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Notable Stocks Trading Ex-Dividend Tomorrow 02/10: (WEC) (CA) (UNTD) (PER) Feb 9, 2012 10:34AM

The following is a list of companies trading ex-dividend February 10th, which produce some of the best yields on the Street:

• Wisconsin Energy Corp. (NYSE: WEC), paying 30 cents with a current yield of 3.5%;
  
  
• CA, Inc., (Nasdaq: CA), paying 25 cents with a current yield of 3.7%;
  
  
• United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNTD), paying 10 cents with a current yield of 6.8%; and
  
  
• SandRidge Permian Trust (NYSE: PER), paying 55.25 cents with a current yield of 9.5%.

For a complete list of stocks trading ex-dividend, click here. For a comprehensive list of dividends, go to Streetinsider's Dividend Insider.

Notable Merger and Acquisition of the Day 2/09: [(ORCL)/(TLEO)] Feb 9, 2012 10:33AM

• Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), a leading provider of cloud-based talent management for $46.00 per share or approximately $1.9 billion, net of Taleo's cash and debt. Taleo's Talent Management Cloud helps organizations attract, develop, motivate and retain human capital to improve performance and drive growth.
  
  Together, Oracle and Taleo expect to create a comprehensive cloud offering for organizations to manage their Human Resource operations and employee careers. The combination is expected to empower employees and managers to effectively manage careers throughout their entire employment, enable organizations to retain talent and optimize costs, and improve the employee experience through faster on boarding and better collaboration with team members via social media.
  
  The Board of Directors of Taleo has unanimously approved the transaction. The transaction is expected to close mid-year 2012, subject to Taleo stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

Pre-Open Movers 2/9: (TLEO) (AKAM) (V) Higher; (DMND) (IRBT) (GRPN) Lower (more...) Feb 9, 2012 09:33AM

Below are stocks making major moves in pre-open trading Thursday:

HIGHER:
Imperial Sugar Company (NASDAQ: IPSU) 29% HIGHER; narrows Q1 loss
Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO) 17% HIGHER; takeover by Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL)
Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT) 14% HIGHER; tops Q4 views
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) 13% HIGHER; tops Q4 views, solid guidance
Thoratec Corp (NASDAQ: THOR) 10% HIGHER; tops Q4 views
Globecomm Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) 7% HIGHER; tops Q2 views
Select Comfort Corp (NASDAQ: SCSS) 6% HIGHER; tops Q4 views
Roadrunner Transportation Systems (NYSE: RRTS) 6% HIGHER; tops Q4 views
Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) 5% HIGHER; raises div
Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) 5% HIGHER; Seeks Growth Opportunities in Brand Licensing
Level 3 (Nasdaq: LVLT) 4% HIGHER; upgraded
Visa (NYSE: V) 3% HIGHER; tops Q1 views
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) 2% HIGHER; possible deal on selling Alibaba stake
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 1% HIGHER; positive analyst comments.

LOWER:
Diamond Foods (Nasdaq: DMND) 41% LOWER; 2010, 2011 restatement, improper payments, CEO and CFO to resign.
Pizza Inn, Inc. (Nasdaq: PZZI) 23% LOWER; Q2 results
iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) 20% LOWER; Q4 results and lower guidance.
Tripadvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) 17% LOWER; misses Q4 views
Mad Catz Interactive Inc Common (AMEX: MCZ) 16% LOWER; Q3 results
Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) 11% LOWER; misses Q4 EPS views
Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) 6% LOWER; misses Q4 views
A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) 5% LOWER; downgraded
Triquint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT) 3% LOWER; Q3 results, guidance
Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) 3% LOWER; Q4 results, restructuring
Electronic Arts Inc. (NYSE: EA) 2% LOWER; CFO to leave
Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) 1% LOWER; Q4 results
3M (NYSE: MMM) 1% LOWER; downgraded

After-Hours Movers 02/08: (SPRT) (AKAM) (SCSS) Higher; (DMND) (IRBT) (GRPN) (TRIP) Lower Feb 8, 2012 06:59PM

Diamond Foods (Nasdaq: DMND) 41% LOWER; reports audit committee finds 2010, 2011 financials need to be restated. The company's Chairman and CEO Mendes and CFO Neil have been put on administrative leave. Since the initial release, a number of sources have said P&G (NYSE: PG) will evaluate the next steps in the sale of Pringles.

iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) 20.4% LOWER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.38, $0.06 better than the analyst estimate of $0.32. Revenue for the quarter came in at $130.8 million versus the consensus estimate of $134.08 million. Sees FY2012 EPS of $0.75-$0.85, versus the consensus of $1.45. Sees FY2012 revenue of $465-$485 million, versus the consensus of $529.26 million. Sees Q1 2012 EPS of $-0.08-$0.00, versus the consensus of $0.30. Sees Q1 2012 revenue of $90-$100 million, versus the consensus of $120.63 million.

