Market Movers : Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG), Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT), Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO), Mattson Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MTSN), Headwaters (NYSE:HW)

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) made its rival bid yesterday in an attempt to gain the position of the biggest dollar chain. If Dollar General remains successful in acquiring the Family Dollar chain, the company would be generating annual revenues of around $28 billion from 20,000 of its departmental stores. Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) belongs to…

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Investors Are Watching : Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ), Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX), Clearsign Combustion (NASDAQ:CLIR), Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAR), Apogee Enterprises, (NASDAQ:APOG)

Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has completed the sale of Good Light, a 10 megawatt (“MW”) AC solar power plant located in the town of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, valued at over C$66.0 million ( $60.3 million) to…

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Hot Watch List : Regions Financial (NYSE:RF), The Boeing (NYSE:BA), Ellie Mae (NYSE:ELLI), Perficient Inc. (NASDAQ:PRFT), Espey Mfg. & Electronics (NYSEMKT:ESP)

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) was upgraded by Miller Tabak from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Friday. Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) belongs to Financial sector. Its net profit margin is 30.50% and weekly performance is 0.50%. On last trading day company shares ended up $9.96. Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF)…

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Whats Hot Today : Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM), Altair Nanotechnologies (NASDAQ:ALTI), Chimerix (NASDAQ:CMRX), Redwood Trust, Inc. (NYSE:RWT), Dril-Quip (NYSE:DRQ)

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE:AEM) announced the filing of a technical report in respect of the Canadian Malartic mine. Agnico Eagle and Yamana Gold Inc (“Yamana”) each acquired a 50% interest in the mine as part of the joint acquisition of Osisko Mining Corporation, which was completed on June 16, 2014.  The mine is operated by…

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Hot Alert : Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), JA Solar (NASDAQ:JASO), USA Truck (NASDAQ:USAK), The Pantry (NASDAQ:PTRY), Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ:LAYN)

Earlier this year, Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) announced it is planning to build what it called a “Gigafactory” to ramp up the speed and quantity of its lithium-ion battery production. Should the company’s estimates prove correct, the new production facility will essentially double the world’s lithium-ion battery production in the next three years. The project’s…

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Morning Watch List : Novatel Wireless (NASDAQ:NVTL), GNC (NYSE:GNC), AO Smith (NYSE:AOS), DSW (NYSE:DSW), Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRWD)

Novatel Wireless (NASDAQ:NVTL) major shareholder Bruce A. Karsh acquired 114,197 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 14th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $1.99 per share, for a total transaction of $227,252.03. Following the acquisition, the insider now directly owns 3,401,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued…

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