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HYC hyper over deal, C goes lending, IIIIU sinks

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) increased 14.85 percent in price soon after the opening at $7.04. Volume was a whopping 10,009,714 shares, compared to a daily average of 753,455. VeriFone Systems Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Hypercom Corp. in an all-stock deal valued at about $485 million.

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) traded widely Wednesday, dealing in 139,571,329 shares, compared to its three-month daily average of 473,962,000. The stock’s price slipped 0.95 percent to $4.18. The banking giant said Wednesday it has raised a $600-million collateralized loan obligation for Guggenheim Investment Management LLC, according to people familiar with the deal.

Information Services Group Inc. (NasdaqGM: IIIIU) fell in price in early trading Wednesday by 20.04 percent to $4.15. Volume was 72,715 shares, its three-month daily average not available at press time.

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ISLN spikes, QQQQ among volume leaders, ASTM ailing

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Isilon Systems Inc. (NasdaqGM: ISLN) enjoyed a profitable day Monday, jumping 28.45 percent in price to close at $33.77. Volume in ISLN was 35,703,591 shares, compared to a daily average of just over one million. On Monday, EMC Corp. said it has signed a $2.25 billion deal to acquire Isilon Systems Inc. in yet another step in the consolidation of the increasingly important data-storage industry.

PowerShares QQQ (NasdaqGM: QQQQ) traded widely Monday in 56,163,936 shares. The figure was still below its three-month daily average of 73,899,700. The stock suffered in price, though, 0.37 percent to $52.31.

Aastrom Biosciences Inc. (NasdaqCM: ASTM) fell in price Monday’s trading by 15.48 percent to $3.55. Volume in ASTM was 4,168,049, or about four times its normal daily average. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company is a leading developer of expanded autologous cellular therapies for the treatment of severe cardiovascular diseases.

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SAR leaps, GE steady, SSE fades

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE: SAR) jumped in price 8.63 percent to $22.66. Volume in SAR was 48,333 shares, or more than 10 times its usual daily volume. The New York-based business development company today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $4.40 per share payable on December 23, 2010 to common shareholders of record on November 19, 2010.

General Electric Corporation (NYSE: GE) was one of the main volume leaders Monday, trading in 39,121,632 shares, still well below its daily average of 59,528,300.  Even so, the giant trailed Friday’s close in price by 0.31 percent to $16.20.  GE Marine, a unit of GE Transportation, and the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced today the start of the commissioning of 13 tugboats for use in the Panama Canal. The 26-engine order represents the largest in the history of GE Marine.

Southern Connecticut Bancorp (AMEX: SSE) fell in price Monday, 34.52 percent to $4.06. Volume in SSE was 57,132, or about eight to nine times its average daily volume. The holding bank announced Friday it had entered into a Mutual Termination Agreement, related to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 22, 2010, as amended on September 17, 2010.

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TTGL has banner day, SMKY smokin’, ECCE has wings clipped

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Titan Global Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: TTGL) screamed higher in late afternoon trading Monday, gaining 5,900 percent in price to six-10ths of a cent. Volume so far Monday is 32,738 shares.

Smoky Market Foods, Inc. (OTCBB: SMKY) rocketed in price 500 percent Monday to six-10ths of a cent. Volume in the stock was 995,000 shares.

Eagle Ford Oil & Gas, Corp. (OTCBB: ECCE) faded in price 87.18 percent to 10 cents Monday afternoon. Volume was 4,534 shares. Houston-based ECCE announced last week a drilling update for the two wells in the Eagle Ford Shale formation located in Live Oak County in South Texas. The Kellam#2H has been successfully completed and is currently producing.

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AIB reacts to EU speculation, BAC deals widely, RINO slumps on profit news

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Allied Irish Banks, PLC (NYSE: AIB) pumped stronger in price by 10.10 percent approaching midday in New York, to $1.14. Volume in this stock 3,451,782 shares, just shy of its three-month daily average of 4,945,550 shares.  Shares of Allied Irish picked up as speculation increases Ireland will get some sort of bailout from the European Union.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) proved quite the active stock in Monday morning trading, exchanging 46,667,839 shares. Normal daily share volume is around 194,841,000. BAC shares gained 0.99 percent in price to $12.25. BAC said Monday 30-day- plus credit-card delinquencies fell to 5.60 percent in October from 5.71 percent in September. Write-offs rose to 10.15 percent from 9.99 percent on an annualized basis. The information was disclosed in a regulatory filing.

RINO International Corporation (NasdaqGS: RINO) listed downward 23.07 percent by midday Monday in New York to $8.47. Volume of 3,408,627 more than quadrupled its 3-month average for an entire day. The clean energy company reported net income was $8.8 million, or 31 cents a share, compared with $17.1 million, or 68 cents a share, last year. Revenue fell 17 percent to $52.1 million.

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