Top Gainers: Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV), Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), Apollo Education Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL), Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON)

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:HOV) New Jersey’s largest homebuilder, is optimistic that demand will continue to rise though sales have been uneven in recent months. “While the housing market has improved dramatically overall compared to where it was a couple of years ago, the recent recovery has been a little more choppy,” Chief Executive Officer Ara Hovnanian said during an earnings conference call on June 4. … Continue reading Top Gainers: Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV), Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), Apollo Education Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL), Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON)

Services Sector Active stocks: Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE:HTZ), Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFM)

Pandora Media Inc.  (NYSE:P) has another competitor now that Amazon (AMZN_) has launched its own free music streaming service.  The online market place is offering its Prime Music service to customers already subscribed to Amazon Prime.  The company has a library of 1 million songs, while Pandora is close with just about 900,000 songs in its library, according to DigitalTrends.com.  Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P) stock … Continue reading Services Sector Active stocks: Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE:HTZ), Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFM)

Hot Stocks In news: Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI), Pandora Media (NYSE:P)

Time Warner, owner of HBO and the studio behind The Lego Movie, beat the estimates of Wall Street analysts for operations in the first three months of the year, and raised its full-year guidance after getting more money than expected in re-transmission fees from Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), the country’s largest cable TV operator. Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) stock performance was -0.56% in last session and finished … Continue reading Hot Stocks In news: Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI), Pandora Media (NYSE:P)

Moving Stocks: Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group (NASDAQ:CMGE), Voxeljet AG (NYSE:VJET), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (NYSE:SMFG)

On November 17, Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) announced a 21-megapixel “stacked” sensor with high speed autofocus and 4K HDR video. Their press release states, “With 21 effective megapixels, this stacked CMOS imaging sensor features compact size, higher image quality, and improved functionality”. It is, however, unlikely that long-term Apple supplier, Sony will incorporate the 21-megapixel version into iOS, but the 16-megapixel version could make an appearance. … Continue reading Moving Stocks: Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group (NASDAQ:CMGE), Voxeljet AG (NYSE:VJET), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (NYSE:SMFG)