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CXZ travels, JPM trades, JTX taxed

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. (AMEX: CXZ) vaulted 29.14 percent in price Wednesday to $2.26. Volume of 1,673,267 shares was six times its daily average. Crosshair is a prominent player in the exploration and development of uranium, vanadium and gold in the U.S. and Canada.

JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) traded in 29,365,591 shares Wednesday, approaching its daily average of 38,702,900. Share prices gained 2.71 percent to $42.11.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (NYSE: JTX) fell 9.54 percent in price Wednesday to $1.75, on volume of 1,708,936 shares, nearly twice its full-day average. Based in Parsippany, N.J., JTX is an industry leading provider of full service individual federal and state income tax preparation.

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WTNY rockets, SIRI beats average, BASI bumbles

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Whitney Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:WTNY) raced ahead 30.45 percent in price Wednesday to $14.18. Volume of 6,284,037 shares was eight times its daily average. Whitney found itself under investigation Wednesday for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the sale of the Company to Hancock Holding Company

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (Nasdaq: SIRI) traded in 72,955,801shares Wednesday, besting its daily average of 56,868,900. Share prices gained 8.14 percent to $1.60. Technology firm BUYINS.NET ran a reverse engineering trading scan on SIRIUS, and predicted SIRI would go 39.7% higher by January 18.

Bioanalytical Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BASI) fell 21.71 percent in price Wednesday to $2.02, on volume of 177,659 shares, 10 times its full-day average. BASI is a leader in drug development services and research instrumentation.

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ZOOM takes off, BAC busy, EMKR loses traction

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Zoom Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ZOOM) hiked 37.07 percent in price Wednesday to $5.25. Volume of 4,118,839 shares blew its daily average of 167,512 out of the water. Zoom Technologies is a holding company with subsidiaries that engage in the manufacturing, research and development, and sale of electronic and telecommunication products for the latest generation mobile phones.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) traded in 122,766,272 shares, catching up to its daily average of 214,627,000. Share prices gained 3.35 percent by noon to $13.41.

EMCORE Corp. (Nasdaq: EMKR) fell 20.13 percent in price Wednesday to $1.27, on volume of 3,157,836 shares, nearly four times its full-day average. The Albuquerque-based EMKR is a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components.

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LEGC shakes a leg, C active, CAK backtracks

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Legacy Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: LEGC) added 42.21 percent in price Wednesday to $12.23. Volume of 140,153 shares towered over its daily average of 5,931. The Pittsfield, Mass., bank-holding company will acquired by Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. for $13 a share in stock and cash.

Citgroup Inc. (NYSE: C) traded in 146,817,000 shares, making it a volume leader as it made progress against its daily average of 554,823,000. Share prices slid 0.74% to $4.70.

CAMAC Energy Inc. (Amex: CAK) gave back 24.24 percent in price Wednesday to $2.00, on volume of 2,872,639 shares, nearly six times its full-day average. The energy firm entered into definitive agreements yesterday to sell in a registered direct offering an aggregate of approximately 9.09 million shares of its common stock at a price of $2.20 per share.

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JTX bounces, F trades, NBG slumps

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (NYSE: JTX) gained 13.57 percent in price Monday to $1.59. Volume of 3,350,769 shares more than quadrupled its full-day average. Based in Parsippany, N.J., JTX is an industry-leading provider of full service individual federal and state income tax preparation.

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) traded in 27,160,761 shares, making it a volume leader, but still well below its daily average of 83,535,700. Share prices for the car maker moved up a mere 0.54 percent to $16.89. Ford said Monday U.S. auto sales in December are running at a 12-million unit annual rate, and it forecast sales to rise to almost 13 million next year.

National Bank of Greece SA Spon (NYSE: NBG.PA) gave back 5.55 percent in price Monday to $17.01, on volume of 165,026 shares.

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