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Netlist Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST) is losing its way.  Last week was actually a very large surprise after seeing it rise after an apparent and false fall from grace.  But maybe reality is setting in that stocks don’t usually rise from under $1.00 in the penny stock category up to over $7.00.  It would be easy [...]

Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDRX) is soaring on a ceffeinated buyout offer.  Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR)) confirmed that it has submitted a proposal to acquire Diedrich Coffee for $30.00 per share in a transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $247 million.   Diedrich announced that its board of directors had determined [...]

Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ: TECD) beat earnings and is challenging 52-week highs.  The technology and communications products distribution giant posted $0.84 EPS on a 9.5% drop in revenues to $5.64 billion.  Estimates from Thomson Reuters were $0.71 EPS and $5.33 billion in revenues.  The company it also sees Q4 sales higher in the low to [...]

Cephalon Inc. (NASDAQ: CEPH) is down sharply on news that it and privately-held Ception Therapeutics, Inc. did not meet some endpoints.  Cephalon was halted, but shares are down 7.6% at $55.07 on 662,000 shares as of 8:40 AM EST.  After shares were re-opened, the stock was down over 9%.  Average volume is 1.9 million shares [...]

Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ: SEED) is so strong this morning on its modified corn approval that it is pulling up two virtually unknown Chinese stocks along with it: Yongye International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YONG) is in the fulvic acid based liquid and powder nutrient compounds for plant and animal feed used in the agriculture industry in [...]

Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ: SEED) is not exactly a household name in America, but the company is deep in hybrid crop seeds in China.  This weekend came the announcement: “Origin Agritech Announces Final Approval of World’s First Genetically Modified Phytase Corn”… Need say no more. Shares are up 30% at $6.78 at 8:22 AM EST [...]

Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST) is beyond amazing… It is becoming baffling how much this stock has run after all of its HyperCloud related trading gains.   We had noted each morning how Netlist’s chart had become a drunkard that would probably ebb and flow after its inflection point had been hit with 25 million shares [...]

With the merger ‘rumors’ out there calling for another potential merger between Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) with a $1.1 billion market cap and with MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) and a $2.3 billion market cap, it is of no surprise that we are seeing elevated trading in the stocks and even in the options [...]

DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is seeing some options activity that stands out today, although it is a bit muted by our count considering that the $300 million convertible note offering was juiced up to $400 million and considering the share lending agreement with Deutsche Bank.  The action is almost irrelevant in NOV-2009, but the December [...]

Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has seen a massive trade for January 2011 as 20,000 January $12.50 puts are sold for $1.10, and 20,000 January $17.50 and $30 calls are also sold for a total of $1.75, while 40,000 of the $20 calls are bought for $0.96, a net credit trade.  The 4 legged trade could [...]