Is that due to there being no more manufacturing left…lol. Not funny.
Comments »Monthly Archives: January 2012
U.S. Doctors Ban Together to Put a Moratorium on Fracking
Until the health effects are known some doctors are recommending a moratorium. They also feel the oil and gas industry should fund the studies.
Comments »Sarkozy and Merkel AKA S&M Agree Upon Financial Transaction Tax
A New Pilot Program is in the Works to Sell Foreclosed Properties in Bulk
FLASH: SHARES OF ZYNGA ARE GETTING CRUSHED AGAIN
Down 8.4% for the session to $8.09.
Comments »USA Today Reports National Debt on Par With the Entire Economy
Tech Manages to Shine in a Directionless Market
Goldman Pushes the Fear Trade in Oil
European Banks Turn to Large Corporations for Funds
Iran Sentences American Man to Death in CIA Case
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United States and Iran.
Iran charges that as a former U.S. Marine, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati received special training and served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission. The radio report did not say when the verdict was issued. Under Iranian law, he has 20 days to appeal.
The 28-year-old former military translator was born in Arizona and graduated from high school in Michigan. His family is of Iranian origin. His father, a professor at a community college in Flint, Michigan, has said his son is not a CIA spy and was visiting his grandmothers in Iran when he was arrested.
His trial took place as the U.S. announced new, tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, which Washington believes Tehran is using to develop a possible atomic weapons capability.
Iran, which says it only seeks nuclear reactors for energy and research, has sharply increased its threats and military posturing against stronger pressures, including the U.S. sanctions targeting Iran’s Central Bank in attempts to complicate its ability to sell oil.
The U.S. State Department has demanded Hekmati’s release.
The court convicted him of working with a hostile country, belonging to the CIA and trying to accuse Iran of involvement in terrorism, Monday’s report said.
In its ruling, a branch of Tehran Revolutionary Court described Hekmati as a mohareb, an Islamic term that means a fighter against God, and a mofsed, or one who spreads corruption on earth. Both terms appear frequently in Iranian court rulings.
In a closed court hearing in late December, the prosecution asked for the death penalty for Hekmati.
The U.S. government has called on Iranian authorities to grant Swiss diplomats access to him in prison. The Swiss government represents U.S. interests in Iran because the two countries don’t have diplomatic relations.
Hekmati is a dual U.S.-Iranian national. Iran considers him an Iranian since the country’s law does not recognize dual citizenship.
His father, Ali Hekmati, and family friend Muna Jondy, an attorney who has been speaking on behalf of the family, did not immediately respond to emails and phone messages left at their offices before business hours Monday morning.
Similar cases against Americans accused of spying have heightened tensions throughout the years-long standoff over Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran arrested three Americans in July 2009 along the border with Iraq and accused them of espionage, though the Americans said they were just hiking in the scenic and relatively peaceful Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
One of them was released after a year in prison, and the other two were freed in September in deals involving bail payments that were brokered by the Gulf sultanate of Oman, which has good relations with Iran and the U.S.
On Dec. 18, Iran’s state TV broadcast video of Hekmati delivering a purported confession in which he said he was part of a plot to infiltrate Iran’s Intelligence Ministry.
In a statement released the same day, the Intelligence Ministry said its agents identified Hekmati before his arrival in Iran, at Bagram Air Field in neighboring Afghanistan. Bagram is the main base for American and other international forces outside Kabul, the Afghan capital.
It is not clear exactly when he was arrested. Iranian news reports have said he was detained in late August or early September.
Hekmati’s father, Ali, said in a December interview with The Associated Press, that his son was a former Arabic translator in the U.S. Marines who entered Iran about four months earlier to visit his grandmothers.
At the time, he was working in Qatar as a contractor for a company “that served the Marines,” his father said, without providing more specific details.
