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We are seeing active trading in SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) pre-market on several pieces of data.  It looks like the FCC has given the final green light call to approve its XM Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: XMSR) buyout.   Sirius also posted a 25% revenue gain and posted a narrower loss. So far at [...]

Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN) is surging in after hours trading after the company showed this long-awaited and highly anticipated osteoporosis data. Shares are up a monster 11% after the close.  This takes shares back over $60.00 for the first time in more than a year.  To top it off, we have seen more than 900,000 [...]

It’s been a while since we have seen the US homebuilder sector have stock options among the most active contracts at the CBOE.  It’s usually financial stocks that traders have been using.  Looking at Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) and Lennar (NYSE: LEN) says it all.  But today we are seeing the following trades out there [...]

Capstone turbine Corp. (NASDAQ: CPST) is seeing a flurry of volume today after a substantial drop today and after a 35% sell-off from recent highs.  Lazard Capital markets just came out defending the stock this morning.  Shares are up a little more than 2% at $2.97 at 10:01 AM EST.  Shares were up over 4% [...]

This alternative energy player GT Solar International Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) came public just yesterday and was already given a poor reception on its debut day. But that is looking like chicken feed compared to today’s trading in the stock. At 9:48 AM EST we have already seen over 5 million shares trade hands and stock [...]

By now you’ve seen the earnings release and the more important release that Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) has settled its Nokia litigation.  But what is interesting besides “just” the huge gains in the stock this morning is the volume.  After 1 hour and 10 minutes, this stock is up 16.6% at $52.27.  What is more [...]

We are seeing a flood of selling in Capstone Turbine Corp. (NASDAQ: CPST) in the first 30 minutes of trading this morning.  We haven’t seen any fresh negative news out there but there was a rather large sell order that hit on the open today.  As of 10:03 AM EST we have seen a 10.5% [...]

Baidu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is seeing a marked volume surge in after-hours trading.  The culprit is its better than expected earnings.  As of 5:22 PM EST we have seen 367,000 shares trade in after-hours with a last trade of $321+, which is very active for a $300+ stock. -JON OGG

Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR) are reversing their earlier losses and headed back up.  Reports from Reuters, DealReporter, and the WSJ are all claiming that the 2-2 deadlock is going to be broken with the final vote coming FOR the merger.  Until you have a press release from the FCC [...]

We’ve just seen a sudden surge of volume to the downside in both Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR).  There are reports that the FCC commissioner who was trying to make strong concessions  on th Sirius/XM merger has withdrawn the offer that would have resulted in approval of the merger.  [...]