Mid Cap Losers: Avon Products (NYSE:AVP), Ocwen Financial Corp (NYSE:OCN), Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH), JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ:JDSU)

Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:AVP) will pay $135 million to settle a long-standing U.S. government probe into whether the cosmetics company paid bribes in China and other countries to gain favors. Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:AVP), the world’s largest direct seller of cosmetics, said it would fork over $68 million to the Justice Department and $67 million…

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Mid Cap Gainers: Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE)

Yelp Inc (NASDAQ:YELP) saw unusually-high trading volume on Thursday following a stronger than expected earnings report, Analyst Ratings News reports. Approximately 16,352,329 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 102% from the previous session’s volume of 8,090,406 shares. Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) stock performance was 9.77% in last session and finished the day at…

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Small Cap New Highs: Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (NYSE:GOL), Inteliquent Inc (NASDAQ:IQNT), Pioneer Energy Services (NYSE:PES), Cbeyond (NASDAQ:CBEY)

Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (ADR) (NYSE:GOL) has announced its preliminary air traffic figures. As per the figures announced, the net PRASK has shown a rise of 19% from a year before. Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (ADR) (NYSE:GOL) stock performance was 2.15% in last session and finished the day at $6.64. Traded volume was…

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Avanir Pharmaceuticals

Small Cap Losers: Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AVNR), Monster Worldwide (NYSE:MWW), Key Energy Services (NYSE:KEG), McEwen Mining (NYSE:MUX)

Shares of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNR) soared 45.6% after the company announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has ruled the patent infringement lawsuit against Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Impax Laboratories, Inc. ( IPXL ) in its favor. Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AVNR) stock performance was -6.63% in last session and finished…

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Small Cap Gainers: Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), E Commerce China Dangdang (NYSE:DANG), Jive Software (NASDAQ:JIVE), Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG)

The San Francisco based gaming company, Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU), whose popular gaming titles include Deer Hunter and the Eternity Warriors series, has announced that they will be acquiring fellow game developer and publisher, PlayFirst, who are most notably known for the popular Diner Dash games. Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU) stock performance was 7.25% in…

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Internet

Stock Upgrades: Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), Fortune Brands Home & Security (NYSE:FBHS), Wright Medical Group (NASDAQ:WMGI)

Yelp (NASDAQ:YELP) was upgraded by investment analysts at Piper Jaffray from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating in a note issued to investors on Thursday. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on YELP. Analysts at Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of Yelp from $78.00 to $80.00 in a…

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