Stock Analysts

Google to Acquire Motorola (AAPL) (GOOG) (MSFT) (ORCL) (SNE)

In what may be considered a defensive move, Google Inc ( GOOG ) agreed to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings ( MMI ) for $12.5 billion ($40 a share), a 63% premium to its closing price on August 15, when the deal was announced. The deal was the biggest in Google’s 13-year history, with the 136 acquisitions it has made since it went public in 2004 costing the company just $9.1 billion in total. Google has stated that Motorola would continue to be run as a separate unit, with its phones based on the Android OS […]

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TJX Ahead by a Penny (TJX)

The TJX Companies Inc . ( TJX ) reported adjusted earnings of 90 cents per share for the second quarter ended July 30, 2011. This surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 89 cents and increased 23.0% from the prior-year quarter. […]

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Positive Data on Glaxo Drug (GSK) (IPXL)

GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) recently presented positive top-line data on its Parkinson’s disease candidate, IPX066, from a phase III study. Results from the ASCEND-Parkinson’s Disease (ASCEND -PD) study showed a 33.5% decrease in "off-time" in the IPX066 arm compared to a 10% decrease in the carbidopa-levodopa plus entacapone (CLE) arm. IPX066 is an extended release (ER) version of carbidopa-levodopa (CD-LD) […]

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Dick’s Beats EPS, Misses Revs (DKS)

Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. ( DKS ), a full-line sporting goods retailer, posted strong second quarter 2011 results on the heels of higher sales and improved margins. Quarterly earnings climbed to 52 cents a share from the year-ago level of 43 cents a share and comfortably outpaced its earnings guidance in the range of 47 cents to 49 cents a share. […]

Fast Money Episodes

Retailers Back on Top

[cnbc 3000039565] The Fast Money traders weigh in on retail plays and whether Dollar General or Walmart makes the better trade. Also a preview of Dell’s earnings, with Maynard Um, UBS, and the midday market movers that might not yet be on your radar. […]

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Walmart Beats by a Penny (COST) (TGT) (WMT)

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ( WMT ) reported better-than-expected second-quarter 2012 results. The retailing giant reported quarterly earnings of $1.09 per share up by 12.4% over the prior-year earnings of 97 cents a share as well as surpassing the Zacks Consensus estimate by a penny. […]

Fast Money Episodes

WOTS Now: Sarkozy, Merkel & the Markets

[cnbc 3000039599] CNBC’s Simon Hobbs with the latest details from the European leaders, and the White House responds to Gov. Rick Perry’s threat to the Fed chairman, with CNBC’s Eamon Javers. Also, the Fast Money traders weigh in on Europe’s economy and how to play it, with Dennis Gartman, The Gartman Letter. […]