The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Kendle International, ZST Digital Networks, Hansen Medical, JDS Uniphase, Cbeyond, and ON Semiconductor. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Smith Micro Software, Sierra Wireless, Atmel, Aixtron, Mercadolibre, and ARM Holdings.
Jefferies & Co. initiated coverage of AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASIA) with a buy rating and a price target of $27, implying 41 percent upside.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Smith Micro Software, FARO Technologies, DragonWave, Atmel, Kulicke & Soffa Industries, ISTA Pharmaceuticals, EarthLink, Windstream, News Corp., and Sierra Wireless.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: QuinStreet, JDS Uniphase, NuVasive, S1 Corp., Whole Foods Market, Hansen Medical, Finisar, Spreadtrum Communications, Team, and Cepheid.
RBC Capital Markets expects Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s (NASDAQ: VRTX) Incivek (telaprevir) to treat hepatitis C is likely to be approved on or around May 23.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Axcelis Technologies, ValueClick, AXT, and Silicon Graphics International. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Key Tronic, Motricity, Kandi Technologies, First Solar, Century Aluminum, and Zalicus.
Jefferies & Co. upgraded its rating on shares of ValueClick Inc. (NASDAQ: VCLK) to buy from hold and increased its price target to $20 from $17, based on improving fundamentals and lower risk profile.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: BTU International, Quest Software, Key Tronic, QuickLogic, Web.com Group, Oplink Communications, First Solar, OpenTable, Motricity, and Century Aluminum.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Glu Mobile, FEI, AXT, Silicon Graphics International, Myriad Genetics, Planar Systems, Telestone Technologies, Avis Budget Group, and Sino Clean Energy.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Metabolix, Cognex, Advanced Energy Industries, DENTSPLY International, and VIVUS. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Parexel International, Banner Corp., Swisher Hygiene, Brightpoint, and Texas Roadhouse.
Jefferies & Co. raised its price target on shares of Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to $47 from $42, while maintaining its hold rating. The brokerage raised its fiscal 2012 EPS estimate for Autodesk to $1.73 on revenue of $2.21 billion from $1.62 on revenue of $2.156 billion, and its 2013 estimate to $2.08 on revenue of $2.474 billion from $1.93 on revenue of $2.381 billion.
Shares of CoStar Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) touched a new life-time high of $66.09 on Thursday, while LoopNet Inc. (NASDAQ: LOOP) touched a new 52-week high of $18.55.
Shares of Vital Images Inc. (NASDAQ: VTAL) jumped a new 52-week high of $18.71 on Thursday. The company said Wednesday it agreed to be acquired by a subsidiary of Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. for $18.75 per share, or about $273 million, through a cash tender offer followed by a merger.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: PDF Solutions, Oclaro, Research In Motion, Ensign Group, Deckers Outdoor, Internap Network Services, CoStar Group, CROCS, Oncothyreon, TeleCommunication Systems, and Microsoft.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: SunPower, Netgear, LodgeNet Interactive, TeleNav, Skyworks Solutions, Silicon Motion Technology, Ancestry.com, On Assignment, and True Religion Apparel.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Vital Images, InfoSpace, Fortinet, Micromet, and Citrix Systems. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Akamai Technologies, Flextronics International, InterMune, Mellanox Technologies, and Urban Outfitters.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Akamai Technologies, Affymetrix, Arris Group, Flextronics International, TriQuint Semiconductor, Mellanox Technologies, Cornerstone OnDemand, CompuCredit Holdings, Novellus Systems, and Telestone Technologies.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Vital Images, LoopNet, InfoSpace, NutriSystem, Newport, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Fortinet, Encore Wire, Citrix Systems, and Sino Clean Energy.
RBC Capital Markets upgraded its rating on shares of Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME) (TSX: COM) to outperform from sector perform on recent weakness and upcoming catalysts, with a price target of $8.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: LM Ericsson Telephone, Silicon Image, SAVVIS, ShoreTel, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Questcor Pharmaceuticals, and Vical. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: MIPS Technologies, Broadcom, SuccessFactors, Entropic Communications, and RF Micro Devices.
Barclays Capital said Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) capital expenditure growth could point towards revenue upside. The brokerage reiterated its overweight rating on shares of Apple with a price target of $465.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: LCA-Vision, Keynote Systems, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, ReachLocal, and ShoreTel. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: MIPS Technologies, Broadcom, RF Micro Devices, MAKO Surgical, and DDI Corp.
