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Here is a recap of the top news items from this week on Wall Street: 1. As Greek officials stamped out the final details of the nation’s latest austerity package, the nation dominating headlines returned to the stock market once again this week. The EU has required Greece to cut its debt to below 120 percent of GDP by 2020, however, the lates...

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow’s trading session: Before The Market Opens Earnings: China Nutrifruit Group (Nasdaq: CNGL) - no Street consensus Diebold, Inc. (NYSE: DBD) - consensus EPS $0.84 Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DW) - consensus EPS $0.20 KVH Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) - consensu...

This report is an intraday check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today. 52-Week High: Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CIE) high of $36.51. Colbalt is moving higher Friday after providing additional data confirming the significance of its Cameia Pre-salt oil discovery in Block 21 offshore Ango...

Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CIE) 37.4% HIGHER; provided additional data confirming the significance of its Cameia Pre-salt oil discovery in Block 21 offshore Angola. Click here for the full report. The stock was upgraded at Howard Weil earlier. Amyris (Nasdaq: AMRS) 28.7% LOWER; management held a business update call where management ...

The following is a list of notable articles to help get you through the lunch hour: Netflix (NFLX) Wants to Enter This ‘Media Hungry’ Market Next… -> Read this! Nokia (NOK), Motorola (MMI) to Turn More to Taiwan for Manufacturing -> Read this! IEA Cuts Global Oil Demand Outlook for Sixth Consecutive Month -> Read this! A...

Gainers iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Fu (NYSE: VXX) up 5.45 percent to $27.07. The CBOE VIX is up 10 percent on the session as markets become a little more volatile following bleak economic data as well as Greece lost backing from a key party member for new austerity measures, leading to bailout funds being withheld by the troika. The trade ...

Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CIE) 43% HIGHER; provided additional data confirming the significance of its Cameia Pre-salt oil discovery in Block 21 offshore Angola. Click here to see the full report. The stock was upgraded at Howard Weil earlier. Amyris (Nasdaq: AMRS) 27.4% LOWER; management held a business update call where management ...

UPGRADES Deutsche Bank upgrades ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) to Buy with a price target of $90. Click Here for more color. Credit Suisse lifts JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU) from Neutral to Outperform, boosting its price target from $13 to $17. Goldman Sachs adds Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) to its Conviction Buy List with a price target of $16. ...

The following is a list of companies trading ex-dividend Monday, February 13th, which produce some of the best yields on the Street: Seagate Technology. (Nasdaq: STX), paying 25 cents with a current yield of 3.9%; Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY), paying 49 cents with a current yield of 5.0%; Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC), paying 52.5 cents with a current...