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Help yourself with the Fool's FREE and easy new watchlist service today. DaVita (NYSE: DVA ) , one of the largest U.S. providers of kidney dialysis services, delivered fourth-quarter profit more than double last year's. The standout quarter benefitted...
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Help yourself with the Fool's FREE and easy new watchlist service today. Ultra Petroleum (NYSE: UPL ) reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results yesterday, and consequently dropped 6%. There is more to this story than meets the eye, however, and...
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Samson Oil & Gas (AMEX: SSN ) doubled its revenue last fiscal year and has a price target of $6, but has only one analyst on its tail compared to the nearly 20 following Kodiak. Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL ) is expected to grow sales by only 17% this...
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Philippe Schwartz, co-founder and formerly CEO of ooVoo, will remain as an advisor to the company. Baharav was previous founder and GM for Amdocs (NYSE: DOX) Cloud Services. No stranger to the CEO position, he previously led two start-up companies. ...
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AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc (UPS.N) is in talks to acquire Dutch delivery company TNT Express NV (TNTE.AS), which has already rejected a 4.9 billion euro ($6.45 billion) bid worth 42 percent more than its current market value.
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The core drivers, which can be considered the ESPN and Park margins, are still “intact.” Because Disney is so versatile and has several successful franchises, it is well positioned to fend off threats arising from competition or economic pressures. ...
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I have identified the five most heavily traded NYSE stocks last week. Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) (as Facebook's new underwriter) and Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), due to a favorable ruling out of the BP-Macondo oil spill saw their share prices increase just...
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I have identified five interesting stocks on a valuation basis that just reported earnings. While Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) reported a significant loss, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Visa (NYSE: V), CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS), and Reynolds American (NYSE:...
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By 2010, the University of Phoenix saw an enrollment of 200,000 students through its online and onsite programs. The question on investors’ minds is whether or not Apollo Group can continue to stay ahead of its competitors such as DeVry (NYSE: DV), the...
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Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) is one of its larger competitors in the industrial machinery market with a market cap of $35.7 billion. Deere posted a profit of $2.7 billion in 2011, up from a $1.8 billion profit in 2010. General Electric (NYSE: GE) also...
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(NYSE: GE) today announced that it will open the GE Capital Technology Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The center is expected to grow to 300 information technology professionals over the next three years, and focus on developing innovative new...
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Your Agriculture Company (NYSE:AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and infrastructure, announced today that it will participate in the Barclays Industrial Select Conference in Miami on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. ...
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ANGELES, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) President of the Americas, Jonas Prising, today explained that the changing demographic landscape, the recent global recession, companies' maniacal pursuit of productivity and efficiency...
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Corporation (NYSE: ACW), a leading supplier of components to the commercial vehicle industry, today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss the financial and operational results of its Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Fiscal 2011 on...
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The amount for the XCG Return of Capital was incorrectly listed as Capital Gains in the table. The complete and corrected release follows. BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK),...
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Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) today announced that it will release its earnings results for the quarter ending December 31, 2011 on Friday, February 24, 2012. Gray Television, Inc. will host a conference call...
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Resisting what it claims were demands for 53 percent fee increases to carry the MSG Network regional sports channel, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) pulled the channel and several other MSG outlets off its service Jan. 1. That deprived 2.8 million subscribers...
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Yelp will finally go public on the New York Stock Exchange on March 2, hoping to sell $100 million in stock. Thanks to foodies, Yelp grew into an essential user-generated review platform, fueled by the critical taste buds of users’ peers. Seven years...
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A look at the 10 biggest volume decliners on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading: Denali Fund : Approximately 100 shares changed hands, a 97.2 decrease from its 65-day average volume. The shares rose $.03 or .2 percent to $14.65. Digital...
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Knicks, Sabres and Devils games. Time Warner Cable expressed appreciation for the concern and encouragement provided by Governor Andrew Cuomo, as well as New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and NBA Commissioner David Stern. Terms of the...
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