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Why Citigroup Just Upgraded Nu Skin
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 11:52am | 287Beth Kite of Citigroup recently upgraded shares of Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) to Buy from Neutral, with a price target raised to $65 from a previous $49 after the company reported better-than-expected fourth quarter results. Nu Skin earned $0.77 in the quarter, which was three cents...
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Market Wrap For May 6: Dow Suffers Triple-Digit Point Loss, Nasdaq Underperforms Once Again
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 4:42pm | 2644U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday after the Dow and S&P 500 closed near all time highs. Momentum names such as Twitter, Facebook, Tesla and others saw heavy losses. Not helping the cause was poor earnings by American International Group on Monday which dragged the financial sector lower....
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For March 24
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 9:35am | 639Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com. Apple: TV-streaming service in the works The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) are discussing a service that would allow users to watch live TV in addition to receive on-demand TV programming....
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For March 3
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 11:32am | 733Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com. S&P 500 futures: How will the markets react to developing situation in Ukraine? European equities were hard hit following the new developments in Ukraine. Prior to the U.S. market open, the Stoxx 50 was lower by around 2.5 percent...
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Market Wrap For February 3: Bears In Complete and Absolute Control
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 5:45pm | 2594U.S. stocks continued its losses on an accelerated basis on Monday. Investors are in clear panic mode following a report that U.S manufacturing activity expanded at a slower pace in January. The Dow plunged more than 300 points while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both fell more than two percent as...
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Market Wrap For January 30: Markets Focus on Good News
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 6:06pm | 2831U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as investors and traders focused on the positives. Data showed that the economy expanded in the fourth quarter as consumer spending gained traction. "Today the market is focused on the good news, or the developed world," Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at...
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Market Wrap For January 16: Markets End Two Day Winning Streak
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 5:46pm | 2518The market took a bit of a breather Thursday following two strong days of gains. Earnings from two major banks failed to keep the momentum alive and investors focused on Best Buy's (NYSE: BBY) disappointing holiday guidance which contradicts the strong retail sales report earlier this week....
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Shares of Nu Skin Halted Four Times Today -- What Happened?
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 4:31pm | 440Shares of Nu Skin (NYSE: NUS) were halted for the fourth time mid-Thursday afternoon after plunging more than 30 percent; yesterday, shares fell 16 percent. So what exactly happened? On Wednesday, The People's Daily, a Chinese newspaper which is “organ of the Central Committee of the Communist...
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Market Wrap For January 15: Bulls Take Over As Economic Growth Remains Healthy
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 5:45pm | 2827The market picked up where it left off Tuesday and recorded a second straight day of strong gains. The Dow posted a triple digit point gain while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq all gained as the Federal Reserve's Beige Book indicated that economic growth remained healthy in most U.S. regions. The...
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Barron's Recap (5/12/12): The Memory-Foam Mattress Industry, Facebook's IPO
Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 8:10am | 946This weekend in Barron's online: the pros and cons of memory-foam mattresses and the prospects for Facebook's IPO and for aircraft maker Embraer and semiconductor testing equipment maker ChipMOS. Cover Story "Sex or Sleep?" by Miriam Gottfried. Sales of memory-foam mattresses have surged as more...
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McDonald's, MasterCard and Five Other Stocks Worth a Look Now
Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 2:33pm | 850The following dividend-paying companies offer attractive returns on equity and are expected to have strong earnings per share growth over the next five years. Their stocks are also trading within shouting distance of their 52-week highs. Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD): This Columbus, Ohio-based...
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Stifel Nicolaus Upgrades TCB, NUS, MSFG
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 8:27am | 62Stifel Nicolaus has upgraded the following companies: TCF Financial (NYSE: TCB) from Hold to Buy, $18 price target Nu Skin (NYSE: NUS) from Hold to Buy, $35 price target Mainsource Financial Group (NASDAQ: MSFG) from Hold to Buy, $11.50 price target