I read an article about genetically modified salmon having the potential of creating salmonella. Of course, I was unable to find this article as it is pertinent to a recent outbreak of salmonella in 19 states from sushi. This report was the closest i could find if your interested in more info….
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New Highs 25 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Calpine CPN 17.63 179,912 CinemarkHldgs CNK 23.26 829,711 Copa Hldgs Cl A CPA 82.45 29,611 Corrections Corp Of Amer CXW 30.62 1,826,200 Family Dollar FDO 65.28 239,789 Gazit-Globe GZT 10.85 1,800 Health Net HNT 41.22 276,455 Lowe's Cos LOW 31.60 1,720,283 Macy's Inc M 41.27 1,269,065 Mangd Durtn InvGr Mun Fd MZF 15.86 4,627 Myers Industries MYE 15.96 30,599 PPG Industries PPG 98.43 1,280,353 Par Pharma PRX 41.98 147,240 Pembina Pipeline PBA 29.36 45,629 Penske Automotive PAG 26.24 37,487 Primus Telecommunications PTGI 17.35 9,327 RPM Intl RPM 27.70 293,260 Rentech Nitrogen Ptrs LP. RNF 28.40 25,834 Roundys RNDY 12.40 271,027 Sally Beauty Hldgs SBH 25.79 46,491 Sherwin-Williams SHW 114.44 652,205 PMorgan Ch Cap XVII GJN 23.19 7,999 TJX Cos TJX 40.48 1,429,356 Taro Pharmaceutical Indus TARO 41.51 8,232 Valspar Corp VAL 50.77 190,768 New Lows 18 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Advantage Oil & Gas AAV 3.11 63,984 Banco Bradesco ADS BBDO 14.42 2,100 Banco Macro SA BMA 17.67 16,720 Bill Barrett BBG 24.31 48,650 Cloud Peak Engy CLD 15.30 45,241 DelhaizeGrp DEG 49.54 10,304 Enerplus ERF 20.37 612,634 France Telecom FTE 13.82 654,078 GFI Group GFIG 3.44 66,152 GasLog Ltd GLOG 11.05 42,919 Heckmann HEK 4.13 578,369 KT Crp ADS KT 13.50 95,274 Regional Management RM 16.01 28,000 Telefonica TEF 15.30 700,573 Titanium Metals TIE 13.06 120,467 Transalta Corp TAC 18.25 4,894 Ultra Petroleum UPL 20.97 226,985 World Wrestling WWE 8.48 40,785 NASDAQ
New Highs 24 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Allegiant Travel ALGT 61.21 48,159 Amer Realty Cap Tr ARCT 10.73 236,626 Array BioPharma ARRY 3.54 69,001 Bed Bath & Beyond BBBY 70.74 2,174,038 Charming Shoppes CHRS 6.17 248,529 China Recycling Energy CREG 3.41 439,376 Discovery Comm C DISCK 47.97 36,165 Discovery Comm A DISCA 51.36 136,159 First United FUNC 7.50 24,374 Fisher Comm FSCI 32.26 701 Great Wolf Resorts WOLF 6.48 1,112,344 Hibbett Sports HIBB 56.12 16,848 Hingham Institution Savs HIFS 57.99 600 Inventure Foods SNAK 5.25 5,083 Joe's Jeans JOEZ 1.50 276,195 Linktone (ADS) LTON 1.52 6,084 Liquidity Services LQDT 49.89 214,742 pricelinecom PCLN 759.89 205,232 Ross Stores ROST 59.70 306,878 Sucampo Pharm (Cl A) SCMP 8.09 18,248 TearLab TEAR 3.97 100,343 TIBCO Software TIBX 33.11 1,137,654 Tractor Supply Co TSCO 93.50 84,623 US Ecology ECOL 22.71 12,180 New Lows 21 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ APCO Oil and Gas APAGF 61.35 8,807 Advocat Inc AVCA 4.97 2,100 Alvarion ALVR 0.68 624,261 Amyris AMRS 4.18 51,595 AngioDynamics ANGO 11.73 83,334 Chelsea Therapeutics Intl CHTP 2.01 559,168 EnerNOC ENOC 6.65 57,218 Enterprise Fincl Services EFSC 11.01 13,862 Exceed Co EDS 2.52 3,198 First Solar FSLR 21.30 718,806 Groupon Inc GRPN 14.01 1,059,500 InterDigital IDCC 33.42 65,899 James River Coal Co JRCC 4.75 443,955 Lumos Networks LMOS 9.81 8,049 NeurogesX NGSX 0.44 12,230 SMART Technologies SMT 2.81 9,854 SMF Energy FUEL 1.00 66,942 Seven Arts Entertainment SAPX 0.12 150,507 Stereotaxis STXS 0.52 20,299 Targacept TRGT 4.87 42,767 YRC Worldwide YRCW 5.54 29,416
