NASDAQ gainers: Westport Innovations Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:WPRT), Rentech, Inc. (NASDAQ:RTK), Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ:MPEL), Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM)

Westport Innovations Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:WPRT), is enjoying a decidedly different reaction to its own earnings report issued last night. Despite two price-target cuts this morning, the shares have surged almost 21% to $15.64. Westport Innovations Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:WPRT)stock performance was 24.28% in last session and finished the day at $ 16.07. Traded volume was 7.14…

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Hot Watch List: Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NYSE:OAS), Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE:MCP), Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ:MPEL), KKR & Co. (NYSE:KKR)

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) on Friday said sales at stores open at least a year grew 5.3% in December, boosted again by strengthening pharmacy sales. Rite Aid shares gained 1.9% in premarket trading after rebounding 51% in the last three months. Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is 1.30%…

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Best Stocks: Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX), Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ:MPEL), Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE:BKD), Unitil Corp. (NYSE:UTL), Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII)

Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX)’s cost-cutting may not be helping the company. For example, at Goldstrike (a large mine in Nevada), all-in sustaining costs decreased from $1,226 to $886 year over year. But that’s because Barrick focused on mining much higher-grade ore. The company also cut sustaining capital expenditures by 15%. Such a strategy is not…

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Traders Are Watching : SunEdison (NYSE:SUNE), Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ:MPEL), ValueVision Media (NASDAQ:VVTV), CBRE Group (NYSE:CBG), GSI. (NASDAQ:GSIT)

Sunedison Inc (NASDAQ:SUNE) is set to release its earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. Sunedison (NASDAQ:SUNE) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported ($0.25) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.17) by $0.08. The company had revenue of $546.50 million for the quarter, compared…

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Services Sector Losers: Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ:MPEL), SFX Entertainment (NASDAQ:SFXE), Einstein Noah Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:BAGL), You On Demand Holdings (NASDAQ:YOD)

Macau casino operator Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:MPEL) says the cost of building its Studio City resort has risen to US$2.3 billion (MOP18.37 billion) from US$2 billion. Melco Crown says the company developing the resort has enough equity commitments to cover some of the increase in cost and that shareholders in the developer have…

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