Gainers SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) up 0.66% to $127.56. Initially starting lower today, the ETF is making a rebound as gold prices once again hit record highs. Gold hit $1,308,.90/ounce on the COMEX as investors are buying into the recent gold dip with belief that they precious metal is rearing to continue higher. CurrencyShares Euro Trust (NY...

National Coal (Nasdaq: NCOC) 49.6% HIGHER; to be acquired by Ranger Energy Investments for $1/share. Broadwind Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: BWEN) 26% HIGHER; higher today, with heavy volume, potentially on a Bloomberg article which states that the Chinese government could set aside as much as 30% of its alt-energy spending over the next ten years for wind...

UPGRADES KeyBanc upgrades Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) from Underweight to Hold. Click Here for more color. Goldman Sachs upgrades PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM) from Sell to Neutral, with a six-month price target of $9. Click Here for more color. ThinkEquity upgrades Seattle Genetics (Nasdaq: SGEN) from Hold to Buy, with a price target increased from $12...

Gainers SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) up 0.66% to $127.56. Initially starting lower today, the ETF is making a rebound as gold prices once again hit record highs. Gold hit $1,308,.90/ounce on the COMEX as investors are buying into the recent gold dip with belief that they precious metal is rearing to continue higher. CurrencyShares Euro Trust (NY...

National Coal (Nasdaq: NCOC) 49.4% HIGHER; to be acquired by Ranger Energy Investments for $1/share. Sterling Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: STSA) 20% HIGHER; announced that a cease and desist order put on by the FDIC and Washington Department of Financial Institutions has been lifted. The order was on since October 2009. Gushan Environmental (NYSE...

Endo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ENDP) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held generics company Qualitest Pharmaceuticals for approximately $1.2 billion in cash. Qualitest is the sixth largest U.S. generics company and is focused on cost competitive, high quality manufactured products with high barriers to entry. Combined, the c...

UPGRADES KeyBanc upgrades Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) from Underweight to Hold. Click Here for more color. Goldman Sachs upgrades PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM) from Sell to Neutral, with a six-month price target of $9. Click Here for more color. ThinkEquity upgrades Seattle Genetics (Nasdaq: SGEN) from Hold to Buy, with a price target increased from $12...

National Coal (Nasdaq: NCOC) 49.4% HIGHER; to be acquired by Ranger Energy Investments for $1/share. Sterling Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: STSA) 20% HIGHER; announced that a cease and desist order put on by the FDIC and Washington Department of Financial Institutions has been lifted. The order was on since October 2009. Gushan Environmental (NYSE...

Cognex (Nasdaq: CGNX) 11% HIGHER; boosts its Q3 sales guidance from $65-$68M to $74-$76M, vs. cons. of $66.5M. Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTR) 6.6% LOWER; has filed a preliminary prospectus supplement with the SEC with respect to an underwritten public offering of 10 million shares of its common stock. Newpark Resources (NYSE: NR) 6% L...

Endo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ENDP) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held generics company Qualitest Pharmaceuticals for approximately $1.2 billion in cash. Qualitest is the sixth largest U.S. generics company and is focused on cost competitive, high quality manufactured products with high barriers to entry. Combined, the c...