Top Stocks: Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO), Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S), Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT), Verso Paper (NYSE:VRS), Zuoan Fashion (NYSE:ZA), Communications Systems (NASDAQ:JCS)

On Dec. 17, Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) announcedthat the Company anticipates its 2015 capital, investment and exploration budget will be approximately $4.3-4.5 billion, or about 20 percent lower than 2014 levels, excluding its recently disposed Norway business. Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is 19.80% and weekly performance…

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Stocks in news: Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:MSTX), Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:WLL), Bebe Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEBE), Mallinckrodt PLC (NYSE:MNK), Intervest Bancshares Corp. (NASDAQ:IBCA)

Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE MKT:MSTX), announced that it will hold a conference call at 8am Eastern Time, 5am Pacific Time on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. The Company intends to provide an update on EPIC, its pivotal phase 3 study of its lead product candidate vepoloxamer (MST-188) in sickle cell disease, which the Company continues to…

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Investors Should Watch: Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC), Verso Paper Corp. (NYSE:VRS), QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM), P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTSI), Jinpan International (NASDAQ:JST)

Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) Director Eugene S. Stark purchased 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $8.20 per share, for a total transaction of $32,800.00. Following the completion of the acquisition , the director now directly owns 25,000 shares…

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Best Stocks: General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRIS), Rowan Companies plc (NYSE:RDC), JA Solar Holdings (NASDAQ:JASO), Apollo Education Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:APOL)

Automaker General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) said it has redeemed all 156.1 million outstanding shares of its Series A preferred stock from the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust and Canada Gen Investment Corporation for a liquidation amount of $3.9 billion, including accumulated dividends. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) belongs to Consumer Goods sector. Its net profit margin…

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Keep Eyes on: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWSA), Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ:TXN), Metalico Inc. (NYSEMKT:MEA)

BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) has always been known for their enterprise security and it sounds like it may be a good idea to keep one around in case of emergency. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Inside BlackBerry has the details, Sony employees found some BlackBerry phones after hackers shut the company down. BlackBerry Ltd…

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Top Morning News: ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIOP), Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX), FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ:FEYE), Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS), Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX)

Shares of ZIOPHARM Oncology (NASDAQ:ZIOP) saw a significant decrease in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 17,601,779 shares, a decrease of 5.8% from the November 28th total of 18,695,183 shares, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports. ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIOP) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its weekly performance is 8.10%. On last trading…

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