52 Week Highs and Lows
NYSE
New Highs 52 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Am Finl Gp 7.125% Db 2034 AFE 25.55 433 Atlas Energy ATLS 27.68 89,927 Atlas Pipeline Partners APL 40.89 31,788 Aviva PLC Sub Cap Secs AVV 25.40 54,544 Blackrock Invest BKN 15.84 6,700 BlackRockMuni 2020 BKK 15.98 7,027 BlackRock Muni Bnd BIE 15.49 1,200 BlackRock Mun Inco BBF 14.43 4,983 BlRk MuHldg NY Qlty MHN 15.24 11,185 BlkRk MuniHldgs Quality MUS 14.26 13,594 BlkRk MuniYld CA Fd MYC 15.34 8,325 BlkRk MuniYld CA Quality MCA 14.67 20,594 BlackRock NJ Municipal Tr BNJ 15.88 4,427 Brookfield Infrastructure BIP 29.25 74,130 Buckeye Tech BKI 35.86 55,037 CVR Partners LP UAN 28.90 129,491 Centene CNC 43.04 96,694 Entergy Arkansas 2040 EAA 27.52 1,207 Inv CA Ins Tr IIC 15.45 14,868 Invesco CA Qty Tr IQC 13.98 9,138 Invesco InsCa ICS 14.56 3,677 Invesco IMInc IIM 16.96 32,062 Invesco Insured Mun Secs IMS 14.51 688 Invesco Mun Prem Inc PIA 9.01 26,851 Invesco NY Qty IQN 15.86 1,800 Invesco Quality Mun Secs IQM 14.83 14,011 KKRFinlHldgsLLC8.375% KFH 25.67 16,520 Liz Claiborne LIZ 9.89 455,671 MFS Invest Grade Muni CXH 9.96 10,495 Monsanto MON 78.86 895,656 Nuveen California Select NVC 15.23 9,884 Nuveen Insured CA Muni 2 NCL 15.93 5,478 Nuveen MD Premium Income NMY 15.59 2,100 Nuveen NY Performnce Plus NNP 15.60 2,935 Nuveen Insured NY Select NXN 14.72 1,000 Nuveen Quality Income NQU 14.74 18,706 Philippine Long Distance PHI 60.96 12,220 Pimco Calif Fund PCQ 13.77 4,033 PIMCO CA PZC 10.00 8,038 PIMCO MuniFd PMF 14.49 1,705 Pimco Muni Inc II PML 11.61 15,154 PIMCO Muni Inc III PMX 11.45 21,271 PIMCO NY Fd PNF 11.60 4,503 PimcoNY PNI 11.79 2,638 PionrMuniAdv Tr MAV 14.85 35,232 RenaissanceRe Hldgs 6.08% RNRpC 25.25 561 Roper Indus ROP 90.36 28,719 Sempra Energy SRE 56.06 117,929 Triumph Group TGI 61.75 34,708 Unifirst UNF 61.64 2,902 Wstrn Asset Muni Ptnrs Fd MNP 15.46 8,081 World Fuel Svcs INT 43.96 55,564 New Lows 11 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Abercrombie & Fitch ANF 43.56 544,020 Arcos Dorados Holdings A ARCO 18.80 285,960 Gushan Environmental Engy GU 1.00 11,641 Harvest Ntrl Res HNR 6.38 118,832 Hugoton Royalty Tr Un HGT 18.00 46,869 KT Crp ADS KT 14.29 99,564 Natl Bank Of Greece NBG 1.71 89,217 Portugal Telecom PT 5.53 68,122 SK Telecom SKM 12.96 250,009 Skechers SKX 11.21 197,534 WPX Energy WPX 16.21 449,622
NASDAQ
