Stock Analysts

NCI Building Beats Q4 Earnings on Volume & Margin Growth

NCI Building Systems Inc. NCS posted adjusted earnings of 31 cents per share for the fourth quarter (ended Nov 1, 2015) of fiscal 2015, which surged 63% from 19 cents earned in the prior-year quarter. Despite continued weak market conditions, improved earnings were driven by increased volumes, commercial discipline and manufacturing improvements […]

Technicals

BlackBerry (BBRY) Looks Good: Stock Moves 7.1% Higher

BlackBerry Limited BBRY was a big mover last session with its shares rising just over 7% on the day. The upside came reportedly after the company's first Android phone, Priv, sold out on Wal-Mart's website within a day of its launch. This development led to far more shares changing hands than in a normal session […]

Momentum Stocks

Bear of the Day: Nu Skin (NUS)

Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) is another great example of a stock with strong downward earnings momentum that the Zacks Rank nailed perfectly and warned you to stay away from plenty early. Although NUS had been a Zacks #4 Rank (Sell) quite often in the first quarter of 2015 when shares were trading near $60, it didn’t become a #5 Rank (Strong Sell) until May after the company’s first quarter report disappointed investors. Since then, shares have plummeted from $51 to $31 […]

Momentum Stocks

Bull of the Day: Citrix Systems (CTXS)

Citrix Systems (CTXS) is a leading provider of virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions to more than 400,000 organizations worldwide. Its products include XenApp, which runs the business logic of applications on a central server, and XenServer, an enterprise-class platform for managing server virtualization in the datacenter as a pool of computing and storage resources. Their Citrix Workspace Cloud delivers secure access to apps, desktops, data and services from any device, over any network and cloud […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Taomee Holdings Limited Enters Into Definitive Merger Agreement For Going Private Transaction

Taomee Holdings Limited Enters Into Definitive Merger Agreement For Going Private Transaction PR Newswire SHANGHAI, Dec. 11, 2015 SHANGHAI , Dec. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Taomee Holdings Limited (“Taomee” or the “Company”) (NYSE: TAOM), a leading children’s entertainment and media company in China , today announced that it has entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Orient TM Parent Limited (“Parent”) and Orient TM Merger Limited (“Merger Sub”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Summit Investments Announces Conclusion of Energy Capital Partners Review of Strategic Alternatives

Summit Investments Announces Conclusion of Energy Capital Partners Review of Strategic Alternatives — ECP has finalized its formal review and concluded that its continued ownership in Summit Investments is the most attractive option for enhancing the value of its investment in Summit Investments and SMLP — Summit Investments will provide support to SMLP to execute drop-downs in a manner that is expected to eliminate any need for equity issuance in 2016 — ECP authorizes Summit Investments to initiate a program to acquire up to $100 million of SMLP units via open market purchases — SMLP reaffirms financial guidance for fiscal year 2015 PR Newswire THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Dec. 11, 2015 THE WOODLANDS, Texas , Dec. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

DuPont and Dow to Combine in Merger of Equals

DuPont and Dow to Combine in Merger of Equals Will Create Highly Focused Leading Businesses in Agriculture, Material Science and Specialty Products; Intend to Subsequently Spin Into Three Independent, Publicly Traded Companies — Highly synergistic transaction expected to result in run-rate cost synergies of approximately $3 billion, which are projected[1] to create approximately $30 billion of market value — Approximately $1 billion in growth synergies are also expected to be achieved — Combined market capitalization will be approximately $130 billion at announcement — Andrew N. Liveris will be named Executive Chairman and Edward D. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bruce Springsteen Madison Square Garden Tickets: QueenBeeTickets.com Discounts Prices on Bruce Springsteen Tickets for the New York Concerts on January 24 & 27

Bruce Springsteen Madison Square Garden Tickets: QueenBeeTickets.com Discounts Prices on Bruce Springsteen Tickets for the New York Concerts on January 24 & 27 Trending provider QueenBeeTickets.com has discounted its prices on Bruce Springsteen Madison Square Garden tickets. This is great news for fans of The Boss since he is touring next year from January 16 until March 17. […]

Stock Analysts

Netflix Extends Parental Leave Benefits to Hourly Workers

Netflix, Inc NFLX just corrected its parental paid leave policy for good. The streaming service giant faced flak over its “biased” leave policy announced in August that only allowed salaried employees to take unlimited paid leaves for the first year after birth of a child or adoption, while leaving out its entire hourly wage workforce. […]

Stock Analysts

United Airlines to End Dubai-Washington DC Service in Early ’16

United Airlines, the wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings UAL , announced that it will discontinue flights connecting Washington Dulles International Airport and Dubai from late January next year. With United Airlines' latest decision, there remains no U.S. carrier to operate direct flights to the Gulf state from early next year, according to a Reuters report . […]

Stock Analysts

Sanofi’s Dengue Vaccine Dengvaxia Gets Mexican Approval

Sanofi ’s SNY vaccines division, Sanofi Pasteur, announced that its dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, has gained regulatory approval in Mexico, marking the first vaccine to be licensed for the prevention of dengue. Dengvaxia has been approved for the prevention of disease caused by all four dengue virus serotypes in preadolescents, adolescents and adults, between 9 and 45 years of age living in endemic areas. The company has begun manufacturing Dengvaxia in France and the first doses have already been produced […]