Notable ETF Movers of the Day : Gainers PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) up 0.81% to $23.74. Seeing upside from uncertainty in Europe as tensions between Germany and Greece rise, and Greece may need to talk to the IMF for assistance. iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) up 2.22% to $22.57. The CBOE VIX is se...

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow’s trading session: Before The Market Opens Earnings: China TransInfo Tech (Nasdaq: CTFO) - consensus EPS $0.22 GigaMedia (Nasdaq: GIGM) - consensus loss $0.04 Tiffany & Co (NYSE: TIF) - consensus EPS $1.13 Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) - consensus EPS $0.73 Af...

Here is a recap of the top news items from this week on Wall Street: 1. Data on producer and consumer prices this week showed that concerns related to inflation may have previously been overdone. PPI for February actually fell 0.6%, better than the 0.2% drop economists had been expecting, while CPI for the month was flat. Traders received mixed sig...

The week bore few signs of policy tightening with the Fed saying rates would stay low and the BoJ extending support for the financial system ...

A.P. Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPA) 52.6% LOWER; today announced that it received a Complete Response Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding its New Drug Application for APF530 in the prevention of both acute and delayed onset chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. APF530 is a long-acting formulation of granisetron utilizing th...

UPGRADES Goldman Sachs upgrades Best Buy Company, Inc. (NYSE: BBY) from Neutral to Buy with raised price target to $47 from $44. Janney Montgomey Scott upgrades Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK) to Buy. Price target $26. Click Here for more color. BofA/Merrill Lynch upgrades Progressive Corporation (NYSE: PGR) from Underperform to Neutral and a price targ...

Icahn announced today that the offer by certain of his affiliated entities to purchase up to 13,164,420 common shares of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) has been amended to provide that the Icahn Group is now offering to purchase UP TO ALL of Lions Gate’s outstanding common shares. In addition, the expiration date of the Offer has...

A.P. Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPA) 52.2% LOWER; today announced that it received a Complete Response Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding its New Drug Application for APF530 in the prevention of both acute and delayed onset chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. APF530 is a long-acting formulation of granisetron utilizing th...

Decline in volatility reflects the record amounts of liquidity central banks have pumped into the global financial markets and record low interest rates ...

European shares on Friday retreated from their 17-month highs reached earlier in the week as concerns over Greece’s debt problems persisted. ...