteworthy were shares of Zale (ZLC), down over $2.23, or 29.97%, to $5.21, and Tilly's (TLYS), down $2.69, or 17.18%, to $12.97 after reporting earnings. Also lower were shares of St. Jude Medical (STJ), which fell $4.34, or 12.15%,to $31.37 after an FDA inspection report cited serious flaws in its oversight of design changes in its Durata line of defibrillator leads... INDICES The Dow was up 48.38, or 0.38%, to 12,836.89; the S&P 500 was up 3.22, or 0.23%, to 1,391.03;the Nasdaq was up 9.87, or 0.34%, to 2,926.55. | |
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| May 21, 2013 | | 10:00 EDT |  | AET | On The Fly: Analyst Initiation Summary
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:04 EDT | | AET | Aetna reinstated with a Buy at Goldman
Target $68. | | | May 20, 2013 | | 13:21 EDT |  | CRM | Salesforce.com checks suggest strong Q1 results, says Stephens
Subscribe for More Information | | | 11:12 EDT |  | STJ | St. Jude Medical to evaluate defibrilator lead related to reported death
Subscribe for More Information | | | 09:40 EDT |  | CRM | Active equity option families trading
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 17, 2013 | | 07:10 EDT | | CRM | Salesforce.com outlook appears positive, says Oppenheimer
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:54 EDT | | CRM | Salesforce.com May weekly volatility elevated at 73 into Q1 and outlook
Salesforce.com May weekly call option implied volatility is at 73, June is at 38, August is at 33; compared to its 26-week average of 34 according to Track Data, suggesting large near term price movement into the expected release of Q1 results after the market close on May 23. | | | May 16, 2013 | | 09:38 EDT | | CRM, CRM | Salesforce.com partners met or beat expectations for Q1, says OTR Global
OTR Global's said Salesforce.com's partners have met or beat Q1 2014 business expectations driven by the Force.com platform. | | | 09:33 EDT | | CRM, CRM | Salesforce.com mentioned positively at OTR Global
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:05 EDT | | STJ | St. Jude Medical's 3-D vessel reconstruction system approved in Europe
St. Jude Medical announced CE Mark approval of its Ilumien Optis PCI Optimization System, a new technology designed to provide physicians with a comprehensive disease assessment tool for treating patients with coronary artery disease. St. Jude Medical is the only company to provide these tools together in an integrated platform. | | | | May 15, 2013 | | 17:36 EDT | | AET | Paulson gives quarterly update on stakes
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 14, 2013 | | 12:00 EDT | | AET | Aetna forms strategic alliance with Tawuniya
Subscribe for More Information | | | 10:01 EDT | | ZLC | On The Fly: Analyst Initiation Summary
Subscribe for More Information | | | 10:01 EDT |  | VVUS | On The Fly: Analyst Downgrade Summary
Today's noteworthy downgrades include: AVG Technologies (AVG) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman... Cigna (CI) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies... Cree (CREE) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee... Melco Crown (MPEL) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS... SolarCity (SCTY) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Roth Capital... KB Home (KBH) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James... Ryland Group (RYL) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Raymond James... Alere (ALR) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Craig-Hallum... Evolution Petroleum (EPM) downgraded to Hold from Buy at MLV Equity... Oil States (OIS) downgraded to Hold from Buy at BB&T... VIVUS (VVUS) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Lazard Capital. | | | 08:09 EDT | | STJ | St. Jude Medical announces first patient enrolled in EnligHTN III study
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:57 EDT | | ZLC | Zale initiated with an Overweight at Stephens
Target $6. | | | 07:43 EDT | | CRM | Salesforce.com June volatility flat into Q1 and outlook
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:33 EDT | | VVUS | VIVUS downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Lazard Capital
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 13, 2013 | | 10:09 EDT |  | SQNM | On The Fly: Analyst Upgrade Summary
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:41 EDT | | VVUS | VIVUS mails letter to stockholders providing business update
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