John Meady

Big Movers : Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), American International Group (NYSE:AIG), Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE:WSM), Liberty Tax (NASDAQ:TAX), Tenneco Inc. (NYSE:TEN)

Chinese Internet search giant Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) announced late Tuesday the appointment of Ya-Qin Zhang as president, in charge of new business, effective immediately. Zhang will report to Robin Li, Baidu’s chairman and chief executive officer. Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 29.70% and weekly performance is…

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Stocks in News : Sensata Technologies Holding NV (NYSE:ST), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Hilltop. (NYSE:HTH), Calamos Asset Management Inc. (NASDAQ:CLMS), FutureFuel (NYSE:FF)

Sensata Technologies Holding NV (NYSE:ST) on Sept. 5 announced that existing shareholders (the “Selling Shareholders”) have agreed to sell 15,050,632 ordinary shares in an underwritten public offering. Sensata Technologies will not receive any proceeds from this offering.  The offering is expected to close on Sept. 10, 2014. Sensata Technologies Holding NV (NYSE:ST) belongs to Technology…

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Trending Tickers : Anadigics (NASDAQ:ANAD), STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), Corinthian Colleges Inc. (NASDAQ:COCO), Digital Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:DLR), Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRM)

ANADIGICS Inc. (NASDAQ:ANAD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The company reported ($0.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of ($0.09). The company had revenue of $23.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.89 million. During the same quarter in the previous…

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Market Movers : 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR), Denny’s (NASDAQ:DENN), Forward Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:FORD), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

3M Company (NYSE:MMM) recently completed the acquisition of its Japanese joint venture Sumitomo 3M Ltd. to be the sole owner of the entity. 3M purchased Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd’s 25% stake in the joint venture for approximately $865 million. Post acquisition, the business will be known as 3M Japan Ltd, with 3M having full control…

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Traders Are Watching : Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA), Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE:CLF), EMCORE (NASDAQ:EMKR), Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM), OvaScience (NASDAQ:OVAS)

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOXA) was upgraded by Zacks from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report released on Tuesday. The firm currently has a $35.30 price objective on the stock. Zacks‘s price target suggests a potential upside of 2.50% from the stock’s previous close. Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOXA) belongs to…

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Eye Catching Stocks : Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ:CY), Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM), BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ:BPHX), Investment Technology (NYSE:ITG), AirMedia Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AMCN)

Embedded nonvolatile memory specialist, Cypress Semiconductor, and Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation (HLMC), one of the most advanced pure play wafer foundries in China, have announced the companies have developed functioning silicon cells using Cypress’s SONOS (Silicon Oxide Nitride Oxide Silicon) embedded Flash memory intellectual property (IP) at the 55-nanometer process technology node. Cypress Semiconductor Corporation…

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