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)

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. The company has a long way to go in order … Continue reading 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)

Trader’s Alert: Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), JDS Uniphase Corp (NASDAQ:JDSU), Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT), Marvell Technology Group (NASDAQ:MRVL)

Nomura downgraded Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) to “neutral” from “buy” and set a $30 price target. The firm noted the company is likely not seeing enough design wins in LTE to drive earnings. Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) as a Hold with a ratings score of C+. Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) stock performance was 0.33% in last session and finished the day at $30.66. … Continue reading Trader’s Alert: Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), JDS Uniphase Corp (NASDAQ:JDSU), Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT), Marvell Technology Group (NASDAQ:MRVL)

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) just announced a new addition to the VNXe product line, an entry-level VNXe3200 storage array that starts out under $12,000. Available in Q2 of 2014, the new VNXe3200 is touted to be three times the performance of the previous VNXe models. It is designed to take advantage of new flash technology via the EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) FAST (Fully-Automated Storage Tiering) software which … Continue reading Hot Stocks: EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ)

Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) may have announced a settlement against an antitrust lawsuit, however, the same action also affected stock prices. Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) stock performance was -0.72% in last session and finished the day at $24.67. Traded volume was 21.11 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 31.20 million shares. The beta of the stock remained … Continue reading Tech Sector Most Active Stocks: Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT), Sunedison (NYSE:SUNE)

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) may realize fourth quarter net income that is weaker than what it realized a year ago. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) stock performance was -0.63% in last session and finished the day at $11.02. Traded volume was 17.19million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 17.81million shares. The beta of the stock … Continue reading Large Cap Most Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT), Vale (NYSE:VALE)

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share payable on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on June 12, 2014 to stockholders of record as of May 22, 2014. Shares of Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) closed at $18.84 in last trading session. Yesterday share price of the company was traded in … Continue reading Stocks to Watch: Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT), ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML), Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX), Cree (NASDAQ:CREE)