Posted on Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Hanmi Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: HAFC) shares leaped 42.7 percent to $1.67 Thursday, on volume of 4.8 million shares, nearly five times its full-day average, on reports of quarterly profit of $5.3 million, its first quarter of black ink in two years.
Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU) traded in 21 million shares Thursday, making it a volume leader, rapidly catching up on its daily average of 34.2 million. Share prices edged up 5.7 percent to $10.52.
Pluristem Therapeutics (Nasdaq: PSTI) shares dumped 24.8 percent to $3.16 Thursday, on volume of 5.5 million shares, dwarfing its daily average of 486,030, on announcing a public offering of common stock, with a goal of raising $50 million.
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Posted on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK) shares rose 8.9 percent to $81.31 Wednesday. Share volume was 5.7 million, more than five times its daily average, after the maker of factory equipment hiked its forecast for the remainder of the year.
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) traded in 61.5 million shares Wednesday, making it a volume leader, though well below its daily average of 83.9 million. Share prices crept up 2.6 percent to $18.36, after revealing its F-150 “Hero” engine at the North American International Auto Show.
Quantum Corporation (NYSE: QTM) shares took off 6.7 percent to $3.53 Wednesday, on volume of 6.9 million shares, more than 50 percent more than its daily average. After the bell, QTM reported quarterly revenues of $176 million — up $9 million from prior quarter, and net income of $6 million, or three cents per share, compared to $5 million, or two cents per share.
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Posted on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Helix Wind Corp. (OTCBB: HLXW) climbed in price 14.3 percent Wednesday afternoon to eight-100ths of a cent. Volume for the stock 249.8 million shares, compared to an all-day average of 39.8 million. The Poway, Calif.-based renewable energy company announced today that it was recently awarded a Notice of Allowance relating to a United States patent application that was filed in 2007, covering segmented, helical rotors used in wind-driven turbines.
Electric Car Company Inc. (OTCBB: ELCR) dealt in 139.6 million shares Wednesday, in contrast with a daily average of 82.8 million. Share prices were flat, though, at one-100th of a cent. ELCR announced this week that it has executed an Exclusive Distributor Agreement to sell the Company’s limousines, custom vehicles, electric conversion vehicles and limo buses in China.
Integrated Healthcare Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: IHCH) sank in price Wednesday 60 percent to two cents. Volume for the stock was 26,000 shares, shy of its average of 39,871 shares. IHCH’s goal is to provide quality healthcare services in a community setting that are responsive to the needs of the communities that it serves.
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Posted on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
DeVry Inc. (NYSE: DV) shares hurtled skyward 13.3 percent to $53.66 Wednesday, on volume of nearly three million shares, or about triple its daily average, on quarterly profits jumped 22 percent over the same quarter last year and its revenue rose 17 percent.
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) traded in 52.1 million shares Wednesday, just shy of its daily average of 58.8 million. Share prices crept up 0.2 percent to $20.02, as President Obama’s State of the Union address made reference to bolstering infrastructure, boosting companies like GE.
Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) shares lost 6.3 percent to $18.40 Wednesday, on volume of 27.2 million shares, nearly four times its daily average. The Downers Grove, Illinois-based packaged food company appears to be weighing bids from two suitors, bids that could be made public as early as Friday.
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Posted on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Icagen Inc. (Nasdaq: ICGN) shares jumped 16.8 percent to $3.06 Wednesday, on volume of 1.1 million shares, better than double its daily average. Last week, the company was upgraded MLV Capital from “hold” to “upgrade”.
Micron Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) bought and sold 26.7 million shares, just shy of its daily average of 33.9 million. Share prices inched up 0.4 percent to $10.01, on word of a downgrade from “neutral” to “negative” Tuesday by Avian.
TAL Education Group (NYSE: XRS) shares lost 6.7 percent to $12.17 Wednesday, on volume of 1.0 million shares, more than five times its daily average. The after-school tutoring services company reported a 47.7-percent increase in revenue, to $24.1 million in the quarter, as total student enrollment grew 25 percent .
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