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Expedia Resumes American Airlines Relationship

Filed under: Major Movement, Deals, Good news, Expedia Inc (EXPE), AMR Corp (AMR), Options, Technical AnalysisExpedia (EXPE - option chain) shares are rising today after AMR Corp. (AMR) said it has reached an agreement with EXPE that will allow Expedia...

Accenture’s Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates

Filed under: Major Movement, Earnings Reports, Options, Technical AnalysisAccenture (ACN - option chain) shares are rising after the company reported Q2 2011 earnings Thursday night, posting a profit of $503.1 million, or 75 cents per share, on revenue...

Jabil Circuit Reports Strong Q2 Earnings & Q3 Forecast

Filed under: Major Movement, Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Good news, Options, Technical AnalysisJabil Circuit (JBL) shares are rising today after the company reported earnings last night, posting a fiscal-Q2 profit of $55.4 million, or 25 cents per sha...

BJ’s Wholesale Exploring Buyout Possibilites

Filed under: Major Movement, Deals, Options, Technical AnalysisBJ's Wholesale club (BJ - option chain) shares rose Tuesday on news that private-equity firm Leonard Green & Partners has signed a confidentiality agreement with BJ's to discuss a possi...

FDA Menthol Report Good News for Lorillard

Filed under: Major Movement, Good news, Options, Technical Analysis, PoliticsLorillard (LO - option chain) shares are rising today after an FDA panel wrote in a draft report that it will not recommend an outright ban on menthol cigarettes. Most of LO's...

Traders Exit Insurance Stocks to Avoid Earthquake Exposure

Filed under: Bad News, Amer Intl Group (AIG), Japan, Options, Technical Analysis, MetLife Inc. (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU)MetLife (MET - option chain) stock is trading lower today along with most other insurance companies this morning after the c...

Ann Taylor Jumps 12% On Strong Q4 Earnings, 2011 Outlook

Filed under: Major Movement, Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Good news, Options, Technical AnalysisAnn Taylor (ANN - option chain) shares are rising today after the company reported earnings this morning, posting a fiscal-Q4 profit of $7.97 million, or 14...

GM Announces Surprise CFO Resignation

Filed under: Bad News, Management, General Motors (GM), Options, Technical AnalysisGeneral Motors (GM - option chain) stock is trading lower today after company CFO Chris Liddell announced his resignation effective April 1. GM posted four straight prof...

Bank of America CEO Predicts Big Dividends by 2013

Filed under: Major Movement, Good news, Bank of America (BAC), Options, Technical AnalysisBank of America (BAC - option chain) shares are rising today after the company's CEO, Brian Moynihan, told attendees at the company's investor day conference that...

Ciena Tumbles on Weak Q2 Forecast

Filed under: Major Movement, Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Bad News, Ciena Corp (CIEN), Options, Technical AnalysisCiena (CIEN - option chain) stock is trading lower today after the company reported Q1 2011 earnings this morning, posting a loss of $79.0...

Dresser-Rand to Acquire Grupo Guascor

Filed under: Major Movement, Deals, Good news, Options, Technical AnalysisDresser-Rand (DRC - option chain) shares are rising today after the company announced it has agreed to acquire diesel and gas engine supplier Grupo Guascor SL in a $690 million c...

Fifth Third Bancorp Subpoenaed by SEC

Filed under: Major Movement, SEC Filings, Bad News, Options, Technical AnalysisFifth Third Bancorp (FITB - option chain) stock is trading lower today after the company disclosed in a regulatory filing that it has been subpoenaed by the Securities and E...