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News Breaks | | | | February 16, 2012 | | 12:22 EDT |  | GM, ITRI, AEA, SJM, HDY, AMZN, NTAP, TRW, NILE | On The Fly: Mid-Day Wrap
Stocks on Wall Street were higher at mid-day, following some encouraging domestic economic data. The futures began the day below fair value and the market looked as if the selling would continue from yesterday. The futures moved off their lows but still closed in negative territory, even after better than expected data on jobless claims and housing start. The market opened flat but began to drift higher. The averages continued their upward momentum following the better than expected Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing report. The averages now stand at session highs in what has been a slow, methodical recapture of almost all of yesterday’s losses... ECONOMIC EVENTS: Domestically, 348,000 weekly initial jobless claims were reported, which was below the expected 365,000. The producer price index for January inched up 0.1%, versus the expected increase of 0.4%. However, "core" PPI, minus food and energy, rose 0.4%, versus the expected increase of 0.2%. There were 699,000 housing starts versus the expected 675,000, and 676,000 building permits versus the expected 680,000. The Philadelphia Manufacturing Index was released with a reading of 10.2, beating the expected reading of 9.0. Also of note but largely ignored in today's trading, last night Moody's warned that it may lower the credit ratings of 17 global and 114 European financial institutions, citing the ongoing euro zone debt crisis... MARKET NEWS: Sales and profits at General Motors (GM) missed estimates, as its strong U.S. performance was weighed on by losses in Europe and South America. Still, shares advanced over 6%, as the company expressed confidence in its ability to increase top-line revenue this year... Among others reporting earnings, NetApp (NTAP) and TRW Automotive (TRW) advanced, while Avis Budget (CAR) and Blue Nile (NILE) declined... Amazon.com (AMZN) traded lower following a downgrade at Morgan Stanley... MAJOR MOVERS: Among the notable gainers was Itron (ITRI), after receiving at least three upgrades following its earnings, guidance, and acquisition news, and Advance America (AEA), on news it will be acquired by Grupo Elektra for $10.50 per share. Noteworthy losers included J.M. Smucker (SJM), following its weaker than expected results and cautious comments, and Hyperdynamics (HDY), after saying a well offshore Guinea may have had larger volumes of oil previously but the oil reserves formerly present may have since leaked out... INDICES: Near noon, the Dow was up 103.46, or 0.81%, to 12,884.41; the Nasdaq was up 26.56, or 0.91%, to 2,942.39; and the S&P 500 was up 10.65, or 0.79%, to 1,353.88. | |
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| May 21, 2013 | | 09:07 EDT |  | AMZN | Amazon.ca introduces Amazon Cloud Drive for Canada
All customers get 5 GB of free storage. Additional storage plans start at C$10 a year, the company said. | | | 08:51 EDT | | ITRI | Itron signs contract with British Gas
Itron announced that it has signed a five-year contract with British Gas to provide a full suite of services in support of more than 1.25M electricity prepayment customers throughout the UK. Under this contract, Itron is providing a B2B customer support call center, prepayment vending transaction management, meter data management, data reporting, technical support and consulting services. | | | 07:32 EDT |  | GM | CTIA–The Wireless Association to host a conference
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:17 EDT |  | GM | Detroit automakers rebound as style sells, Bloomberg reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 05:33 EDT | | AMZN | Amazon Web Services achieves FedRAMP compliance for AWS GovCloud
Amazon Web Services, or AWS, an Amazon.com company, announced AWS GovCloud and all U.S. AWS Regions have received an Agency Authority to Operate, or ATO, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, requirements at the Moderate impact level. FedRAMP is a U.S. government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. With this distinction, AWS has demonstrated it can meet the extensive FedRAMP security requirements and as a result, an even wider range of government customers can leverage AWS's secure environment to store, process, and protect a diverse array of sensitive government data. Leveraging the HHS authorization, all U.S. government agencies now have the information they need to evaluate AWS for their applications and workloads, provide their own authorizations to use AWS, and transition workloads into the AWS environment. | | | May 20, 2013 | | 15:11 EDT | | GM | GM marketing push set for new pickups, Reuters says
Subscribe for More Information | | | 10:11 EDT |  | NTAP | On The Fly: Analyst Downgrade Summary
Today's noteworthy downgrades include: Artisan Partners (APAM) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette... Bank of America (BAC) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette... Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies... BlackRock (BLK) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette... Cavium (CAVM) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at JMP Securities... Charles Schwab (SCHW) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette... Dunkin' Brands (DNKN) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Longbow... Equifax (EFX) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman... Leap Wireless (LEAP) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Deutsche Bank... Lowe's (LOW) downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer... MicroStrategy (MSTR) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at JMP Securities... NetApp (NTAP) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at RW Baird... NeuStar (NSR) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman... Red Hat (RHT) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital... Ruby Tuesday (RT) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo... Synovus (SNV) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman... TD