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Comments »Monthly Archives: April 2011
NATO Steps Up Air Strikes as The U.S. and Italy Discuss Arming Rebels
Samsung’s Margins Tank on Lower Pricing
Small Banks Get Crushed With Regulation
Qaddafi Sends a Letter to The White House
Portugal Realizes They Need Financial Assistance From EU
Survey Says: Bears Drop Like Diptera
Regulators Most Likely To Reject NASDAQ Bid for NYSE
Report: British Airstrike Damages Libyan Pipeline
Reported via CNN blog. Apparently, a British warplane bombed the shit out of a vital Libyan pipeline.
Comments »Commodities Rally as Dollar Falls
The U.S. dollar dropped by almost 0.5%, lending strength to commodities. For the day, cotton was up 5.5%, nickel +4.2%, copper +3%, lead +3%, tin +1% and oil was up 0.7%.
Comments »Today’s Winners and Losers
No. Ticker % Change
1 ORCH 37.56
2 XPRT 30.39
3 FMAR 21.07
4 BLTI 20.87
5 ABAT 20.29
6 AOB 19.74
7 SIMO 18.90
8 CTE 14.85
9 GOLF 14.65
10 CRIS 14.36
11 PRMW 14.05
12 OPXT 11.95
13 HSFT 11.95
14 NLST 11.67
15 CBEH 11.21
16 GENE 10.97
17 VVTV 10.70
18 CXZ 10.38
19 MITI 10.13
20 MYRX 10.13
21 BBBY 10.04
22 CRME 10.00
23 RIC 9.96
24 CYDE 9.89
25 WSTL 9.77
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No. Ticker % Change
1 AMSC -41.84
2 KRY -17.56
3 ONSM -15.47
4 GGR -14.97
5 MRNA -10.87
6 CCIX -9.13
7 ABCW -8.99
8 PURE -8.12
9 CRAI -8.04
10 MRGE -8.03
11 FTWR -7.63
12 MCZ -7.30
13 SUF -7.07
14 AWRE -6.93
15 RMTR -6.78
16 PUDA -6.59
17 VALV -6.59
18 NNBR -6.55
19 INHX -6.46
20 LNG -6.24
21 NTE -6.20
22 SWKS -5.89
23 CMFO -5.79
24 TGX -5.66
25 FTNT -5.60
Flash: Bed Bath & Beyond beats by $0.15, beats on revs; guides Q1 EPS in-line; guides FY12 EPS above consensus
Stock is up 9% in ah’s trading.
Comments »The Dollar Slides Again
The US dollar fell another 0.5% today, now down more than 6.5% over the past year.
Comments »Crack Spreads Retreat
Following a week of gains, crack spreads retreated today, falling 2.8% to $25.18.
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