02/25
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Watch List : Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), Walgreen (NYSE:WAG), Castle Brands (NYSEMKT:ROX), Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE:BAS), Burger King Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:BKW)

Jayne Crisman03 mins

Medtronic Inc (NYSE:MDT) has launched its new cardiac resynchronisation therapy-pacemaker, Viva CRT-P in India which received the CE (Conformité Européenne) mark in May this year. The Viva CRT-P includes the Medtronic-exclusive AdaptivCRT software, which is the only algorithm demonstrated to improve heart failure patients’ response to the therapy and reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation…

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Trending Tickers : FMC (NYSE:FMC), EMC (NYSE:EMC), Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:WRE), Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. (NYSE:NUS), Radio One Inc. (NASDAQ:ROIAK)

Mark DeFrance03 mins

Chemical maker FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC ) has landed a technical development and distribution deal with leading soil and plant health technology solutions provider – Actagro LLC. Under the deal, FMC Corp. will be the exclusive marketer and distributor of Actagro organic acid-based soil and plant health nutritional products in Asia-Pacific. The company will also add Actagro…

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Top Stories : SouFun Holdings (NYSE:SFUN), Intrexon (NYSE:XON), DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), Protective Life (NYSE:PL), Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY)

Jayne Crisman03 mins

SouFun Holdings (NASDAQ:SFUN) was the target of unusually large options trading on Wednesday. Investors acquired 8,543 put options on the stock, American Banking News.com reports. This is an increase of 156% compared to the typical volume of 3,343 put options. Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Analysts at T.H. Capital cut their price…

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Hot Stocks : Covidien (NYSE:COV), Marine Petroleum Trust (NASDAQ:MARPS), Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN), Tandy Leather Factory (NASDAQ:TLF), FAB Universal (NYSEMKT:FU)

John Bellich03 mins

Medtronic Inc., Fridley, will acquire Ireland-based Covidien PLC (NYSE:COV) for $46.2 billion. The largest acquisition in Minnesota history is pending regulatory approval. Covidien plc (NYSE:COV) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its net profit margin is 14.50% and weekly performance is -4.59%. On last trading day company shares ended up $82.54. Covidien plc (NYSE:COV) distance from 50-day…

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Stock Highlights : Manitex International (NASDAQ:MNTX), Discovery Laboratories (NASDAQ:DSCO), Timberland Bancorp (NASDAQ:TSBK), Seadrill Partners LLC (NYSE:SDLP), NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH)

John Meady03 mins

Manitex International (NASDAQ:MNTX) announced its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.03, StockRatingsNetwork reports. The company had revenue of $68.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $72.17 million. During the same quarter in the prior year,…

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Why Need to Watch : Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), Sonus Networks (NASDAQ:SONS), Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RCPI), OncoMed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:OMED), Lamar Advertising. (NASDAQ:LAMR)

Kristen Barton03 mins

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) has just expanded its HP Helion portfolio with the launch of a new, low-cost virtual private cloud offering. Called HP Helion Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Lean, the new infrastructure-as-a-service product touts enhanced workload performance and better service delivery at a significantly reduced cost compared to HP’s other cloud services. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)…

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