Kevin Long

NYSE Volatile Stocks: Penn West Petroleum (NYSE:PWE), Furmanite Corporation (NYSE:FRM), BPZ Resources (NYSE:BPZ), Violin Memory (NYSE:VMEM)

PENN WEST PETROLEUM LTD. (USA) (NYSE:PWE) announces that it has filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities its audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2013 and related Management’s Discussion and Analysis. Penn West Petroleum Ltd (USA) (NYSE:PWE) stock performance was 7.32% in last session and finished the day at $8.50. Traded volume…

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Services Sector Bearish Stocks: Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS), Office Depot Inc (NYSE:ODP), Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), Renren Inc (NYSE:RENN)

Staples Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) will close up to 225 stores in the U.S. and Canada by the end of next year as it seeks to trim about $500 million in costs annually by 2015. Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) stock performance was -15.30% in last session and finished the day at $11.35. Traded volume was 69.19million shares in…

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Bullish Stocks: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) got Buy rating at Stifel Nicolaus. The firm raised FB’s price target from $72 to $82. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was 4.03% in last session and finished the day at $71.57. Traded volume was 74,487,424 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 64.51 million…

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Biotech Active Stocks: Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD), Synta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SNTA)

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) has been trading with ups and downs since the past few days, after the company announced better-than-expected results and its plans to partner for its flagship drug Iclusig. One of the major takeaway during the earnings call is Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA)’s CEO Harvey Berger’s indication for potential partnership in Japan…

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Social Stocks on The move: Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR), Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ:ZNGA), LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD), Yelp Inc. (NYSE:YELP)

Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) has had a rough ride since Christmas eve when it traded north of $70.00 a share – a price which gave the young company a massive market capitalization approaching $35 billion. Markets know the company is on to something important but putting a value on that is a challenge. Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR)…

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Medical Stocks in the News: Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CLDX), NeuroMetrix (NASDAQ:NURO)

Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CLDX) is lower Monday afternoon after its net loss  widened and revenue declined compared to the year-ago period. Results were better than Wall Street’s expectations but could not fend off sellers. In early afternoon action, shares of the biopharmaceutical company are down 11% at $26.15 and traded earlier as low as $25.76. The stock…

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