Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), the Cupertino, California-based technology giant, announced the new iPod touch® on Wednesday. The new iPod touch includes Apple’s Retina™ display, FaceTime® video calling, and HD video recording among other features.
Commenting on the new iPod touch, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that the company put its most advanced technology inside the new [...]
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Yahoo Maintains No. 2 Search Engine, increases Market Share
Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) reported marginal increase in its Internet search market share. During the month of July, the company registered 1.2% growth in traffic, pushing its market share to 20.1% from 18.9%. Yahoo also maintained its No.2 position behind Google (Nasdaq: GOOG).
Yahoo is also said to be in contention for acquiring a significant share [...]
The Amergence Group Trading Flurry finally Slows – What is This Company REALLY about Anyway?
While chatting with my fellow traders, AMNG was being thrown around as a great pick. Another great pick? Sensing that this group of traders was only interested in talking up their own book, I took the time to check out this “great” pick myself.
First, let’s go to Yahoo to get a look at the balance [...]
YRCW Could be Your Best-Performing Penny Stock – Do you know how to Play its Earnings?
On August 3, the showdown between the bulls and bears will take its next step in the saga of survival of YRC Worldwide (Nasdaq: YRCW).
“The entire small-cap market is betting on which way this will play out,” an old friend and veteran trader told me in an e-mail to me on Friday night.
This stock [...]
Healthcare Sector Hot Shots; 3 You Should be Watching
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) gained more than 100% since the last trading day in June, soaring nearly 13% to $7.88 mid-day today. The drive stems from news earlier in the month that VIVUS Inc.’s weight loss drug Qnexa failed to receive approval from the FDA due to several safety concerns, despite studies showing it [...]
Is YRCW the Next SPNG? Part II
Second-half of two part article http://www.beaconequity.com/is-yrcw-the-next-spng-part-i-2010-07-28/
Remember the Summer Lovin’ with SPNG? We’re betting YRCW could be Just as Fun!
BlackRock, Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and the world’s largest hedge fund manager John Paulson of Paulson & Co. have all taken huge stakes in an imminent U.S. economic recovery. BlackRock—the world’s largest institutional money manager—said it’s now [...]
Is YRCW the Next SPNG? Part I
Remember the Summer Lovin’ with SPNG? We’re betting YRCW could be Just as Fun!
Nothing got a trader’s heart beating fast than riding the SpongeTech Delivery Systems Inc. (SPNG) wave last summer. From its pre-blastoff price of under a penny per share in late April of 2009 to a mind-bending moon shot of 23 cents [...]
3 Biggest After-Market Movers
Shares of Mercantile Bank Corp. (NASDAQ: MBWM) are soaring in after-hours trading today. The small cap stock is up 18.44% to $6.36 in after-hours trading. Earlier in regular trading, the stock closed 2.195 lower at $5.37. The small cap stock has a 52-week range of $3-$6.66. It is currently trading above its 50-day and 200-day [...]
VIVUS Inc. (VVUS) Spikes in Early Trading on Positive FDA Statement
Shares of VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) are soaring in today’s morning session, reaching a high of $12.74 in early trading. Shares are up 11.64% to $11.89 with volume up from daily average of 5.43 million to 5.90 million.
The trading activity stems from a positive statement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the company’s [...]
StemCells Inc. (STEM) Announces Equity Financing
StemCells Inc. (NASDAQ: STEM) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Seaside 88 LP under which it will sell seven million of its shares of common stock to Seaside at a price of $0.865 per share. Seaside 88 LP is a private investment partnership.
The company will not issue any warrants in this offering, [...]

