Unusual Volume Spikes: Brookfield Residential Properties (NYSE:BRP), Science Applications International (NYSE:SAIC), BBVA Banco Frances (NYSE:BFR), Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY), Hittite Microwave (NASDAQ:HITT)

RBC Capital downgraded shares of Brookfield Residential Properties Inc (NYSE:BRP) from an outperform rating to a sector perform rating in a research note released on Thursday morning, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. They currently have $23.00 target price on the stock. Brookfield Residential Properties Inc (NYSE:BRP) stock performance was 1.29% in last session and finished the day at…

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Hot List: Hillshire Brands (NYSE:HSH), Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML), JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU), FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL), Hospira (NYSE:HSP)

Tyson Foods reportedly won a bidding war to acquire Hillshire Brands Co (NYSE:HSH) on Monday, paying $7.7 billion for the Chicago-based maker of Jimmy Dean sausage and other meat products. Hillshire Brands Co (NYSE:HSH) stock performance was -0.15% in last session and finished the day at $61.97. Traded volume was 11.07million shares in the last…

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Top Losers: Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (NYSE:MHR), eHealth (NASDAQ:EHTH), Coupons.Com (NYSE:COUP), Relypsa Inc (NASDAQ:RLYP), EDENOR (NYSE:EDN)

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (NYSE:MHR) CEO Gary Evans recently shared with CNBC his belief that convenient location makes these shale deposits extremely promising. “There’s not a better growth story in the United States for gas than the Marcellus and Utica,” Evans said. Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (NYSE:MHR) stock performance was -5.54% in last session and…

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Stocks In News: Freescale Semiconductor(NYSE:FSL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), Toshiba (OTCMKTS:TOSYY)

Broadcom Corp. (BRCM:US), struggling to make a dent in Qualcomm Inc.’s lead in chips that connect smartphones to mobile networks, said it’s giving up on that business. Broadcom is the latest company to say it won’t try to compete in baseband with Qualcomm, whose chips connect the majority of smartphones to high-speed, Internet-capable networks. Texas…

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