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) 15% LOWER; reported Q4 EPS of ($0.02), $0.05 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.03. Revenue for the quarter came in at $506.5 million versus the consensus estimate of $475.15 million. Sees Q1 sales of $510-$550 million, which compares to the Street estimate of $500.89 million.

Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT) 13.6% HIGHER; reported Q4 EPS of ($0.06), $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of ($0.09). Revenue for the quarter came in at $15 million versus the consensus estimate of $13 million.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) 12.7% HIGHER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.45, $0.05 better than the analyst estimate of $0.40. Revenue for the quarter came in at $324 million versus the consensus estimate of $311.26 million. Expecting Q1 sales of $305-$313 million and adj-EPS of 36-39 cents. The Street is currently expecting Q1 sales of $304.82 million and EPS of 39 cents.

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) 10% LOWER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.16, vs. the analyst estimate of $0.24. Revenue for the quarter came in at $137.8 million versus the consensus estimate of $133.51 million.

Triquint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT) 9.7% LOWER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.08, $0.01 better than the analyst estimate of $0.07. Revenue for the quarter came in at $227 million versus the consensus estimate of $219.14 million. Sees Q1 2012 EPS of $0.01-$0.03, versus the consensus of $0.03. Sees Q1 2012 revenue of $210-$220 million, versus the consensus of $203.24 million.

General Cable Corp. (NYSE: BGC) 9.1% LOWER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.30, $0.07 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.37. Revenue for the quarter came in at $1.37 billion versus the consensus estimate of $1.43 billion. General Cable Corp. sees Q1 2012 revenue of $1.35-$1.45 million, versus the consensus of $1.45 million.

Select Comfort Corp (NASDAQ: SCSS) 8% HIGHER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.24, $0.02 better than the analyst estimate of $0.22. Revenue for the quarter came in at $189 million versus the consensus estimate of $177.5 million. Sees FY2012 EPS of $1.32-$1.40, versus $1.28 on the Street.

Perceptron, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRCP) 7.8% LOWER; reported Q2 EPS of $0.11, $0.02 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.13. Revenue for the quarter came in at $17.4 million versus the consensus estimate of $17 million.

Globecomm Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) 7.5% HIGHER; reported Q2 EPS of $0.23, $0.07 better than the analyst estimate of $0.16. Revenue for the quarter came in at $95.2 million versus the consensus estimate of $89.33 million.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems (NYSE: RRTS) 7.5% HIGHER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.23, $0.01 better than the analyst estimate of $0.22. Revenue for the quarter came in at $238 million, versus $165.8 million reported last year. Sees Q1 EPS of $0.22-$0.24, versus the consensus of $0.21.

Thoratec Corp (NASDAQ: THOR) 6.2% HIGHER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.38, $0.05 better than the analyst estimate of $0.33. Revenue for the quarter came in at $109.4 million versus the consensus estimate of $107.56 million. Sees FY2012 EPS of $1.58-$1.68, versus the consensus of $1.65. Sees FY2012 revenue of $445-$460 million, versus the consensus of $459.3 million.

Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) 6% LOWER; reported Q4 EPS of ($0.20), $0.13 worse than the analyst estimate of ($0.07). Revenue for the quarter came in at $65.1 million versus the consensus estimate of $65.63 million.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IRWD) 5.4% LOWER; filed a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to sell, from time to time, shares of its Common Stock. The amount will be determined at the time of the offering.

Covanta Holding (NYSE: CVA) 4.8% HIGHER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.26, $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of $0.23. Revenue for the quarter came in at $430 million versus the consensus estimate of $422.46 million.

