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Traders Stocks Alert: Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE), Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL), Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO)

Joe Dashiell — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:26:51 +0000

Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL)’s shares dropped 0.27% to $3.65. The company announced that its second quarter 2014 financial results will be released on July 31, 2014 after the markets close.

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Additionally, the company on July 13 announced positive top-line results from coBRIM, the phase 3 pivotal trial evaluating cobimetinib, a specific MEK inhibitor discovered by Exelixis, in combination with vemurafenib in previously untreated patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic melanoma harboring the BRAFV600 mutation.

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO)’s shares increased 2.23% to $4.13. The company has scheduled a conference call to discuss its second quarter 2014 financial results on July 23, 2014.

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Additionally, the company on June 19 announced that it has published the June Fleet Status Report. The Report includes the Hercules Offshore Rig Fleet Status (as of June 19, 2014), which contains detailed contract information for each of the Company’s drilling rigs. The Report also includes the Hercules Offshore Liftboat Fleet Status Report, which contains information by liftboat class for May 2014, including revenue per day and operating days.

Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE)’s shares declined 4.56% to $3.35. The company on July 15 announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Spain, S.L.U (“Yingli Spain”) has signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with Senelec (Societe Nationaled’Electricite de Senegal), the stated owned utility company of Senegal,for a 2MW ground-mounted PV plant, one of Senegal’s flagship PV projects. According to the agreement, the Company will co-develop the 2MW project located in Dakar, Senegal with Senelec. The project will supply clean energy to the new international conference center Diamniadio in Dakar where the renowed “XV Francophonie Summit” will take place in November 2014.

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Investors Alert: FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:FCEL), Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR), Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO)

Jean Jadhon — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:10:34 +0000

FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:FCEL)’s shares jumped 3.26% to $2.22 after research firm FBR Capital initiated coverage of the stock with an Outperform rating in a note to investors earlier on July 15.

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Additionally, the company on June 20 announced the development of a project to install a 1.4 megawatt (MW) fuel cell power plant to provide both electricity and usable high quality heat to the University of California, Irvine Medical Center. The power plant will generate about 30 percent of the facility power needs, while the heat produced will be used in a direct exhaust absorption chiller to produce 200 tons of cooling for an office building and associated institutional requirements.

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR)’s shares fell 3.02% and closed at $3.21. The company on June 11 announced that four of its affiliate operations received the Holmes Safety Award from the state of West Virginia for their safety accomplishments. Special recognition was also given to four employees for their efforts and achievements in mine safety and community work, including Gary Frampton of East Bank, W.Va., who won the state’s top individual honor as 2013 Coal Safety Leader.

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Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO)’s shares decreased 0.74% to $4.04. The company announced today that it has scheduled a conference call to discuss its second quarter 2014 financial results on July 23, 2014.

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Markets Buzz: Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG), Fusion-IO, Inc. (NYSE:FIO), Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO)

Jonathan Keim — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:25:42 +0000

Scorpio Tankers Inc.(NYSE:STNG)’s shares jumped 5.01% to $9.85. The company on June 25 announced the pricing of its offering of $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 2.375% convertible senior notes due 2019 (the “Notes”) in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The private offering was upsized from the previously announced $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The Company has granted the initial purchasers of the Notes a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $60,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes in connection with the offering. The offering is expected to close on June 30, 2014, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions.

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Fusion-IO, Inc. (NYSE:FIO)’s shares dropped 2.24% to $11.34. The company on June 24 announced that the all-flash ION Accelerator Appliance will be offered as a fully integrated and Dell-branded solution. Featuring the industry-leading performance and reliability of Fusion-io flash technology, the Dell Acceleration Appliance for Databases, is simple to deploy and purpose-built for accelerating enterprise applications including Oracle, SAP HANA, and Microsoft SQL Server, as well as virtualization workloads. The all-flash appliance delivers application-focused performance for data-intensive workloads, allowing general purpose storage systems to focus on managing data capacity.

