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Growth Stock Swing Option: March 9, 2010 (Optionetics.com via Yahoo! Finance) - MARKET ANALYSIS On the eve of the "March Bottom" investors pay tribute by putting together a much quieter and beefier-looking double top formation. For the two day period the SP-500 ( SPY ) is up 1.45% within a newly-minted confirmed rally for some but one that has its work cut out for it in order to secure "Best Picture" honors for 2010. Key highlights for continued nibbling during the market's ...

GeoEye Signs Commitment Letter with Cerberus Capital Management for Preferred Stock Issuance and Debt Financing (redOrbit) - DULLES, Va., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GeoEye, Inc.

GeoEye Signs Commitment Letter with Cerberus Capital Management for Preferred Stock Issuance and Debt Financing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - GeoEye, Inc. , a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today that on March 4 it entered into a binding commitment letter with Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. , pursuant to which Cerberus committed to purchase from the Company and the Company agreed to sell to Cerberus, subject to certain conditions, up to 115,000 shares of a ...

Ag Growth Announces 2009 Results and Dividends for March, April and May 2010 (Marketwire) - WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - Ag Growth International Inc. (TSX:AFN) ("Ag Growth" or the "Company") today reported its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009. Ag Growth reported sales, EBITDA and net earnings as follows (in thousands of dollars): /

TransGlobe Energy Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Financial and Operating Results (Marketwire) - CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - TransGlobe Energy Corporation ("TransGlobe" or the "Company") (TSX:TGL)(NASDAQ:TGA) is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2009. All dollar values are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise stated. The conversion to barrels of oil equivalent ("Boe") of natural gas ...

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Ag Growth Announces 2009 Results and Dividends for March, April and May 2010 (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) - WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - 03/11/10) - Ag Growth International Inc. (TSX: AFN - News ) ("Ag Growth" or the "Company") today reported its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009. Ag Growth reported sales, EBITDA and net earnings as follows (in thousands of dollars): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twelve Months ...

AMD, Liberty Media Lure Bullish Traders (TheStreet.com) - Bullish options traders are betting that Advanced Micro Devices and Liberty Media shares will gain.