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Daily Highlights: Sept 8, 2009

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:12:00 GMT

Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday; Taiwan up 1.2% on Cabinet reshuffle.China plans to offer 6B yuan ($879M) of government bonds in Hong KongChina showcases commercial jet at Asia air showChina 2009 vehicle sales may rise 28% on stimulus, probably surpassing US.ECB says significant contraction in euro-zone economy has ended; rates unchanged.G-20 finance chiefs propose banks curb bonuses, increase capital holdings.[More...]

US Stock Futures Rise After Jobless Claims, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) Eyed

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:52:00 GMT

US stock futures climbed on Thursday after a government release showed that jobless claims declined 4,000 to 570,000 in the week ending August 29.[More...]

Ciena (CIEN) Earnings Preview: Third Quarter 2009

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:13:51 GMT

Ciena (CIEN) is scheduled to report their third quarter 2009 results before the market opens on Tuesday, September 3rd. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreviews.com are expecting CIEN to report better than expected results that exceed Wall Street’s consensus expectations.[More...]

Watching The Dollar, And Charts For Tuesday

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:59:46 GMT

During the second half of the trading day today, we saw the dollar rallying, with equities giving back early gains and closing flat. Although we should consider last week's stock market action bullish, with a nice recovery from early-week distribution, a couple of factors give reason for caution. First, the Chinese market showed some serious weakness last week. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 5.8% last Monday, followed by a 4.2% drop on Wednesday. Following the Wednesday selloff in China, the US markets gapped down at the open, and then charged higher to close solidly positive for the day. The US markets continued to follow-through during the remainder of the week. Wednesday's action was intriguing, in that it was allegedly due to a report showing surprisingly low oil inventories, which traders took as an indicator of improved demand, recovery, etc. Personally I think it is just as likely that Geithner told Goldman Sachs to buy the open to put a floor under[More...]

S&P 500 - YTD Returns by Sector

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:37:13 GMT

Below is a chart and table outlining the 2009 year to date performance of the sectors within the S&P 500. The Technology sector has lead the way thus-far while Utilities and Financials have been dragging down the overall average of the index. As previously reported in our Market Forecast Project, Technology was also voted most attractive sector according the the survery of over 100 professional investors. These sectors are based on the sector classification created by The Applied Finance Group. [More...]

S&P 500 Stocks With Highest Short Interest

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:48:17 GMT

Going into earnings season it is always interesting to see which stocks have the highest short interest. The reason for that is if there are any "surprises" to the upside, these tend to be the stocks that take off like a rocket as shorts are forced to cover (buy). Courtesy of Bespoke blog we have an interesting list below - including many names we discuss, cover, or have shorted from time to time! (click to enlarge) [More...]

Wall Street Closes Higher As Commodity Shares Gain, Bank Of America Rallies

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:00:03 GMT

US stocks finished with gains on Thursday as a rally in financials and commodity shares boosted investor sentiment.[More...]

US Stock Futures Advance After Initial Claims Data, Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN) In Spotlight

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:47:19 GMT

US stock futures rose on Thursday after a government release showed that initial claims dropped 4,000 to 621,00 in the week ending May 30.[More...]

Buy, Sell or Hold: General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) Is A Wholesome Company With Profit Coming Down The Pipeline

Tue, 26 May 2009 14:31:17 GMT

We have been raking in huge profits in all our cyclical and aggressive plays since we called the turnaround in Brazil last October 27: Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR) — known as Petrobras – Vale (NYSE: VALE), Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), BHP Billiton Ltd.[More...]

Buy, Sell Or Hold: Ciena Corp. (Nasdaq: CIEN), The Second Company To Profit From The Global Broadband Arms Race

Mon, 18 May 2009 13:46:02 GMT

By Horacio Marquez Contributing Editor Money Morning In last week’s Buy, Sell or Hold I recommended Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW), based on three factors: The coming global... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first. [More...]

Nortel Sells Packet Core Assets to Hitachi

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:46:00 GMT

Network equipment vendor Nortel Networks has announced that some of its subsidiaries have agreed to sell certain carrier network assets to Hitachi for $10m.
Under the deal, expected to close this year, Nortel Networks Limited and Nortel Networks Inc will sell assets associated with the development of next generation packet core network components (excluding legacy packet core components for Nortel's GSM and UMTS businesses).
Nortel Networks also stated that its common shareholders or preferred shareholders of NNL will not receive any value from the creditor protection proceedings and expects the proceedings to result in the cancellation of these equity interests.

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Daily Highlights: Sept 8, 2009

US Stock Futures Rise After Jobless Claims, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) Eyed

Ciena (CIEN) Earnings Preview: Third Quarter 2009

Watching The Dollar, And Charts For Tuesday

S&P 500 - YTD Returns by Sector

S&P 500 Stocks With Highest Short Interest

Wall Street Closes Higher As Commodity Shares Gain, Bank Of America Rallies

US Stock Futures Advance After Initial Claims Data, Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN) In Spotlight

Buy, Sell or Hold: General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) Is A Wholesome Company With Profit Coming Down The Pipeline

Buy, Sell Or Hold: Ciena Corp. (Nasdaq: CIEN), The Second Company To Profit From The Global Broadband Arms Race

Nortel Sells Packet Core Assets to Hitachi

Ciena wins court approval to bid on Nortel assets

Ciena Offers to Acquire Nortel's Metro Ethernet Business

Hopes High for Ciena After Bid for Nortel Assets: But Some Analysts Think Linthicum Firm Will Lose Out in Auction

Ciena to Purchase Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet Assets of Nortel

Ciena bids $521M for Nortel business units

ING to Clarify TU Case to Investors

MTS Allstream and Ciena Deliver Next Generation of Managed Wavelength Services Across Canada

SBA Taking Over Local Fund: Northwest Venture Associates' III Fund Slumped in Difficult Economy

Korea Exchange Deploys Ciena for Bandwidth Efficiency

Corporate Office Properties Trust Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Diapers.Com Raises $30 Million

Nortel Statement on Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet Businesses

CienaIn Negotiations toPurchase Optical and Carrier Ethernet Assets of Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks Business

EANTC Independently Verifies Latest Carrier Ethernet Innovations By 24 Vendors at Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2009

MTS Allstream and Ciena Deliver Next Generation of Managed Wavelength Services Across Canada

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for JDSU, CIEN, ILMN, KLAC, UMPQ and ESLR

Ciena Announces Reporting Date and Web Broadcast for Fiscal Third Quarter 2009

Opnext Reports First Quarter Unaudited Operating Results

Corporate Office Properties Trust Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Oct 31 Filed by: SMITH GARY B (10K)

Form 4 SMITH ARTHUR D For: Oct 31 (10K)

Form 4 Aquino Michael Gerald For: Oct 31 (10K)

Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Oct 31 Filed by: ALEXANDER STEPHEN B (10K)

Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Oct 15 Filed by: ALEXANDER STEPHEN B (10K)

Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Sep 21 Filed by: SMITH GARY B (10K)

Form 4 SMITH ARTHUR D For: Sep 21 (10K)

Form 4 Rothenstein David M For: Sep 21 (10K)

Form 4 PETRIK ANDREW C For: Sep 21 (10K)

Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Sep 21 Filed by: MOYLAN JAMES E JR (10K)