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-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE PFE 5/19/12 22.0000 5286 0.6600 dn 0.0400 AAPL 4/5/12 630.0000 2942 0.3000 dn 0.5400 AAPL 4/5/12 625.0000 2408 1.5700 dn 0.8400 MSFT 5/19/12 32.0000 2159 0.5500 up 0.0100 AIG 5/19/12 35.0000 1384 0.7000 dn 0.0800 AAPL 4/5/12 620.0000 1338 4.6000 dn 0.9000 AVP 4/21/12 22.0000 1287 1.3000 up 0.1500 BTU 4/21/12 31.0000 1206 0.5700 up 0.2900 BAC 4/21/12 10.0000 1035 0.1000 dn 0.0200 RIO 7/21/12 55.0000 1010 4.0000 up 0.2000 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE RIMM 4/5/12 12.0000 3000 0.0200 up 0.0100 AAPL 4/5/12 620.0000 1991 0.7300 dn 0.6300 AIG 5/19/12 30.0000 1579 0.6700 up 0.1100 FSIN 4/21/12 10.0000 1500 3.2000 dn 0.1000 AAPL 4/5/12 615.0000 1486 0.1800 dn 0.3100 AAPL 4/5/12 625.0000 1458 2.5700 dn 0.6800 BAC 4/13/12 9.0000 1254 0.1000 dn 0.0200 BAC 11/17/12 9.0000 1058 1.0400 dn 0.0500 AA 4/21/12 10.0000 1025 0.4200 up 0.0000 AA 5/19/12 9.0000 1023 0.1800 up 0.0000 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 250466 253144 503610
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE BAC 4/21/12 9.0000 253 0.4700 dn 0.0100 AAPL 4/5/12 630.0000 209 0.4000 dn 0.5000 AAPL 4/5/12 620.0000 198 4.9500 dn 0.4500 STX 4/5/12 27.0000 183 0.0700 dn 0.5100 POT 4/21/12 45.0000 179 1.4500 up 0.1100 BTU 4/21/12 30.0000 142 0.9500 up 0.4300 AAPL 4/5/12 625.0000 116 1.6500 dn 0.8100 AIG 5/19/12 29.0000 111 3.7000 dn 0.2500 BAC 4/21/12 10.0000 105 0.1100 dn 0.0100 RIMM 7/21/12 14.0000 100 1.1400 dn 0.0200 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE RIMM 4/5/12 13.0000 332 0.2000 dn 0.1300 MSFT 4/5/12 31.0000 250 0.0500 dn 0.0700 AAPL 4/5/12 625.0000 136 2.5300 dn 0.8700 NFLX 4/5/12 110.0000 119 0.5000 dn 0.3800 WFM 5/19/12 75.0000 107 1.2000 up 0.0900 IBM 4/5/12 205.0000 100 0.3500 up 0.1400 AAPL 4/5/12 620.0000 95 0.6800 dn 0.7900 AIG 5/19/12 29.0000 94 0.4400 dn 0.1500 GIS 4/21/12 39.0000 90 0.2700 up 0.0400 BBBY 4/5/12 62.5000 79 0.0100 dn 0.2700 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 15837 17024 32861Comments »
With a looming water crisis world wide it is a wonder why we allow for such behavior. Remember we may not destroy mother earth, but we may create an inhabitable world.
Comments »“Stocks are headed higher through the rest of this decade, as they work overtime to erase the losses they’ve incurred over the past 12 years, says Jim O’Shaughnessy, founder of O’Shaughnessy Asset Management.
He sees the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index reaching at least 2,600 by 2020, which would represent an 86 percent gain from current levels.
Stocks performed so poorly in the 2000-2009 period that just to match the worst 20 years in stock market history — 1929-49 — stocks would need to rise at a compounded annual rate of almost 7 percent through 2019, O’Shaughnessy tells Yahoo….”
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“U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley has cut its forecast for the possibility the Federal Reserve will stimulate the economy via quantitative easing, putting the likelihood at one in three from a previous forecast of two out of three.
The Fed has slashed interest rates to near zero but when such traditional policies don’t work, it floods the economy with liquidity by buying assets from banks, a policy technically known as quantitative easing but dubbed by critics as printing money out of thin air.
