Traders Are Watching: Altera Corp. (NASDAQ:ALTR), InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE:INVN), AmeriGas Partners LP (NYSE:APU), Cepheid (NASDAQ:CPHD), Almost Family Inc. (NASDAQ:AFAM)

Altera (NASDAQ:ALTR) SVP Jeffrey Waters sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Thursday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.58, for a total transaction of $335,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 7,503 shares in the company, valued at approximately $251,951. The sale was disclosed … Continue reading Traders Are Watching: Altera Corp. (NASDAQ:ALTR), InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE:INVN), AmeriGas Partners LP (NYSE:APU), Cepheid (NASDAQ:CPHD), Almost Family Inc. (NASDAQ:AFAM)

Morning Alert: PNM Resources, Inc. (NYSE:PNM), Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL), Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ:MASI), American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARCP), Knight Transportation Inc. (NYSE:KNX)

KeyCorp assumed coverage on shares of PNM Resources (NYSE:PNM) in a research note issued to investors on Thursday. PNM Resources, Inc. (NYSE:PNM) belongs to Utilities sector. Its net profit margin is 7.40% and weekly performance is 2.05%. On last trading day company shares ended up $25.89. PNM Resources, Inc. (NYSE:PNM) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -5.19%. On Jul. 31, 2014 Exelixis, Inc. … Continue reading Morning Alert: PNM Resources, Inc. (NYSE:PNM), Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL), Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ:MASI), American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARCP), Knight Transportation Inc. (NYSE:KNX)

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was the first major company from the drug manufacturing industry to post impressive second-quarter earnings. The NYSE ARCA Pharmaceutical Index is up almost 20.1% in the last year. So far in 2014, the index increased10%. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its net profit margin is 21.20% and weekly performance is 2.13%. On last trading day company shares ended … Continue reading Investors Watch List: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX), NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), OvaScience (NASDAQ:OVAS), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAD)

Earlier this year, Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) announced it is planning to build what it called a “Gigafactory” to ramp up the speed and quantity of its lithium-ion battery production. Should the company’s estimates prove correct, the new production facility will essentially double the world’s lithium-ion battery production in the next three years. The project’s price tag? Between $4-billion and $5-billion – a dollar amount … Continue reading Hot Alert : Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), JA Solar (NASDAQ:JASO), USA Truck (NASDAQ:USAK), The Pantry (NASDAQ:PTRY), Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ:LAYN)

Goldcorp Inc. (GG) begin trading ex-dividend on August 19, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.05 per share is scheduled to be paid on August 29, 2014. Shareholders who purchased GG stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 20th quarter that GG has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $28.6, the dividend … Continue reading Worth Watching Stocks : Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG), Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN), Linn Energy, (NASDAQ:LINE), Saga Communications Inc. (NYSEMKT:SGA), Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX)

China Finance Online Co. Limited (NASDAQ: JRJC) announced that it has launched China’s first independent web-based securities trading platform, “Zhengquantong (“Securities Master”)”, on the leading financial portals it operates, www.jrj.com and www.stockstar.com. Securities Master is the product of a new strategic partnership China Finance Online has entered into with the largest brokerage firm in China, CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) (“CITIC”), to seamlessly integrate China … Continue reading Investors Watch List: China Finance Online (NASDAQ:JRJC), ChinaCache International (NASDAQ:CCIH), 58.com (NYSE:WUBA), AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE:AU), Cirrus (NASDAQ:CRUS)