Author: Devin Weiss

Just recently, Neurocrine Bio (NBIX) presented results from the full twelve month analysis of the Petal-603 study, which includes data from the six months on treatment and six months follow-up period. Petal was a phase IIb...

NYSE Euronext (NYX) and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. announced the creation of a new clearing house aimed at processing US fixed income derivatives. The joint effort, called the New York Portfolio Clearing, or NYPC,...

The market opportunity in the international markets is one of several macro-market trends that are expected to drive long-term demand for Vital Images’ (VTAL) products. International markets are still in the early phases...

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.’s(LOW) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 3.60. The Zacks #1 Rank (“Strong Buy”) stock has topped the consensus estimate in 3 out of last 4...

Snap-on Inc.’s(SNA) MACD indicator has moved into bearish territory with a reading of -0.0948. The Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) stock has declined slightly in afternoon trade to $30.07. Analysts have been reducing...

The New York Times has an article today reporting that domestic Natural Gas reserves are 35% higher than previously estimated due to improved ability to tap deep shale deposits. (Zacks Equity Research senior analyst Sheraz Mian...

Briggs & Stratton Corp. (BGG) shed nearly 2% at midday to trade below a natural level of support at $15.10. The average forecast on the company’s 2010 earnings has gone down by a penny to 88 cents per share in the last...

Progress Software Corp. (PRGS) is up about 1% today after reporting fiscal second-quarter earnings per share that topped estimates. The software maker earned 39 cents per share for the quarter, excluding items, which topped the...

Cymer Inc. (CYMI) fell slightly at noon to pressure its 50-day moving average of $27.05 on Thursday. The company has missed the consensus estimate in 3 out of the last 4 quarters with an average surprise of 20.19% or 4 cents per...

Sycamore Networks (SCMR), a provider of intelligent bandwidth solutions for fixed and mobile networks, declared third quarter fiscal 2009 financial results (ended April 25) well above our estimates.Various public utility service...