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STOCKS TO WATCH Asbury Park Press
CHORDIANT SOFTWARE INC. (CHRD) fell 40 cents, to $2.85, in trading after the official close of U.S. exchanges. The maker of business software said in a statement of preliminary results that fourth-quarter revenue was $21.70 million, compared with the $28.3 million estimate by JMP Securities analyst Patrick Walravens.
IPO REPORT: IPG Photonics And Guidance Software Rally Nasdaq
NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- IPG Photonics Corp. rallied more than 50% and Guidance Software jumped more than 20% as the first pair of tech IPOs to step off in a single day since the middle of October drew cheers on Wall Street.
IPO Snap: ATN DCT GUID IPGP AP via Yahoo! Finance
Four companies debuted trading Wednesday, in the middle of a busy week for initial public offerings. Energy company Atlas America Inc. priced the IPO of its subsidiary, Atlas Energy Resources LLC, at $21 per unit.
Stocks Little Changed in Early Trading AP via Yahoo! Finance
U.S. stocks were little changed Thursday as investors mulled a decision on oil production and also looked to earnings from Bear Stearns and Adobe Systems.
IPO Snap: ATN DCT GUID IPGP Sharewatch
Energy company Atlas America Inc. priced the IPO of its subsidiary, Atlas Energy Resources LLC, at $21 per unit. Shares rose $1.35, or 6.4 percent, to $22.35 in morning trading following the stock\'s debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
Stocks little changed in early trading Sharewatch
In the retail sector, Costco Wholesale reported profit slightly ahead of market expectations. In the opening minutes, the Dow Jones industrials were up .64 of a point to 12,318.14, the S&P 500 edged up .01 of a point to 1,413.22, and the Nasdaq gained 3.34 points to 2,435.75.
Paulson Calls for More Flexible Yuan as Summit Opens Update9 Bloomberg.com
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, facing pressure from Congress for trade sanctions against China, urged the nation to relax currency controls and clamp down on software piracy to help close a record trade gap.
This is one regulation that went too far Market Watch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- It's been a good couple of years for Michael Duffy, chief executive of OpenPages, a six-year-old software company outside of Boston that does a very good business guiding companies through the obstacle course of Sarbanes-Oxley.
ConfirmHub Announces TFS Energy's Intent to Join the Group of Member Brokers PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
ConfirmHub, LLC announces TFS Energy's execution of a Letter of Intent to join Amerex, GFI Group, ICAP, Tullett Prebon and Spectron Energy as members.
IPO Snap: ATN DCT GUID IPGP KiplingerForecasts.com
Four companies debuted trading Wednesday, in the middle of a busy week for initial public offerings.
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