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Friday is finally here.  We have some real duds this morning that are going to be glad to have this week behind them based upon their news moves.  We have provided the price move, the volume, and added color and relevant data around the news summaries for each.
AP Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: APPA) is getting crushed [...]

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is running on word that Google is now much more likely than not about to close its China website.  At 8:45 AM EST we have seen 77,000 shares trade and the stock is up 3.8% at $571.43.  The old 52-week high is $559.47.
Pepsico, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) is trading higher at new [...]

We have many key movers, and many up by double-digit percentages.  These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks:
Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE)  is trading up 3.5% at $33.45 on about 76,000 shares after two different analyst upgrades.
Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX) is trading up big after it received a U.S. patent [...]

Baidu. Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) is soaring this morning after yesterday’s announcement that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is pulling out of China.  This would effectively leave Baidu with more than just the lion share of online web search and advertising revenues in China. Baidu closed at $386.49 yesterday, but shares are up 14.6% at $443.00 on over [...]

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is under pressure this morning on an analyst downgrade to Market Perform from Outperform at Bernstein.  At 8:25 AM EST we have seen only about 24,000 shares traded and the stock is down less than 1% at $436.00 on the last print.  The 52-week trading range is $100.50 to $443.25.  A [...]

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) reported Q3 earnings which looked good on the surface at $2.16 EPS vs. $1.85 estimates as revenues rose 39% to $187 million vs. $188 million expected.  New technology was causing a lower outlook to revenue of $174 to $180 million vs. $203 million expected.  Shares fell by 10% in after-hours trading [...]

Baidu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is surging after the stock rating was raised to the CONVICTION BUY LIST at Goldman Sachs this morning with a 6-month price target of $145.00.

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Shares at 9:33 AM EST are up 9.9% at $129.91 after closing at $118.09 yesterday.  We have already seen more than 400,000 shares trade in [...]

Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is being hit as a hi-beta tech proxy this morning.   Shares are at $166.90, down $11.99 or 6.70% as of 8:38 AM EST.  There has not been any direct news, although a Dow Jones article noted Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Google president of Asia Pacific and Latin America, giving comments last week [...]

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