Such policy, often a hot-button issue, sends stock price rising, the dollar weakening and inflationary pressures building….”
Comments »“The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index may fall as much as 7 percent because of economic weakness in Europe, according to hedge fund manager Barton Biggs.
“I may want to take a little risk off,” Biggs, founder of Traxis Partners LP, said on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop” with Betty Liu.
“I’m looking for a 5 to 7 percent correction as the most likely possibility.”
Comments »“Wall Street strategist Byron Wien says the bull market in stocks will run through the rest of the year as the economy improves and more companies follow Apple’s lead in paying a dividend, CNBC reports.
“I actually thought the S&P 500 could reach 1,500 based on the generally achieved (but not last year) multiple of 15 times and operating earnings of $100,” Wien wrote in a note to clients.
“Estimates have been trimmed somewhat, but, at this point, I still think 1,500 is likely.”
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“Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been a “terrible central banker,” trying so hard to guide the economy that he has lost sight of his primary role, which is to control inflation, keep the dollar healthy and let the economy guide itself, Forbes magazine editor and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes told Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview.
Under Bernanke, the Federal Reserve has slashed interest rates to near zero and injected trillions of dollars into the economy in an effort to create jobs and stave off deflationary fears.
Fed tools have included purchasing assets like Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities from banks, technically known as quantitative easing but dubbed by critics as printing money out of thin air, with some reports pointing out the Fed last year bought 61 percent of the total net Treasury issuance, giving the White House more leeway to borrow and spend.
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Comments »“(Reuters) – A group of e-commerce start-ups, backed by some of the tech world’s most pedigreed financiers, are betting that Facebook Inc can become an e-commerce powerhouse to rival Amazon.com Inc and eBay Inc.
As the world’s largest social network hurtles toward a $5 billion initial public offering, it will come under more pressure from Wall Street to find new sources of profit growth and reduce its reliance on advertising, which accounted for 85 percent of its 2011 revenue.
Some entrepreneurs and investors increasingly think “f-commerce” – meaning e-commerce on Facebook – is the answer. Start-ups such as BeachMint, Yardsellr, Oodle and Fab.com are coming up with novel ways to persuade Facebook users to not just connect with friends on the social network, but to shop as well.
Backed by tens of millions of dollars from venture capital firms like Accel Partners and Andreessen Horowitz, and other big investors like Goldman Sachs, these start-ups are pushing out shopping apps, hosting online garage sales and testing out new business models on Facebook.
“E-commerce is a huge category with very strong tailwinds and it’s a natural move for Facebook,” said Sam Schwerin of Millennium Technology Value Partners, which owns Facebook shares and has a stake in BeachMint.
Amazon revolutionized online shopping by crunching lots of customer and purchase data to come up with relevant, personalized recommendations. In the same vein, Facebook’s combination of data, analytics and payment technology could fuel the next generation of e-commerce, Schwerin said.
Facebook declined to comment, but investors said the company understands the importance of having an e-commerce strategy.
“It’s a big imperative for them,” said Theresia Gouw Ranzetta of Accel Partners, an early backer of Facebook. “They understand it’s an important strategic benefit for them to make e-commerce players successful on the platform…..”
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[youtube://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3TAOYXT840 450 300] Comments »“LONDON (Reuters) – A new batch of counterfeit cancer drug Avastin discovered in the United States was bought in Turkey and shipped through Britain by UK-based middlemen, officials said on Wednesday, revealing a shipment pattern very similar to an earlier episode.
The first discovery of fake supplies of the Roche drug shipped into the United States from the Middle East via Europe hit the headlines in February.
The repetition of the illegal trade highlights vulnerabilities in the global medicine supply chain, which leaves patients at risk of receiving ineffective or contaminated products.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it was looking into how the latest counterfeit batch entered Britain before being sold in the U.S. market.
“It’s an ongoing investigation,” said spokeswoman Jennifer Kyne. “We’re helping the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) with their investigation and doing all we can on our side.”
So far, the MHRA has established that British wholesaler Richard’s Pharma imported 120 packs of the medicine from a Turkish supplier, 38 of which were exported direct to the United States.
The remainder were sold to another British firm, River East Supplies, which also exported them to the U.S. market. River East was previously identified by regulators as one of the parties involved in the earlier fake Avastin incident.
No-one was immediately available to comment at either Richard’s Pharma or River East, which are based respectively in Warwick and Nottingham, central England.
