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Shares of Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) were the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 77,097,502 shares, a growth of 7.7% from the November 28th total of 71,573,807 shares, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports. Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 11.80% and weekly performance is -1.15%. On … Continue reading Traders Are Gambling on: Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN), American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL), Gray Television Inc. (NYSE:GTN), Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC)

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Cempra Inc. (NASDAQ:CEMP) announced positive topline results from a global, pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of solithromycin oral capsules or Solitaire-Oral in the treatment of patients with community acquired bacterial pneumonia or CABP. Cempra, Inc. (NASDAQ:CEMP) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its weekly performance is 10.79%. On last trading day company shares ended up $22.89. Cempra, Inc. (NASDAQ:CEMP) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is … Continue reading Top Stocks: Cempra, Inc. (NASDAQ:CEMP), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE:XEL), Culp, Inc. (NYSE:CFI), Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX)

Harvey Dyer01/0501/05

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Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) has earned an “AA-” credit rating from Morningstar. The research firm’s “AA-” rating indicates that the company is a very-low default risk. They also gave their stock a two star rating. Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 12.20% and weekly performance is -3.51%. On last trading day company shares ended up $23.39. Applied Materials, Inc. … Continue reading Traders Are Gambling on: Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX), Heritage Financial Group (NASDAQ:HBOS), Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE), BT Group (NYSE:BT)

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Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) declared that it will participate in Credit Suisse Technology Conference on Dec 2, 2014 at 12:00PM EST. Recently, the firm declared its fiscal Q4 2014 earnings of 27 cents per share were matched with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The firm declared its revenues of $2.27 billion, flat sequentially but above 13.9% YoY, and within the guidance range provided by the firm. … Continue reading Trending Stocks: Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:HST), Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE), Ophthotech (NASDAQ:OPHT)

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J.C. Penney Company Inc (NYSE:JCP) is trying to beat all its competitors to the Black Friday punch by opening at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE:JCP) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is -8.00% and weekly performance is -4.74%. On last trading day company shares ended up $7.23. J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE:JCP) distance from 50-day simple … Continue reading Moving Stocks: J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE:JCP), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), SciQuest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQI), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)

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LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) EVP Craig B. Glidden sold 13,003 shares of LyondellBasell Industries NV stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.47, for a total transaction of $1,371,426.41. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 209,118 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,055,675.bLyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NYSE:LYB) belongs … Continue reading Investors Are Watching : LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NYSE:LYB), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HRTG), Linn Energy (NASDAQ:LINE), American Express (NYSE:AXP)

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