Imperial Sugar Co. (NASDAQ: IPSU) 63.7% HIGHER; reported Q1 EPS of ($0.29), versus ($0.75) reported last year. Revenue for the quarter came in at $227.68 million, versus $227.39 million reported last year. Diamond Foods (Nasdaq: DMND) 35.8% LOWER; reports audit committee finds 2010, 2011 financials need to be restated. The company’s Chairman ...

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: Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) high of $496.75. Apple making a sharp move higher Thursday, possibly on word that an iPad 3 event will be held the first week of March, as well as some positive analyst comments. For about ...

Imperial Sugar Co. (NASDAQ: IPSU) 52.6% HIGHER; reported Q1 EPS of ($0.29), versus ($0.75) reported last year. Revenue for the quarter came in at $227.68 million, versus $227.39 million reported last year. Diamond Foods (Nasdaq: DMND) 35.9% LOWER; reports audit committee finds 2010, 2011 financials need to be restated. The company’s Chairman ...

Gainers iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term (NYSE: VXX) up 3.06 percent to $25.23. The CBOE VIX is up about 2.5 percent as the market prices in the proposed Greek settlement coupled with better than expected jobless claims. Though Greece and the troika agreed to terms, austerity measures proposed — including government job cuts and lower pens...

The following is a list of notable articles to help get you through the lunch hour: Apple (AAPL) Shares Boldly Approach $500 Level; Up 3+% Today -> Read this! Nomura Securities Maintains a ‘Neutral’ on Annaly Capital (NLY); Q4 Review -> Read this! Analysts Weigh in On Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Make a Number of Changes to Estima...

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...

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...

UPGRADES Macquarie upgrades Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) from Neutral to Outperform. Jefferies lifts Celanese (NYSE: CE) from Hold to Buy, its price target moved from $50 to $65. Click Here for more color. Morgan Stanley boosts shares of CIT Group (NYSE: CIT) from Equalweight to Overweight. Compass Point upgraded Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) from Neutral ...

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...

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, soli...