New Highs 36 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Achillion Pharm ACHN 9.40 1,555,566 Alexion Pharm ALXN 76.20 343,050 American Software (Cl A) AMSWA 9.78 16,869 Analogic ALOG 59.22 5,006 Apple AAPL 426.77 2,880,963 Ariad Pharm ARIA 14.06 639,569 Asure Software ASUR 7.40 2,065 BOK Fincl BOKF 57.22 2,700 Bank of The Ozarks OZRK 30.95 17,580 bebe stores BEBE 8.71 39,239 BioMarin Pharmaceutical BMRN 37.70 242,890 C&F Fincl CFFI 29.20 575 Cintas CTAS 37.47 117,938 Citizens Republic Bancorp CRBC 12.95 60,405 Cognex CGNX 39.14 36,525 Cost Plus CPWM 11.84 84,752 Cubist Pharmaceuticals CBST 40.68 134,281 Equinix EQIX 107.34 96,287 Golar LNG Partners LP GMLP 32.51 3,341 Golar LNG GLNG 46.64 143,603 Idenix Pharmaceuticals IDIX 10.39 3,861,724 Inhibitex INHX 24.08 8,424,007 Marine Petroleum Tr Un MARPS 26.00 255 Medivation MDVN 50.76 99,149 National Penn Bancshares NPBC 8.96 62,526 Novellus Systems NVLS 42.61 241,959 Pharmasset VRUS 136.00 736,396 Provident Fincl Hldgs PROV 9.51 312 Raven Industries RAVN 68.50 39,124 Select Comfort SCSS 24.37 153,171 Shuffle Master SHFL 12.59 23,487 Silicon Motion Tech (ADS) SIMO 22.79 100,012 Synageva BioPharma GEVA 31.00 1,359 US Home Systems USHS 7.30 6,296 VOXX International VOXX 9.39 25,132 VIVUS VVUS 11.90 1,028,242 New Lows 21 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ AT Cross Co ATX 8.42 33,066 CME Group Inc. CME 229.50 200,943 Central European Media CETV 6.15 76,229 D Medical Industries DMED 1.30 2,272 Epocrates EPOC 7.35 120,612 IPC The Hospitalist Co IPCM 32.45 908,929 Informatica INFA 34.15 374,841 Integra LifeSci Hldgs IART 24.15 229,258 Intellipharmaceutics Int IPCI 2.44 9,178 JAKKS Pacific JAKK 13.31 63,711 Marchex (Cl B) MCHX 5.42 45,651 Orchard Supply Hardware A OSH 14.14 30,595 ProShr Ul Sh QQQ SQQQ 17.54 202,724 ProShs UlShrt Nsdq Biot BIS 30.59 600 RF Micro Devices RFMD 4.41 1,326,736 Rue21 Inc RUE 19.69 9,609 SunOpta STKL 4.16 96,310 Telefonos de Mexcio A TFONY 13.06 800 Theravance THRX 12.91 1,377,809 ValueVision Media (Cl A) VVTV 1.59 29,041 Zynga ZNGA 7.97 3,286,400Comments »
Today’s Money Flows, Heat Map, and S&P A/D Line
Money flows
ISSUE GAINERS SYMBOL EXCH LAST PRICE MONEY FLOW RATIO
(in millions)
Apple AAPL NASD 426.13 +75.8 1.27
Pfizer PFE NYSE 21.54 +26.6 3.43
AT&T T NYSE 29.62 +18.4 2.87
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF MDY ARCA 162.27 +14.1 2.66
Schlumberger SLB NYSE 68.40 +13.9 3.03
Intel INTC NASD 25.46 +10.4 1.75
Vanguard Div Appreciation VIG ARCA 54.98 +10.3 9.63
PwrShrs QQQ Tr Series 1 QQQ NASD 57.75 +10.1 1.63
GameStop Corp GME NYSE 23.67 +9.9 2.74
Cisco Systems CSCO NASD 18.98 +9.0 2.20
Accenture PLC A ACN NYSE 51.63 +8.5 2.93
Verizon Communications VZ NYSE 38.27 +8.3 2.37
Merck MRK NYSE 37.99 +7.8 1.81
Caterpillar CAT NYSE 96.52 +6.9 1.38
Johnson & Johnson JNJ NYSE 64.49 +6.8 1.78
Amazoncom AMZN NASD 180.52 +6.6 1.16
Wells Fargo WFC NYSE 29.07 +6.6 1.67
Oracle ORCL NASD 26.78 +6.1 1.51
AstraZeneca AZN NYSE 46.68 +6.0 9.24
HDFC Bank Ltd HDB NYSE 27.02 +5.7 6.76
ISSUE DECLINERS SYMBOL EXCH LAST PRICE MONEY FLOW RATIO
(in millions)
El Paso Corp EP NYSE 26.09 -51.8 0.05
Google GOOG NASD 638.52 -29.0 0.84
Microsoft MSFT NASD 27.98 -23.1 0.56
