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Last Trade:14.65Short Ratio:2.40
Last Trade Time:5:02pmDay Range:14.55 - 14.94
Ask:Year Range:5.61 - 17.22
Bid:One Year Target:17.38
Open:14.91Exchange:NYSE
Volume:3554138EBITDA:-2.287B
Prev. Close:14.90Market Cap:4.611B
50 Day Moving:13.4889Div Yield:8.05
200 day moving:13.935PE:

Jim Cramer Likes NLY, Dislikes AMAT, BX,

Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT that Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) conference call is the reason why this stock can't make a break through. WSJ had an article on Applied Materials (AMAT) that suggested that the company is expecting a strong growth.

Fast Money Picks For March 5th (CX, BX, TEX, WSM)

Tim Seymour thinks that investors should buy Cemex SAB de CV (ADR) (NYSE: CX) on Friday. Cemex (CX) fell 2.18% on Thursday and it closed at $9.86, with a volume of 7.12M traded shares.

Blackstone Group Climbs on Oppenheimer Upgrade (BX)

3/3/32010-Shares of Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) are trading 2.6% higher to $14.48 after the world's biggest private-equity company was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform by equity analyst Christopher Kotowski at Oppenheimer & Co. with a price target of $20.50.

Blackstone Group Upgraded

The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) has been upgraded this morning to “Outperform” from “perform” over at Oppenheimer. Their new price target of $20.50 is well above yesterday’s closing price of $14.11. The stock is currently trading up by 1.77%.

Analyst Upgrades for March 3rd

Analyst Upgrades for 3/3/2010... Akamai Technology (NASDAQ: AKAM) upgraded to Buy from Neutral, $32-45 target, at Merriman... Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) upgraded to Outperform, $20.50 target, at Oppenheimer...

Today's biggest Upgraded stocks (AKAM, UPS, SLB, BX)

(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 03, 2010 ) Dallas, Tx - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) surged 1.42% to $27.84 after the company's share was upgraded by Merriman Curhan Ford from Neutral to Buy and has a price target range of $32-$45.

Blackstone Files Annual Report on Form 10-K

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) announced today that it filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2010.

Public Relations Disaster For SeaWorld At Orlando (BX)

Veteran whale trainer Dawn Brancheau lost her life at the SeaWorld in Orlando in an attack by killer whale Tilikum after a lunchtime show.
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Blackstone Group L.P. (BX) Reports Strong Results For The Fourth-Quarter

Private equity firm Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) posted strong results for the fourth-quarter. Blackstone reported economic net income of $329 million or $0.29 per share, which was higher than the consensus estimate of $0.20 per share. The company had a loss of $764 million in the same period last year.

Blackstone Surpasses Estimates, Top Line Up $1.4 Billion YoY (BX)

2/25/2010-Shares of Blackstone (NYSE: BX) are trading 2.5% higher to $14.35 premarket Thursday after the company reported Q4 EPS of $0.29, topping consensus estimates of $0.20.