The MHRA’s Kyne said there was no evidence to suggest that any of the counterfeit product had reached patients in Britain….”
Comments »“WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Among the stocks that could see active trade in Thursday’s session are Ruby Tuesday Inc., Meru Networks Inc. and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
CarMax Inc. KMX +0.84% , Constellation Brands Inc. STZ +0.78% , WD-40 Co. WDFC -0.80% , Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. SCHN -2.83% , AZZ Inc. AZZ -1.86% and SemiLEDS Corp.LEDS +1.02% are the featured companies on Thursday’s earnings calendar.
Standard & Poor’s said Cinemark Holdings Inc. CNK +5.14% will take the place of NstarNST -1.00% in the S&P MidCap 400 index after the close of trading April 9. Nstar and merger partner Northeast Utilities NU -0.83% said they have received final approval, from Massachusetts regulators, for their transaction. The companies have set a closing date of April 10.
Meru Networks MERU +4.73% , citing business challenges that have proved “greater than expected,” said results for the first quarter ended March 31 will come in lower than forecast. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based wireless technology company now projects quarterly revenue in a range of $19.0 million to $19.5 million. Meru is taking steps to limit growth in expenses and enhance productivity, according to Bami Bastani, president and chief executive, who began working in the post in a full-time capacity on Monday.
Nearly two years to the day after the tragedy, Alpha Natural Resources Inc. ANR +0.48% said the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia will be permanently closed. An explosion at the mine, owned at the time by Massey Energy Co., left 29 miners dead. Work on sealing off the mine is expected to be completed this summer, according to Bristol, Va.-based Alpha Natural, which acquired the mine property via its 2011 purchase of Massey Energy. “We are currently making significant safety-related investments in leading-edge technologies that will make coal mines safer throughout the industry,” said Kevin Crutchfield, CEO of Alpha Natural, in a statement.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. DKS +0.10% closed on the acquisition of the Top-Flite brand, including intellectual property rights, from Callaway Golf Co. ELY -2.02% , the companies said. Term were not disclosed. The deal means “we’ve added a strong, highly recognized name to our portfolio while gaining a valuable competitive advantage in the golf market,” said Edward Stack, chairman and CEO of the Pittsburgh-based Dick’s chain. Callaway said the disposal is in keeping with management’s plans for a business restructuring aimed at lowering costs and heightening focus on the Carlsbad, Calif.-based company’s core units.
Carmike Cinemas Inc. CKEC +0.21% has commenced a secondary public offering of common stock, in the amount of 4 million shares. The Columbus, Ga.-based company said it plans to use net proceeds for general corporate purposes. Underwriters will have a 30-day option to buy up to 600,000 additional shares to satisfy investor demand if warranted.
Underwriters fully exercised their option to buy additional shares of Enphase Energy Inc.ENPH -2.49% following the company’s initial public offering last week. As a result, Petaluma, Calif.-based Enphase said it sold more than 10.3 million common shares at a price of $6 each, yielding net proceeds of about $54.6 million.
Bed Bath & Beyond BBBY +4.18% reported a net profit of $351 million, or $1.48 a share, for the fourth quarter ended Feb. 25, up from $283.5 million, or $1.12 a share, earned in the final three months of fiscal 2011. Quarterly revenue generated by the Union, N.J.-based retailer of housewares reached $2.73 billion from the prior year’s $2.5 billion, chalking up growth in same-store sales of 6.8%. In a survey by FactSet Research, the consensus of analysts had been for a profit of $1.33 a share on $2.66 billion in revenue. Looking ahead to the first quarter, Bed Bath & Beyond pegged earnings in a range of 79 cents to 83 cents a share, with profit for the full fiscal year projected to increase at percentage pace in a range from the high single digits to the low double digits. Read more on Bed Bath & Beyond’s results and outlook.“
Comments »American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Reiterated Buy with $40 target at BofA/ML.
Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) Started as Buy with $9 target at Goldman Sachs.
Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) Reiterated Buy with $104 target at BofA/ML.
Drill-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Reiterated Buy with $730 target at Argus.
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ: HBAN) Started as Neutral at Citigroup.
Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) Raised to Buy at Rochdale Securities.
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Started as Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Oriental Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: OFG) named as value stock of the day at Zacks.
Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) Started as Outperform with $190 target at Credit Suisse.
Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) Started as Underweight at Barclays.
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (NYSE: PEG) Reiterated Buy with $40 target at Argus.
Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) Started as Neutral at Citigroup.
URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) Reiterated Underperform with $49 target at BofA/ML.
Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Zumiez, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
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