IBM IBM NYSE 181.00 -22.7 0.56
Vodafone Grp VOD NASD 27.52 -16.8 0.17
Bank Of America BAC NYSE 6.33 -15.7 0.69
ExxonMobil XOM NYSE 85.25 -11.8 0.51
Bristol-Myers BMY NYSE 33.90 -11.7 0.53
General Electric GE NYSE 18.63 -11.6 0.48
SPDR S&P 500 SPY ARCA 127.73 -10.3 0.93
Procter & Gamble PG NYSE 66.47 -9.9 0.44
McDonald's MCD NYSE 100.01 -9.8 0.55
Mkt Vctrs Jr Gold Minets GDXJ ARCA 25.89 -9.7 0.13
JPMorgan Chase JPM NYSE 35.43 -9.0 0.54
Chevron CVX NYSE 108.24 -8.3 0.66
Citigroup C NYSE 28.95 -7.0 0.75
Amgen AMGN NASD 63.52 -6.9 0.47
PepsiCo PEP NYSE 65.18 -6.6 0.46
Unilever NV UN NYSE 33.70 -5.7 0.12
UnitedHealth Group UNH NYSE 52.65 -5.6 0.47
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Most Active Options Trades
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE GE 2/18/12 19.0000 210 0.4500 up 0.0000 SIRI 1/21/12 2.0000 150 0.0900 up 0.0300 AAPL 1/21/12 430.0000 143 5.0000 up 1.6000 BAC 2/18/12 5.5000 123 0.9800 up 0.1400 BAC 1/21/12 6.0000 120 0.4000 up 0.0500 SIRI 3/17/12 1.5000 100 0.5800 up 0.0500 FAZ 1/21/12 33.0000 100 2.5900 dn 0.0300 DIA 1/21/12 124.0000 98 1.0600 dn 0.2000 BAC 1/13/12 6.0000 97 0.3500 up 0.0800 AAPL 1/13/12 430.0000 90 2.8500 up 1.4000 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE AMZN 1/21/12 235.0000 252 53.0000 up 0.0000 AMZN 4/21/12 235.0000 252 54.0000 dn 0.1000 MSFT 1/21/12 27.5000 238 0.3400 up 0.0300 CRM 1/13/12 100.0000 125 2.5000 up 0.2100 YHOO 1/21/12 15.0000 121 0.1900 dn 0.0100 NFLX 1/21/12 85.0000 113 2.4800 dn 1.5200 NFLX 1/21/12 87.5000 96 3.2600 dn 2.0900 AAMRQ 2/18/12 1.0000 90 0.6000 dn 0.1300 GME 1/21/12 24.0000 82 1.0600 up 0.5500 AAPL 7/21/12 400.0000 82 25.7100 dn 2.1900 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 11295 7646 18941
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE BAC 1/13/12 6.0000 3995 0.3900 up 0.1200 BAC 1/21/12 7.5000 3490 0.0300 up 0.0000 MSFT 1/13/12 28.0000 2672 0.3200 dn 0.0300 HAL 1/21/12 34.0000 1651 1.7700 up 0.1400 BAC 1/21/12 6.0000 1637 0.4600 up 0.1200 RDSA 2/18/12 75.0000 1533 1.2500 dn 0.2000 AAPL 1/13/12 430.0000 1502 2.7400 up 1.3100 INTC 2/18/12 26.0000 1383 0.5300 up 0.0400 AAPL 1/13/12 425.0000 1380 5.0000 up 2.0800 F 1/21/12 12.5000 1197 0.0600 up 0.0000 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE INHX 1/21/12 22.5000 2024 0.3000 dn 11.5000 INHX 1/21/12 10.0000 1789 0.0500 dn 1.0500 REE 1/21/12 6.0000 1696 0.2500 dn 0.3500 INHX 2/18/12 7.5000 1639 0.1000 dn 0.8500 MSFT 1/21/12 27.5000 1358 0.3600 up 0.0400 GME 2/18/12 22.0000 1034 0.4600 up 0.1200 INTC 1/21/12 25.0000 989 0.3800 dn 0.0600 INHX 2/18/12 15.0000 941 0.5500 dn 5.4500 AAPL 1/13/12 425.0000 856 3.8000 dn 1.7000 BAC 1/21/12 6.0000 792 0.1300 dn 0.0500 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 219083 159341 378424Comments »