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Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO)’s shares increased 2.28% to $4.03. The company on June 19 announced that it has published the June Fleet Status Report (“the Report”). The Report includes the Hercules Offshore Rig Fleet Status (as of June 19, 2014), which contains detailed contract information for each of the Company’s drilling rigs. The Report also includes the Hercules Offshore Liftboat Fleet Status Report, which contains information by liftboat class for May 2014, including revenue per day and operating days.

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Additionally, the company announced that John T. Rynd, Chief Executive Officer and President, presented at the Global Hunter GHS 100 Conference in Chicago on June 24, 2014, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

Investors Alert: Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG), Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO), AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS)

Karen Loftus — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:51:08 +0000

Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG)’s shares fell 7.40% to $4.45. The company on June 12 published comments on its blog regarding to the 2014 Green Retail Decisions (GRD) Innovation Summit. According to the blog, the main theme of the event was sharing best practices and collaboration among suppliers and retailers. Companies in attendance ranged from Wal-Mart to Home Depot to Family Dollar. The company also noted that a large range of organizations were interested in switching from the lead-acid batteries currently used on its forklift fleets to Plug’s efficient, zero emission hydrogen fuel cells.

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Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO)’s shares decreased 2.72% to $3.94. The company on June 19 announced that it has published the June Fleet Status Report (“the Report”). The Report includes the Hercules Offshore Rig Fleet Status (as of June 19, 2014), which contains detailed contract information for each of the Company’s drilling rigs. The Report also includes the Hercules Offshore Liftboat Fleet Status Report, which contains information by liftboat class for May 2014, including revenue per day and operating days.

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Additionally, the company announced that John T. Rynd, Chief Executive Officer and President, presented at the Global Hunter GHS 100 Conference in Chicago on June 24, 2014, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS)’s shares dropped 0.52% to $7.62. The company will release its second quarter 2014 financial results before the opening of trading on on July 29, 2014.

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Additionally, the company on June 24 said that it will increase base prices for all of its stainless steel products, effective with shipments on July 6, 2014. AK Steel said that all automotive grades will be increased by $40 per ton, and that all non-automotive grades will be increased by $200 to $300 per ton, depending on the product.

Special News Alert: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN), Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO), Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE:KWK)

Joe Dashiell — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:29:55 +0000

Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE:KWK)’s shares dropped 0.67% to $2.95. The company on May 1 announces it closed on the previously announced sale to Southwestern Energy Production Company of its jointly owned holdings with SWEPI LP (“Shell”) in the Sand Wash Basin for gross cash proceeds of $180 million. Quicksilver received total cash proceeds of $93.5 million per the conditions as set forth in the purchase and sale agreement, which includes a deposit of $4.5 million received on March 4, 2014 when the agreement was executed.

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Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN)’s shares increased 0.62% to $8.13. Maxim on June 16 said its recent meeting with Achillion management made it believe that fundamental progress will be made by the company and that IP for its HCV nucleotide could be a catalyst. The firm raised its price target on the stock to $22 from $6 and maintains its Buy rating on the shares.

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Additionally, the company on June 10 announced the Company has begun dosing ACH-3422, a uridine-analog nucleotide polymerase inhibitor, for seven days in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) in its ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial. Proof-of-concept results from this trial are expected to be reported during the fall of 2014. Furthermore, Achillion announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has removed the clinical hold on sovaprevir, an NS3/4A protease inhibitor, to permit the conduct of trials in patients with HCV.

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO)’s shares decreased 11.65% to $4.36. The company on June 19 announced that it has published the June Fleet Status Report (“the Report”). The Report includes the Hercules Offshore Rig Fleet Status (as of June 19, 2014), which contains detailed contract information for each of the Company’s drilling rigs. The Report also includes the Hercules Offshore Liftboat Fleet Status Report, which contains information by liftboat class for May 2014, including revenue per day and operating days.