Ameritrade (AMTD) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette... Thoratec (THOR) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman... CF Industries (CF) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Miller Tabak... Children's Place (PLCE) downgraded at Susquehanna... CarMax (KMX) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at William Blair... SanDisk (SNDK) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Nomura... Red Hat (RHT) downgraded at BMO Capital... Rex Energy (REXX) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel... Range Resources (RRC) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel... Kansas City Southern (KSU) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Stifel... Capella Education (CPLA) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel. | | | 08:59 EDT |  | GM | General Motors price target raised to $43 from $34 at Argus
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:42 EDT | | TRW | Cohasset Associates to host a conference
National Conference on Managing Electronic Records is being held in Chicago on May 20-22. | | | 07:36 EDT | | ITRI | Brean Capital to host a conference
Subscribe for More Information | | | | 06:33 EDT | | NTAP | NetApp downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at RW Baird
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:01 EDT | | GM | Imported car prices in China decline, Bloomberg reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 17, 2013 | | 15:36 EDT |  | NTAP | NetApp May weekly volatility elevated at 61 into Q4
Subscribe for More Information | | | 10:17 EDT | | GM | GM jumps above IPO level after CLSA boosts rating
Shares of GM (GM) are advancing after CLSA analyst Emmanuel Rosner upgraded the stock to Buy from Underperform in a note to investors earlier today. WHAT'S NEW: GM should benefit from improved profitability in North America in the second half of 2013 and 2014, reduced losses in Europe, and stabilized profit margins in China, Rosner wrote. In North America, the automaker's profitability should be boosted by higher prices in the second half of this year, and by the full rollout of its K2XX trucks in 2014, the analyst believes. GM's first quarter results in Europe indicated that it is "making encouraging progress in reducing losses" there, the analyst wrote. As a result, he has increased confidence that GM Europe's loss will drop to about $1B this year from $1.9B last year. In China, GM's emphasis on the Cadillac should enable the company to keep its margins, which had been in a downward trend, from falling this year, the analyst contended. Rosner has a $48 price target on GM's stock. TODAY'S PRICE ACTION: In early trading, GM rose 60c, or 1.9%, to $33. WHAT'S NOTABLE: GM's IPO price was $33, and the stock has reached that level again today. | | | 10:07 EDT | | TRW | On The Fly: Analyst Downgrade Summary
Today's noteworthy downgrades include: Actuant (ATU) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at SunTrust... Aruba Networks (ARUN) downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer... CAE (CAE) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital... City Holding (CHCO) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette... Deere (DE) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman... Disney (DIS) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Atlantic Equities... HSBC (HBC) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Exane BNP Paribas... L Brands (LTD) downgraded to Underperform from Hold at Jefferies... Manning & Napier (MN) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at BofA/Merrill... MeadWestvaco (MWV) downgraded to Underperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital... National Grid (NGG) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Exane BNP Paribas... Savient (SVNT) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at William Blair... Stryker (SYK) downgraded to Reduce from Neutral at SunTrust... TRW Automotive (TRW) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank... Universal Health (UHS) downgraded to Neutral from Positive at Susquehanna... Williams-Sonoma (WSM) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill... Zimmer (ZMH) downgraded to Reduce from Neutral at SunTrust... Aviva (AV) downgraded to Underperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital... Pandora (P) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Maxim... Lumos Networks (LMOS) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at DA Davidson... Brocade (BRCD) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at William Blair... Applied Materials (AMAT) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at DA Davidson... Cosi (COSI) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Northland Securities. | | | 10:07 EDT |  | GM | On The Fly: Analyst Upgrade Summary
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:54 EDT | | NTAP | NetApp investment thesis continues to play out, says Brean Capital
Brean Capital believes its buy thesis on NetApp continues to play out as expected and expects the company can achieve current Street estimates and manage operating expenses in the near-term. Shares are Buy rated with a $42 price target. | | | 07:10 EDT | | AMZN | U.K. to question Amazon over income tax, Reuters reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:43 EDT | | AMZN | Apple disputing government's e-book allegations, NY Times says
Apple (AAPL) is aggressively combating the U.S. government's contention that it pushed Amazon.com (AMZN) and publishers to raise e-book prices,The New York Times reported yesterday, citing court papers filed this week. Amazon and publishing companies were already looking to use a different pricing model before Apple joined the e-book business in 2000, the newspaper quotes Apple as stating. A trial over the Justice Department's lawsuit against Apple regarding e-book pricing is slated to start June 3, the newspaper noted. Reference Link | | | 06:12 EDT | | AMZN | Apple losing its edge as innovator, poll shows, Bloomberg reports
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