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Stocks Opened Higher on Greek Deal Hopes
U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday, on speculation that European Union leaders could avert a Greek bankruptcy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lately rose 122.01 points, or 0.68%, to 18,137.96. The S&P 500 gained 14.20 points, or 0.67%, to 2,124.19. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 33.93 points, or 0.66%, to 5,150.93. Euro zone officials welcomed Greek…
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Stock in Motion: Tessera Technologies Inc. (TSRA)
Company Profile: Tessera Technologies, Inc. develops, licenses, and delivers semiconductor packaging and interconnect solutions; and products and solutions in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The Company’s technologies include semiconductor packaging and interconnect solutions, and products and solutions for mobile and computational imaging, including its FaceTools, FacePower, FotoSavvy, DigitalAperture, face beautification, red-eye removal, High Dynamic…
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Momentum Picking Up: Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN)
Company Profile: Silgan Holdings Inc., manufactures and sells rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Metal Containers, Closures, and Plastic Containers. The Metal Containers segment manufactures and sells steel and aluminum containers for food products as well as general line metal containers primarily for chemicals.…
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Top Buy Stocks: Southwest Airlines Company (LUV), Mattel Inc(MAT), Nvidia Corp(NVDA), Twitter Inc(TWTR), Western Union Company(WU)
NYSE: LUV (Southwest Airlines Company) Southwest, which holds 18 of 20 gates at the airport, agreed that Delta could use certain gates until July 6. Southwest plans to ramp up flights in August from Love Field, its headquarters, contingent upon regaining all takeoff and arrival slots from Delta. LUV has closed at $34.22, its traded…
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MACD Bull Crossover: Alaska Air Group(ALK), Footlocker Inc(FL), Itc Holdings(ITC), Jetblue Airways Corp(JBLU), Skyworks Solutions(SWKS), Texas Instruments Inc(TXN),
NYSE: ALK (Alaska Air Group) Alaska Air was upgraded to “outperform” from “neutral” at Credit Suisse. “We are less worried about ALK’s issues in SEA with the rate of competitive capacity adds declining, and more worried about industry-wide fare compression,” Credit Suisse said in a note. ALK has closed at $64.65, its traded Volume was…
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MA10-MA50 Bull Crossover: Advanced Micro Devices(AMD), Mednax Inc (MD), Ryland Group(RYL), Servicemaster Global Holdings I(SERV), SS&C Technologies Holdings (SSNC)
NASDAQ: AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc is at the initial stage of reviewing whether to split itself in two or spin off a business, seeking to reverse its fortunes and take on rival Intel Corp. AMD has closed at $2.58, its traded Volume was 25551.7K shares, AMD opened the Day at…
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Stocks Ended Lower on Greece Worries
U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, but the main indexes still recorded weekly gains, as the persistent deadlock in Greek debt talks turned investors cautious heading into the weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 101.56 points, or 0.56%, to 18,014.28, but ended the week with a 0.6% gain. The S&P 500 fell 11.48 points,…
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Stocks Opened Lower on Greece Concerns
U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday as the continued deadlock in Greek debt talks turned investors cautious. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lately slipped 36.37 points, or 0.20%, to 18,079.47. The S&P 500 fell 5.85 points, or 0.28%, to 2,115.39. The Nasdaq Composite was down 13.36 points, or 0.26%, to 5,119.59. The European Central Bank…
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Top Buy Stocks: AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS), Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(BABA), Kroger Company (KR), Microsoft Corp (MSFT), Verizon Communications Inc (VZ)
NYSE: AKS (AK Steel Holding Corp) AK Steel said today that it plans to release its second quarter 2015 financial results before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. AKS has closed at $4.89, its traded Volume was 6334.13K shares, AKS opened the Day at $4.78, it…
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MACD Bull Crossover: Applied Materials (AMAT), Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc (BMRN), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Glaxosmithkline Plc(GSK), Coca-Cola Company (KO), Lumenis Ltd (LMNS), Unilever Nv (UN)
NASDAQ: AMAT (Applied Materials) Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron had guided investors towards smooth regulatory clearances and most merger-arbitrageurs saw little reason to worry. AMAT has closed at $19.84, its traded Volume was 16002.6K shares, AMAT opened the Day at $19.62, it made an intraday Low of $19.58, and an intraday High of $19.86. AMAT (Applied Materials) 52-week…
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