Major Movers on January 2; POL, ABT, ASNA, SGYP, FB, AAPL, BAC, MIDD, MCP, ZIP, CAR, EBS, AEO

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) climbed 8 percent on Wednesday after Jefferies Group initiated coverage on the stock with a “buy” rating.  On December 20, the company announced the acquisition of Glasforms Inc., which specializes in glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymers and advanced products.

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Major Movers on December 28; CPHD, AMD, HCA, GRPN, ARNA, FB, BAC, RIMM

Shares of Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD), a molecular diagnostics company engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of integrated systems for testing in the Clinical market, are soaring in early trading today.

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Major Movers on December 24; TRIP, AUO, AMZN, MSFT, FB, UTX

Shares of TripAdvisor Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP), an online travel research company enabling users to plan and have a trip, are gaining in trading today. At last check, TRIP shares were trading 1.93% higher at $42.78 on volume of 294,007. The stock hit an intra-day high of $44.10 before paring some of its gains. Despite today’s gains, TRIP shares have fallen nearly 1.5% in the last three trading sessions.

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Zynga to Shut Down Operations in Japan (ZNGA)

Beleaguered company, Zynga Inc., (NASDAQ: ZNGA) whose shares have been hammered in 2012 due to slowing sales-growth and company’s slow transformation towards mobile computing amid mass departure of some high-profile executives, confirmed on Monday that it will be closing down its operations in Japan.

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Facebook’s Biggest Shareholder Bullish on Company’s Prospects (FB)

Alisher Usmannov, the Uzbekistan born Russian billionaire who also happens to be one of the biggest shareholders in Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), believes that social networking giant’s true potential “has not been understood” by investors—surprisingly not even by the Company itself.

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Facebook in MENA: User-Base Grows 10% in 2012 (FB)

Although Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) user base is currently  equivalent to seventh of world’s  entire population, the social networking giant is not content as it looks to expand in untapped regions , more particularly in the Middle-East and Northern Africa region (MENA).

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Major Gainers in Trading on November 30; TLAB, FILVE, CLWR, WMT, FB, PWR

Shares of Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB), a company engaged in the designing and marketing of equipment and services to communications services providers, are soaring in trading today. At last check, TLAB shares were trading 16.27% higher at $3.43 on above average volume of 13.08 million. The stock hit an intra-day high of $3.50.

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Zynga Nosedives as Terms with Facebook were Revised (ZNGA, FB)

Shares of online social gaming service provider, Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) plunged 12.60 percent in aftermarket hours on Thursday after the troubled company said in its regulatory filing  that its two year-old contract with Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was revised; as a result,  hereafter, rules applicable to other game developers will also apply to Zynga.

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Major Gainers and Losers on November 16; PENN, DELL, FB, SINA

Shares of Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN), a diversified owner and manager of gaming and pari-mutuel properties, soared in trading today. PENN shares ended the day 28.24% higher at $48.23 on above average volume of 10.59 million. The stock hit a 52-week high of $50.50 in trading today.

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