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IIIIU flies, SIRI flies off shelves, ONP takes bruising

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Information Services Group Inc. (NasdaqGM: IIIIU) ballooned in price Monday by 66 percent to $4.27. Volume in IIIIU shares was 188,589, its three-month daily average not available at press time. The industry-leading, information-based services company is based out of Stamford, Ct.

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NasdaqGM: SIRI) traded in 72,707,864 shares Monday, just short of its daily average of 74,926,100. SIRI shares skidded 2.46 percent, though, to $1.38. General Electric purchased two million shares of Sirius XM common stock last quarter.

Orient Paper Inc. (AMEX: ONP) took a pasting in late trading Monday, dropping 25.67 percent in price to $4.75. Volume was 2,063,827 shares, more than six times its normal daily average. ONP filed its quarterly report Monday.

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HHC gets boost, S trades widely, WG sags

Monday, November 15th, 2010

The Howard Hughes Corporation (NYSE: HHC) climbed in price 9.17 percent to $40.35 in mid-afternoon trading on Monday. Volume in the company was 371,160 shares, within sight of its three-month daily average of 481,350. HHC was the result last week of a spinoff involving former parent company General Growth Properties Inc., the second-largest U.S. mall operator.

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) was among the volume leaders in late-afternoon trading Monday, doing business in 48,858,413 shares, compared to a full-day average of 45,064,600. The stock got punished, though, 3.35 percent in price to $3.89. Sprint announced Monday it has extended its WiMAX wireless broadband service to Sacramento, Calif, adding that it had opened its fifth California market and plans to begin selling the fourth-generation (4G) service in Los Angeles and San Francisco by the end of the year.

Willbros Group Inc. (NYSE: WG) lost ground Monday in its stock price, dropping 8.47 percent to $7.56. Volume in WG was 1,188,206 shares, compared to a daily average of 416,564.  Houston-based Willbros Group is an independent contractor serving the oil, gas, power, refining and petrochemical industries

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FTK runs, CSCO does brisk business, MMYT tagged on taxes

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Flotek Industries Inc. (NYSE: FTK) galloped ahead 9.7 percent to $2.94. Volume was 1,511,761 shares, or triple its daily average in volume. Houston-based FTK manufactures and markets innovative specialty chemicals, downhole drilling and production equipment, and manages automated bulk material handling, loading and blending facilities.

Cisco Systems Inc. (NasdaqGS: CSCO) engaged in share volume of 79,993,770 in mid-afternoon trading Monday, climbing over its daily average of 67,017,800. CSCO stock skidded, though, by 0.62 percent in price to $20.02. The San Jose-based software giant announced Monday it will host a live Cisco TV broadcast and Q-and-A session to discuss what organizations need to consider as they transition to IPv6, a version of the Internet Protocol that is designed to succeed the current IPv4 protocol.

MakeMyTrip Limited (NasdaqGM: MMYT) got bruised in mid-afternoon trading Monday, losing 23.25 percent in price to $29.28. MYMT volume was 2,008,990 shares, or four times its daily average. The Indian travel company reported weak quarterly results and said it received a demand of service tax from regulators. For the second quarter, MakeMyTrip reported an adjusted profit of two cents a share in line with analysts view, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Excluding service costs, revenue totalled $12.9 million, below estimates of $13.7 million.

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LNG has juice, GE has strong volume, CMT staggers

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Cheniere Energy Inc. (AMEX: LNG) gained 0.44 percent in price to close Thursday afternoon at $4.57. Volume in LNG was 4,587,302, more than eight times its normal share volume in one day. The Houston-based LNG last Friday reported a net loss of $40.6 million, or $0.73 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 compared with a net loss of $42.5 million, or $0.80 per share, for the comparable 2009 period.

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) was among the market’s volume leaders Thursday, with 45,024,341 shares, even though that figure was lower than its three-month daily average of 60,065,800 shares. The company slid 1.21 percent in price to close trading Thursday at $16.35.  Thursday, the company announced plans to use 25,000 electric vehicles in its fleets by 2015.

Core Molding Technologies Inc. (AMEX: CMT) took a thumping in price Thursday, falling 15.77 percent to close at $4.38. Share volume was 49,557, trampling its daily average volume of 3,532. Columbus, Ohio-based CMT reported Q3 net income of $307,000 or $.04 per share, compared with net income of $849,000, or $0.13 per basic share, in the third quarter of 2009.

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SINO sets sail, INTC benefits from upgrade, ASTI stumbles

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Sino-Global Shipping America (Nasdaq: SINO) enjoyed a 20-percent spike in price in late trading Thursday to $3.06. Volume in SINO was only 22,048, which is still five times its normal average volume. SINO is a leading, non-state-owned provider of shipping agency services operating primarily in China.

Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) traded in 52,665,889 shares, and even though that’s below its daily average of 69,476,600 shares, it was still enough to make “Mr. Chips” one of the market’s volume leaders. The chip-maker forged ahead 0.59 percent to $21.17. Thursday, an analyst at Morgan Stanley raised his rating on INTC to “Overweight” from “Equal Weight”, while setting a price target of $26.

Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (NasdaqGM: ASTI) was bruised 14.25 percent in price to $3.91 in late Thursday trading. Volume in ASTI was a healthy 2,058,979 shares, more than quadruple its daily average volume.  The photovoltaic module maker, based out of Thornton, Colo., said its share sale was priced at a nine-percent discount to its Wednesday close.

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