03/01
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NASDAQ Bearish STocks: G&K Services (NASDAQ:GK), Corinthian Colleges (NASDAQ:COCO), Guanwei Recycling (NASDAQ:GPRC), Xoom Corp (NASDAQ:XOOM), Hanwha Solarone (NASDAQ:HSOL)

Mark DeFrance04 mins

G&K Services Inc (NASDAQ:GK) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Sidoti from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday,TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports.Analysts at Robert W. Baird downgraded shares of G & K Services from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday,…

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Stocks Went Up: ICICI Bank Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:IBN), Rediff.com India (NASDAQ:REDF), Sify Technologies Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:SIFY), The India Fund (NYSE:IFN)

Jayne Crisman03 mins

U.S.-listed HDFC Bank (HDB) shot up 6% Friday and 15% so far in May. ICICI Bank Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:IBN) leapt 10% Friday and nearly 20% so far in May. Some observers question how well Modi’s hard-nosed style will work in India’s fractious democracy and whether he’ll get industry leaders and policymakers to buy into his…

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Volatile Stocks: MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MACK), Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PTX), Dillard’s (NYSE:DDS), Just Energy Group (NYSE:JE)

Kristen Barton03 mins

MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET), the public market leader for social discovery, has released Icebreakers, a new feature for the MeetMe iPhone app that makes it easier for users to start a chat. “Icebreakers solves the problem of the empty chat screen,” said Geoff Cook, CEO of MeetMe. “Rather than starting conversations with a generic ‘Hi’ or…

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Stocks To Watch: Unilever (NYSE:UN), Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE:NVS), Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL), ICICI Bank Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:IBN)

Mark Doerr03 mins

Recently, video ads were placed on the social networking giant Facebook (FB) by Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN) promoting its Dove soap product. These ads are unique as they are the first video ads on Facebook posted by any consumer goods company. This will be acid test for the success of such video ads, because ads…

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Top Losers: Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S), World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE:WWE), Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ), E Commerce China Dangdang (NYSE:DANG), MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET)

Jason Knox04 mins

Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) announced today that it and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into a facility agreement of up to $1.3 billion with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as administrative agent, based on the securitization of its wireless service accounts receivable. Other banks involved in the facility are The Bank of Nova Scotia,…

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Top Gainers: J.C. Penney Company (NYSE:JCP), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG), NQ Mobile (NYSE:NQ), Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX)

Colin Pettis04 mins

J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP)’s CEO, Mike Ullman has turned the company around after the replacing former CEO Ron Johnson. His strategy has brought consumer back to its retail stores. The retailer is aiming to “go forward” at its third stage of its turnaround after completing “immediate stabilization” and rebuilding” in the last 10 months….

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