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KEYN unlocks profits, C deals, MIPS mopes

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Keynote Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: KEYN) shares rallied 24.6 percent to $18.67, on volume of 330,784 shares, or better than four times its normal daily average. Late Tuesday, the maker of online-monitoring systems reported first-quarter earnings that beat consensus expectations.

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) took its place among the volume leaders early Wednesday, trading in 81.3 million shares, catching up on its full-day average of 553.2 million. Share prices for C were up 0.6 percent to $4.85, on word from the Treasury Dept. that the nation is set to record a net $312.2 million from its sale of its final 465.1 million warrants to purchase common shares of C.

MIPS Technology (Nasdaq: MIPS) dipped 11.6 percent to $13.32 Wednesday. Volume for the stock was 3.5 million shares, already surpassing its daily average of 3 million. Tuesday, MIPS declared it earned $6 million, or 11 cents per share, compared with $3.3 million, or seven cents per share, a year ago.

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WG wild and good, PFE popular, CPF reacts to proposed split

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Willbros Group Inc.(NYSE: WG) shares rose 15.2% to $11.47 Monday. Volume for the stock was 1.4 million, swallowing up a full-day average of 579,364, after Johnson Rice hiked its view of the oil-industry contractor to overweight from equal-weight.

Pfizer (Nasdaq: PFE) dealt in 36.8 million shares Monday, just shy of its full-day average of 45.4 million. Share prices were up 0.3 percent to $18.42, after Mylan Inc. said Monday it is now shipping a generic version of Pfizer Inc.’s heartburn drug Protonix.

Central Pacific Financial Corporation (NYSE: CPF) went south 10.6 percent to $1.61 Monday. Volume for the stock was 584,318 shares, doubling its daily average, after Friday letting out word of plans for a reverse stock split.

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NEI stronger, NWSA into heavy trading, JTX taxed

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Network Engines Inc. (Nasdaq: NEI) shares muscled 21.8 percent higher to $2.18, on 1.5 million shares, routing a daily average of 373,698. The Canton, Mass.-based provider of server-based application platforms, appliances and lifecycle support services will be reporting financial numbers this Thursday.

News Corporation (Nasdaq: NWSA) dealt in 28.3 million shares Monday, more than double its full-day average . Share prices picked up 2.5 percent to $15.70.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Services (NYSE: JTX) let go of 11.6 percent to $1.52 Monday. Volume for the stock was 1.7 million shares, beating its daily average of 1.2 million. New Jersey-based JTX last week launched a new product. MyTaxManager is a free online tax management tool and one-stop personalized Web destination that gives consumers a secure, centralized home for a range of tax-related documents and information.

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OCCF eye-popping, F busy, GENE falling

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Optical Cable Corporation (Nasdaq: OCCF) shares gathered 41.9% to $5.25, on 534,791 shares, overwhelming a daily average of 10,781, on word that quarterly earnings increased 47.9 percent to $7.2 million over the prior-year quarter.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) dealt in 26.8 million shares Monday, still trailing its full-day average of 84.3 million. Share prices subsided 0.5 percent to $17.87, on word the carmaker was about to sell $1.137 billion of bonds backed by automotive debt.

Genetic Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: GENE) jettisoned 10.8 percent to $3.65 Monday. Volume for the stock was 220,041 shares, or triple its daily average.

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GXDX runs up, GE bright, APP threadbare

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Genoptix Inc. (Nasdaq: GXDX) shares rose 25.8% to $24.85 after Swiss drug maker Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) said it would buy the cancer-diagnostic specialist for $470 million. Volume for the stock was 18.75 million shares, compared to a daily average of 461,835.

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) dealt in 58.5 million shares Monday, surpassing its full-day average of 57 million. Share prices moved higher 1.4 percent to $20.02.

American Apparel Inc. (AMEX: APP) dropped 13.2 percent to $1.12 Monday. Volume for the stock was 794,910 shares, beating out its daily average of 578,569. The apparel maker is in talks to bring in an external restructuring adviser to try to revive growth and appease creditors.

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