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Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is trading up another 0.8% at $26.34 and challenging yesterday’s $26.36 52-week high.  At 8:26 AM EST we have seen over 900,000 shares trade hands ahead of the 11 AM announcement that will “forever change the internet.” UPDATE 9:11 up 0.7% at $26.32 on 2.4 million shares.
China Armco Metals, Inc. [...]

It is hard to use Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) for an options-bias for many time periods in general, but that has not been the case today not the case this week.  After a weekend review and considering that most key technology companies have beat earnings and then sold off, it was almost shocking that [...]

2010 is here and we wanted to take a look at the largest catalyst for options volume and how it may translate into active stock trading for the January 2010 options expiration date.  In this matter we looked solely at the closest in-the-money and out-of-the-money call options that expire on January 15, 2010 because these [...]

RADVision Ltd. (NASDAQ: RVSN) is under pressure on fairly thin volume because it is pre-market.   As Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is juicing up the buyout offer to secure a Tandberg acquisition from a dissident group of minority-stake shareholders.   Tandberg is a further move to video for Cisco, yet Cisco is RADVision’s largest client for video.  [...]

RADVISION Ltd. (NASDAQ: RVSN) is already trading higher this morning.  The company’s earnings yesterday morning were $0.13 non-GAAP EPS and $20.4 million in revenues versus Thomson Reuters figures.  And the guidance for Q4 was listed as $0.17 non-GAAP EPS and $21.5 million in revenues.  That guidance may be mixed, but it does not signal an [...]

Starent Networks, Corp. (NASDAQ: STAR), multimedia hardware/software player, is being acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) for some $2.9 billion versus a $2.08 billion market cap based on Monday’s $29.03 closing price. The deal is an all-cash buyout and the buyout price is $35.00 per share in a deal which companies have approved and which [...]

Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) is now down only 1.1% at $21.90 as of 8:20 AM EST on some 660,000 shares.  Last night’s report of $0.31 EPS and $8.5 billion in revenues exceeded forecasts.  Unfortunately the company gave light guidance and was not committed to growth unless things continue to improve in the economy.  As we [...]

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is trading up 2% at $20.92 in early trading.  As of 8:20 AM EST we have seen about 200,000 shares trade hands.  While this is not exactly huge volume and while this one trades 50 million shares, this may be a more active trading tone today based upon the early [...]

These are the stocks we are seeing trading up or down in the after-hours session this Tuesday evening:
Juniper Networks, Inc. (JNPR) preliminary guidance of $760 to $765 million in revenues, down from prior range of $800 to $830 million; but earnings now seen as $0.16 to $0.17 rather than $0.15 to $0.17 EPS.  Shares were [...]

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is trading up after Goldman Sachs decided it likes yesterday’s unified computing push.  Goldman has added the technology giant to its prized CONVICTION BUY LIST with an $18.00 target.  In the last 5 trading days this one has rallied more than 10%, and shares are up almost 2% at $15.70 [...]