Diodes, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIOD) 4.2% LOWER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.09, $0.01 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.10. Revenue for the quarter came in at $143.3 million versus the consensus estimate of $147.13 million. The company sees Q1 revenues of $138 million and $148 million, versus the consensus of $144.9 million.

Anacor Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ANAC) 4% LOWER; today announced the sale of 3.25 million shares of its common stock for gross proceeds of $21,450,000 pursuant to an underwriting agreement with Canaccord Genuity acting as the sole bookrunner.

Visa (NYSE: V) 3% HIGHER; reported Q1 EPS of $1.49, $0.04 better than the analyst estimate of $1.45. Revenue for the quarter came in at $2.55 billion versus the consensus estimate of $2.47 billion.

Trading Radar for 02/09: Sirius XM (SIRI), PepsiCo (PEP), Expedia (EXPE), Dunkin' Brands (DNKN), Linkedin (LNKD), Activision (ATVI) Report Feb 8, 2012 06:04PM

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session:

Before The Market Opens
Economic:
8:30am EST

• Initial Claims - Street sees 370K
  
  
• Continuing Claims - Street sees 3475K

Earnings:

API Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: ATNY) - no Street consensus
AbitibiBowater (NYSE: ABH) - consensus EPS $0.50
Aeroflex Holdings (NYSE: ARX) - consensus EPS $0.13
Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS) - no Street consensus
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXN) - consensus EPS $0.34
American Superconductor Corp (Nasdaq: AMSC) - consensus loss $0.41
BCE, Inc. (NYSE: BCE) - consensus EPS $0.65
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (Nasdaq: BECN) - consensus EPS $0.29
Bioclinica, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOC) - consensus EPS $0.07
Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) - consensus EPS $1.57
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) - consensus EPS $0.35
China Valves Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVVT) - consensus EPS $0.31
Coca-cola Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: CCE) - consensus EPS $0.36
Convio, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNVO) - consensus EPS $0.07
Corn Products International, Inc. (NYSE: CPO) - consensus EPS $1.08
Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC) - consensus loss $0.19
Dunkin' Brands Group (Nasdaq: DNKN) - consensus EPS $0.28
EnPro Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NPO) - consensus EPS $0.36
Evolution Petroleum (NYSE: EPM) - consensus EPS $0.05
Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) - consensus EPS $0.36
General Cable Corp. (NYSE: BGC) - consensus EPS $0.37
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: GPRE) - consensus EPS $0.41
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: GPI) - consensus EPS $0.87
Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY) - consensus EPS $0.24
Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Nasdaq: HERO) - consensus loss $0.19
Imperial Sugar Company (Nasdaq: IPSU) - no Street consensus
Inland Private Capital Corp (NYSE: IRC) - consensus EPS $0.21
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (NYSE: IFF) - consensus EPS $0.71
KKR & Co. L.P. (NYSE: KKR) - consensus EPS $0.71
Lorillard (NYSE: LO) - consensus EPS $1.95
Lufkin Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUFK) - consensus EPS $0.76
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE: CLI) - consensus EPS $0.67
MakeMyTrip Limited (Nasdaq: MMYT) - no Street consensus
Medtox Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTOX) - consensus EPS $0.12
Melco Crown Entertainment (Nasdaq: MPEL) - consensus EPS $0.16
Momenta Phamaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MNTA) - consensus EPS $0.27
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. (NYSE: MNR) - no Street consensus
Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) - consensus EPS $1.15
Pacer International, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACR) - consensus EPS $0.07
Palomar Medical Tech (Nasdaq: PMTI) - consensus loss $0.12
PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) - consensus EPS $1.13
Perceptron, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRCP) - consensus EPS $0.13
Philip Morris International, Inc. (NYSE: PM) - consensus EPS $1.09
Phoenix Cos., Inc. (NYSE: PNX) - consensus EPS $0.12
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PBH) - consensus EPS $0.25
RAIT Financial Trust (NYSE: RAS) - no Street consensus
RDA Microelectronics, Inc. (NYSE: RDA) - consensus EPS $0.35
Realty Income Corp. (NYSE: O) - consensus EPS $0.52
Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) - consensus EPS $0.82
Sealed Air Corp. (NYSE: SEE) - consensus EPS $0.50
Sequans Communications (Nasdaq: SQNS) - consensus loss $0.17
Shire plc (Nasdaq: SHPGY) - consensus EPS $1.37
Sigma-Aldrich Corp (Nasdaq: SIAL) - consensus EPS $0.89
Sirius XM Radio, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIRI) - consensus EPS $0.01
Sonoco Products Co. (NYSE: SON) - consensus EPS $0.46
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SPR) - consensus EPS $0.51
Teck Resources Ltd. (NYSE: TCK) - consensus EPS $1.05
Teradata (NYSE: TDC) - consensus EPS $0.62
Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE: THR) - consensus EPS $0.20
Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) - consensus EPS $0.56
ZBB Energy (NYSE: ZBB) - no Street consensus

