Among the biggest losers in Thursday’s early trading are OPNET (Nasdaq: OPNT), Key Energy Services (NYSE: KEG) and Kulicke & Soffa (Nasdaq: KLIC). Top Percentage Losers –Thursday, July 15, 2010 Company Name (Ticker) Intra-Day Price Intra-Day % Loss 52-Week High 52-Week Low OPNET (Nasdaq: OPNT) $13.75 -13.5% $17.72… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Thursday’s early trading are Arena Pharma (Nasdaq: ARNA), Clean Energy (Nasdaq: CLNE) and West Marine (Nasdaq: WMAR). Top Percentage Gainers — Thursday, July 15, 2010 Company Name (Ticker) Intra-Day Price Intra-Day % Gain 52-Week High 52-Week Low Arena Pharma (Nasdaq: ARNA) $4.80… Read More

Las Vegas is full of tales of the “good old days.” One of the more fascinating is a story that allegedly took place back in 1969. The story goes that Frank Sinatra told every Las Vegas casino owner they either bought their liquor from a buddy of… Read More

“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” That’s the conundrum that the Obama administration faces as it tries to get doctors, pharmacies, hospitals and patients into the 21st Century. Too many medical professionals have been wary of the digital age, preferring to scribble out… Read More

Talk about some serious volatility. The past two years have been some of the most hectic ever — on both the downside and the upside. Meanwhile, if you’re trying to escape the ups and downs in some of the typical safe-haven investments, you’re being paid next to… Read More

Among the biggest losers in Wednesday’s early trading are Allied Irish Banks (NYSE: AIB), Whitney Holdings (Nasdaq: WTNY) and Lexmark (NYSE: LXK). Top Percentage Losers –Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Company Name (Ticker) Intra-Day Price Intra-Day % Loss 52-Week High 52-Week Low Whitney Holdings (Nasdaq: WTNY) $8.56 -14.2%… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Wednesday’s early trading are Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Expeditors Int’l (Nasdaq: EXPD) and Adtran (Nasdaq: ADTN). Top Percentage Gainers — Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Company Name (Ticker) Intra-Day Price Intra-Day % Gain 52-Week High 52-Week Low Expediators Int’l (Nasdaq: EXPD) $40.07 +7.8% $42.39… Read More

“We Try Harder.” That’s the motto from Avis Budget (NYSE: CAR), and indeed they do try harder. Avis just reiterated plans to outbid rival Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) to win the rights to buy Dollar Thrifty (NYSE: DTG). Yet even though the deal would make great sense for… Read More

In the land of consumer technology, it’s hard to stay as the king of the hill. Two decades ago, Sony (NYSE: SNE) ruled the roost, with its hot-selling Walkmans and Trinitron TVs. About a decade ago, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) looked poised to dominate the global cell phone market, and more recently, Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) RAZR set that company up for a long-term run as a consumer favorite. All those companies can now be seen in Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) rear-view mirror. With each passing year, Apple’s brand only seems to get stronger. Forget about this month’s iPhone antenna… Read More

In the land of consumer technology, it’s hard to stay as the king of the hill. Two decades ago, Sony (NYSE: SNE) ruled the roost, with its hot-selling Walkmans and Trinitron TVs. About a decade ago, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) looked poised to dominate the global cell phone market, and more recently, Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) RAZR set that company up for a long-term run as a consumer favorite. All those companies can now be seen in Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) rear-view mirror. With each passing year, Apple’s brand only seems to get stronger. Forget about this month’s iPhone antenna glitch, which has pushed shares down from their peak. Those kinds of issues are just noise, and will soon be forgotten. But on a much broader level, there’s real reason for concern. Just as Apple is celebrating a successful rollout of the iPad and the latest version of the iPhone, a key competitor is set to steal Apple’s thunder. The competitor in question: well, it’s a $155 billion (in market value) company that made a name for itself in the field of Internet search. Read More