Today’s Trade Alerts include: THQ Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI), Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS), Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), and CA Inc. (Nasdaq: CA).
“THQ Inc. (THQI) shares fell nearly 1% to $16.65 Tuesday at noon. THQ, together with its subsidiaries, engages in developing, publishing and distributing interactive entertainment software for various game systems worldwide...
“THQ recently posted fiscal first-quarter results in line with Wall Street's expectations, but said it expects adjusted earnings of 80 cents to 90 cents for the full year, down from its earlier outlook of 95 cents to $1.05 per share…
“In the three months ended June 30, 2008, and 2007, the company recognized net sales of $137.6 million and $104.5 million, respectively. However, the company incurred a net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2008, of $27.2 million, or 41 cents per diluted share, which included a $2.1 million gain on sale of discontinued operations and stock-based compensation expense, net of related tax benefits of $4.3 million, or 6 cents per diluted share...”
“Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) shares climbed 3.97% to $34.34 Tuesday mid-day. Activision Blizzard operates as an online and console game publisher. Its products include Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and Tony Hawk, as well as Spider-Man, X-Men, Shrek, James Bond and TRANSFORMERS…
“Activision Blizzard’s common stock recently resumes trading under the company’s standard ticker symbol, ATVI, effective August 7, 2008, after temporarily trading on the NASDAQ under ticker symbol ATVID. The letter "D" had been temporarily added to Activision Blizzard’s NASDAQ trading symbol following the close of the merger of Activision and Vivendi Games on July 9, 2008…
“Activision Blizzard’s product portfolio also comprises various franchises consisting of Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, StarCraft, Diablo, Warcraft and World of Warcraft…”
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