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News Breaks | | | | December 14, 2012 | | 12:37 EDT |  | AVG, BBY, GE, SZYM, PAY, YHOO, CNC, ADBE | On The Fly: Midday Wrap
Stocks on Wall Street were lower at midday despite better than expected reports on U.S. industrial production and Chinese manufacturing activity. The data, however, had little impact as investors continue to wait for a break through on the fiscal cliff negotiations. The market has moved in a narrow range during the morning hours and shows little sense of direction... ECONOMIC EVENTS: In the U.S., a report showed consumer prices declined 0.3% in November, mainly because of falling gasoline costs. When food and energy are removed from the equation, "core" prices increased 0.1%, versus expectations for them to rise 0.2%. Markit's preliminary manufacturing PMI improved to 54.2 in December, versus the 52.8 final reading for November. Industrial production beat expectations with a 1.1% increase in November, versus expectations for a rise of 0.3%. Industrial production capacity utilization rose to 78.4%, which was a bit more than an expected move up to 78.0%. In China, Markit's flash China PMI rose to a 14-month high reading of 50.9, beating expectations for a 50.8 reading. In Europe, Germany's flash PMI hit an 8-month high with a 50.2 reading, while France hit a 4-month high at 45.0, though its figure still indicates contraction... COMPANY NEWS: General Electric (GE) boosted its dividend by 12% to 19c per share and increased its existing share repurchase authorization by $10B... Among companies reporting earnings last night, Adobe (ADBE) advanced nearly 6% while VeriFone (PAY) declined over 10%... MAJOR MOVERS: Among the notable gainers were Solazyme (SZYM), up about 11% after announcing it has reached commercial-scale output at a facility in Iowa, and AVG Technologies (AVG), up 9% after announcing a new Search and Distribution relationship with Yahoo! (YHOO). Among the noteworthy losers was Best Buy (BBY), which fell over 15% after its board extended the deadline for founder Richard Schulze to deliver a potential buy-out bid. Also lower were shares of Centene (CNC), down over 8% after the company cut its FY12 EPS guidance... INDICES: Near 12:30 pm ET, the Dow was down 4.05, or 0.03%, to 13,166.67; the Nasdaq was down 10.15, or 0.34%, to 2,982.01; and the S&P 500 was down 2.50, or 0.18%, to 1,416.95. | |
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| May 19, 2013 | | 14:33 EDT |  | YHOO | Yahoo board give okay for $1.1B Tumblr purchase, WSJ says
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 12:49 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo board to meet Sunday to consider Tumblr acquisition, AllThingsD says
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 17, 2013 | | 15:04 EDT |  | YHOO | Yahoo to hold product-related event Monday, CNBC says
Subscribe for More Information | | | 12:00 EDT |  | BBY | Stocks with call strike movement; FSLR BBY
Subscribe for More Information | | | 09:05 EDT | | SZYM | Keating Capital announces exit from Solazyme stake
Keating Capital (KIPO) announced that it sold the remaining 147,927 shares it held in Solazyme (SYZM) during May 2013. The sale generated net proceeds of $1.55M, or $10.51 per share, and a net realized gain of $49,820, or approximately 0.5c for each Keating Capital share outstanding. | | | May 16, 2013 | | 19:47 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo in talks with Tumblr, AllThingsD reports
An AllThingsD report that cites sources close to the situation says Yahoo is in serious talks with Tumblr regarding a strategic alliance, or a potential outright buy of the company. The report cites sources that say this isn't the first time Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been interested in Tumblr, saying that since taking over at Yahoo, Mayer has met with Tumblr executives, including founder David Karp. Reference Link | | | 16:25 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo! granted favorable ruling in Mexico City superior court
Yahoo! announced that the Superior Court of Justice for the Federal District in Mexico has granted the company’s appeal and reversed the ruling of the 49th Civil Court of Mexico, which had entered a non-final judgment of $2.75B against Yahoo! and Yahoo! Mexico on November 28, 2012. The appellate decision overturned all monetary awards against Yahoo! and reduced the monetary award against Yahoo! Mexico to $172,500. Yahoo! Mexico was awarded $2.6M in the original judgment, and this award was confirmed by the appellate decision. | | | 12:12 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo in pact to integrate Twitter content on newsfeed
Subscribe for More Information | | | 11:37 EDT | | BBY | Stocks with call strike movement; AMD BBY
AMD (AMD) October 4.5 call volatility increased 4% to 58, Best Buy (BBY) June 30 call option implied volatility increased 3% to 63 according to IVolatility. | | | 10:21 EDT | | BBY | Best Buy volatility elevated shares near one-year high into Q1
Best Buy May weekly call option implied volatility is at 71, June is at 61, July is at 55, September is at 51 of 50 is above its 26-week average of 59 according to Track Data, suggesting large near term price movement into the expected release of Q1 earnings on May 20. | | | | 09:42 EDT |  | BBY | Best Buy estimates lowered at ITG Research
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 15, 2013 | | 17:30 EDT | | GE | GE, Boeing warn of defective engine parts, WSJ reports
General Electric (GE) said more than 70 Boeing (BA) 777 models may be affected by an engine manufacturing defect, reports The Wall Street Journal. Reference Link | | | 17:09 EDT | | YHOO | Greenlight gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: Oil States International (OIS), Hess (HES), Spirit (SPR), IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI), and Capital Bank (CBF). INCREASED STAKES: Apple (AAPL). DECREASED STAKES: Microsoft (MSFT), Seagate (STX), Delphi (DLPH), CBS (CBS), and Computer Sciences (CSC). LIQUIDATED STAKES: Ensco (ESV), Xerox (XRX), Yahoo (YHOO), NVR (NVR), and Google (GOOG). | | | 17:03 EDT | | GE | 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). | | | 16:08 EDT | | YHOO | Google sites lead U.S. April searches with 66.5% of searches, comScore says
Subscribe for More Information | | | 11:45 EDT | | BBY | Stocks with call strike movement; JCP BBY
Subscribe for More Information | | | 09:44 EDT | | BBY | Best Buy Q1results likley below consensus, says Wedbush
Wedbush expects Best Buy to report Q1 pro-forma results below consensus due to the reclassification of Best Buy Europe as discontinued operations. The firm expects Best Buy's cash flow to decline and continued margin erosion to result in lower earnings. The firm rates shares an Underperform with a $9 price target. | | | 07:33 EDT |  | GE | National Association of Business Economics to hos a conference
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 14, 2013 | | 11:51 EDT | | BBY | Stocks with call strike movement; JCP BBY
J.C. Penney (JCP) June 21 call volatility increased 2% to 60, Best Buy (BBY) June 31 call option implied volatility decreased 2% to 59 according to IVolatility. | | | 10:36 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo CFO says 'would go beyond' existing share repurchase authorization
Comment made at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. | | |
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