Eye-Catching Stocks – Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) , Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML), World Point Terminals (NYSE:WPT), SLM, Meru Networks (NASDAQ:MERU)

Freescale Semiconductor Ltd (NYSE:FSL)’s CEO Gregg A. Lowe sold 66,466 shares of Freescale Semiconductor stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, July 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.70, for a total transaction of $1,575,244.20. Freescale Semiconductor Ltd (NYSE:FSL) stock performance was -2.60% in last session and finished the day at $23.19. Traded volume was 1.57million shares in … Continue reading Eye-Catching Stocks – Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) , Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML), World Point Terminals (NYSE:WPT), SLM, Meru Networks (NASDAQ:MERU)

Active Watch List – ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ:ONNN) , ARM Holdings (NASDAQ:ARMH) , Luxottica (NYSE:LUX), Orange (NYSE:ORAN) , Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB)

ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ:ONNN), driving energy efficiency innovations, has introduced the LC898214XC Auto Focus Controller for camera modules in smartphones. ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ONNN) stock performance was -2.48% in last session and finished the day at $9.04. Traded volume was 6.46million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 6.57million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.64. ON Semiconductor Corp … Continue reading Active Watch List – ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ:ONNN) , ARM Holdings (NASDAQ:ARMH) , Luxottica (NYSE:LUX), Orange (NYSE:ORAN) , Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB)

Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) is the largest gold mining company in the world by production, although it isn’t by market capitalization [that title is held by Goldcorp (NYSE:GG)]. One of the reasons for this is the company’s failure to generate shareholder value over the years despite a very strong gold market. If you had bought Barrick Gold back on December 31, 1999, your position would be … Continue reading Trending Tickers – Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE:PKG) , Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST), XOMA (NASDAQ:XOMA)

IAMGOLD Corp (USA) (NYSE:IAG) on June 23 provided an update from ongoing exploration activities at the Company’s 100%-owned Pitangui gold project located approximately 110 kilometres northwest of Belo Horizonte , the capital city of Minas Gerais State, Brazil . The project comprises 180.3 square kilometres of exploration licenses covering the Archean Pitangui greenstone belt where an estimated inferred resource of 4.07 million tonnes grading 4.88 … Continue reading Morning Alert – IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG), Goldcorp (NYSE:GG), Porter Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBIB), BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN), Bio-Path Holdings (NASDAQ:BPTH)

Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) was upgraded by stock analysts at B. Riley from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report issued on Tuesday. The firm currently has a $25.00 price target on the stock, up from their previous price target of $23.06. B. Riley’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 9.41% from the stock’s previous close. Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) … Continue reading Stocks to Watch – Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) , Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU) , CAE (NYSE:CAE) , HORSEHEAD (NASDAQ:ZINC) , Towers Watson (NYSE:TW)

Communications, information and entertainment products and services provider Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) disclosed that it had accomplished success in its trial of 100G NID, one more milestone in its strong history in the 100G technology space. It will help carry over its regional Ethernet network to two 100G network interface gadgets without disturbing the performance of carrier-grade. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) stock performance was -1.26% … Continue reading Stocks in News – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) , Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO), Truett-Hurst (NASDAQ:THST) , Myriad (NASDAQ:MYGN), Selective Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SIGI)