Intraday or Not Specified
Economics:
10:00am EST

• Wholesale Inventories - Street sees 0.4%

After the Market Closes
Earnings:

AMYRIS, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMRS) - consensus loss $0.68
Aarons, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) - consensus EPS $0.43
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) - consensus EPS $0.56
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY) - consensus loss $0.32
American Science and Engineering, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASEI) - consensus EPS $0.78
Amtech Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASYS) - consensus loss $0.24
Anworth Mortgage Asset (NYSE: ANH) - consensus EPS $0.22
Aptargroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR) - consensus EPS $0.60
Arrowhead Research Corp. (Nasdaq: ARWR) - no Street consensus
Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS) - consensus EPS $0.03
Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ) - consensus EPS $0.39
Capstone Turbine Corp (Nasdaq: CPST) - consensus loss $0.02
Carbonite (Nasdaq: CARB) - consensus loss $0.22
Carolina Trust Bank (Nasdaq: CART) - no Street consensus
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (NYSE: CBB) - consensus EPS $0.06
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (Nasdaq: CIDM) - no Street consensus
Cognex Corp (Nasdaq: CGNX) - consensus EPS $0.40
Collectors Universe (Nasdaq: CLCT) - no Street consensus
DCT Industrial Trust (NYSE: DCT) - consensus EPS $0.10
Deltek, Inc. (Nasdaq: PROJ) - consensus EPS $0.14
Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EIHI) - consensus EPS $0.18
Echelon Corp (Nasdaq: ELON) - consensus loss $0.13
Encore Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG) - consensus EPS $0.64
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: ENH) - consensus loss $1.00
Euroseas Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESEA) - consensus EPS $0.03
Expedia (Nasdaq: EXPE) - consensus EPS $0.54
FBL Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FFG) - consensus EPS $0.69
Gardner Denver, Inc. (NYSE: GDI) - consensus EPS $1.53
Gleacher & Company, Inc (Nasdaq: GLCH) - consensus EPS $0.03
Hoku Corp (Nasdaq: HOKU) - consensus loss $0.11
Home Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HME) - consensus EPS $0.88
InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN) - consensus loss $0.71
Interphase Corp (Nasdaq: INPH) - no Street consensus
Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRX) - no Street consensus
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: LF) - consensus EPS $0.42
Linkedin (NYSE: LNKD) - consensus EPS $0.07
Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF) - consensus EPS $0.09
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MPWR) - consensus EPS $0.11
Move (Nasdaq: MOVE) - consensus EPS $0.09
Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN) - consensus EPS $0.36
Overland Storage, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVRL) - consensus loss $0.24
Pennantpark Floating Rate Capital Ltd (Nasdaq: PFLT) - consensus EPS $0.22
PharMerica (NYSE: PMC) - consensus EPS $0.21
Pros Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO) - consensus EPS $0.09
Prospect Capital Corporation (Nasdaq: PSEC) - consensus EPS $0.29
Protective Life Corp. (NYSE: PL) - consensus EPS $0.83
Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) - consensus EPS $0.45
Sierra Wireless (Nasdaq: SWIR) - consensus EPS $0.08
Stamps.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: STMP) - consensus EPS $0.25
Synutra International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYUT) - consensus EPS $0.17
Theravance, Inc. (Nasdaq: THRX) - consensus loss $0.39
Thermogenesis Corp. (Nasdaq: KOOL) - no Street consensus
Transition Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTHI) - no Street consensus
True Religion Apparel, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRLG) - consensus EPS $0.71
Unilife Corporation (Nasdaq: UNIS) - consensus loss $0.15
Winner Medical Group (Nasdaq: WWIN) - consensus EPS $0.12

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