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Stocks To Watch For May 31

Posted on: Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 12:14am

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are:

Wall Street expects CIENA Corp (NASDAQ: CIEN) to post a Q2 loss at $0.03 per share on revenue of $447.37 million.

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Earnings Scheduled For May 31

Posted on: Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 12:01am

CIENA Corp (NASDAQ: CIEN) is estimated to post a Q2 loss at $0.03 per share on revenue of $447.37 million.

SAIC Inc (NYSE: SAI) is expected to post its Q1 EPS at $0.33 on revenue of $2.69 billion.

Joy Global Inc (NYSE: JOY) is projected to post its Q2 EPS

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Benzinga's Microcap Movers for Wednesday May 30, 2012

Posted on: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 9:28pm

Below are highlights from Benzinga's daily coverage of microcap securities making big moves:

Elevate

Shares of Elevate (ELEV), the San Clemente, CA provider of data, voice, video, mobile and security solutions, rose 121% Wednesday on 42 times the average daily volume.

Elevate reported Wednesday a 42% growth in daily sales volume for the two weeks following the May 15th launch of

All terms: Long Ideas, News, Short Ideas, FDA, After-Hours Center, Movers, Trading Ideas

ETFs to Watch May 31, 2012 (XLE, EWJ, UUP)

Posted on: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 8:40pm

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Thursday May 31, 2012.

The iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (NYSE: EWJ) is in major trouble.

The Vanguard Telecom Services ETF (NYSE: VOX) is at least less bad these days.

Also in big trouble: The SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF (NYSE:

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5 ETFs That Could Jump 10%+ Over The Next Week (EPV, DUG, INDZ)

Posted on: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 6:56pm

Castigated and vilified, leveraged ETFs are good something and that something is rapid gains. Think about it. Prior to the debut of these highly controversial products, traders in search of double-digit returns in, say a few days or a week, were forced to rely on the futures and options markets.

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Change in Date of Anticipated Arbitration Decision in Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Dispute

Posted on: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 5:40pm

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Noble Energy Reports Sale of North Sea Assets, Will Receive $127M; Says Continuing Efforts to Sell Non-Core US Onshore

Posted on: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 5:30pm

Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Maersk Oil North Sea Limited (OMX: MAERSKB) for the sale of certain assets located in the North Sea of the UK.

All terms: News, Asset Sales

After Sales Plunge in the First Quarter, J.C. Penney Getting Promotional Again

Posted on: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 5:29pm

When former Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) exec Ron Johnson was hired as CEO of struggling retailer J.C. Penney, he outlined a strategy which spurned the company's previous highly promotional approach in favor of more straightforward pricing.

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TICC Announces Amended Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Posted on: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 5:02pm

TICC Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: TICC) announced today that on May 30, 2012, the Board of Directors of TICC Capital Corp. (the "Company") approved an amended and restated dividend reinvestment plan (the "Amended Dividend Reinvestment Plan"), effective as of May 30, 2012.

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AptarGroup Will Acquire Stelmi Group for About $207M

Posted on: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 5:01pm

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the Stelmi Group (“Stelmi”), a maker of elastomer primary packaging components for injectable drug delivery.

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