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Options Report: March 2nd 2011

On the call side, Staples is seeing over 8 times the normal amount of
calls today following their quarterly earnings report this morning. AmBev shares are
also seeing a large amount of calls today, over 8.4 times the a

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Welcome to the Financial News Network Options Report.

By Stephanie Shyu
sshyu@fnno.com

Equinix Tops Q4 Sales and EPS Estimates

The company sees Q1 sales of $354-$356 million vs a Street target of $354 million. Gross margins are expected to be approximately 64%.

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Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) reported Q4 EPS of 29 cents, topping consensus estimates of 23 cents. Revenue totaled $345.2 million, inline with Street estimates.

By Christie Duffy
cduffy@fnno.com

Cisco Tops Q2 Estimates, But Shares Fall

Cisco reported adjusted inventory turns of 10.0 and days sales outstanding of 40 days. That is is up from 38 days during Q1.

Chairman and CEO John Chamber said, "The quarter played out as we expected. Our strategy of tightly integrating our multiple products through an architectural approach is working, and we are delivering innovation in each major pro

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Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) reported fiscal Q2 EPS of 37 cents, topping consensus estimates of 35 cents. Sales in the quarter totaled $10.41 billion, above the Street estimate of $10.24 billion.

By Christie Duffy
cduffy@fnno.com

Morgan Stanley Adjusted Its 2011, 2012 EPS Estimates For OpenTable, Maintained Its EW Rating

The bank sees 2011 EPS of $0.77, down from $0.86 per share, and 2012 EPS of $1.28, up from $1.12 per share.

OpenTable is currently above its 50-day moving average (MA) of $75.14 and above its 200-day of $57.89.

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Morgan Stanley adjusted its 2011 and 2012 EPS estimates for OpenTable (NASDAQ:OPEN) and maintained its equal-weight rating.

By Christie Duffy
cduffy@fnno.com

Polo Ralph Lauren Surges Nearly 9% After Reporting Q3 Results

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Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) posted net income of $168 million, or $1.72 per diluted share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2011, versus net income of $111 million, or $1.10 per diluted share, for the same period in fiscal 2010. The Str

By Christie Duffy
cduffy@fnno.com

Goldman Exec: Bank Bought Too Many Illiquid Assets Before Financial Crisis - Shares Down Fractionally

The comments came from a conference in Miami hosted by Credit Suisse. Viniar said that Goldman was "buying more illiquid assets than we probably should have."

Goldman shares are down 0.88%, or $1.49, to $167.05.

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Goldman Sachs (GS) shares are down after Goldman Chief Financial Officer David Viniar said the bank bought too many hard-to-sell assets before the financial crisis in 2008, according to Bloomberg.

By Christie Duffy
cduffy@fnno.com

Morgan Stanley Lowered Its EPS Estimates For DuPont (DD)

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Morgan Stanley lowered its 2011 and 2012 EPS estimates for DuPont (NYSE:DD) and maintained its equal-weight rating and $56 price target. The bank sees 2011 EPS of $3.65, down from $3.71 per share, and 2012 EPS of $4.03, down from

By Christie Duffy
cduffy@fnno.com

Morgan Stanley Lowered its 2011, 2012 EPS Estimates For Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA)

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Morgan Stanley lowered its 2011 and 2012 EPS estimates for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NASDAQ:TEVA) and maintained its equal-weight rating. The bank sees 2011 EPS of $5.05, down from $5.29 per share, and 2012 EPS of $5.78, do

By Christie Duffy
cduffy@fnno.com

Pegasystems Launches New Healthcare Systems Solutions

Revenue Cycle Manager enables error correction at every stage, unlike legacy applications that resolve errors at the end-stages of the revenue cycle, or point solutions that take limiting approaches at some stages, the company sai

Shares are down 0.36% or $38.47.

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Pegasystems (PEGA) today announced the launch of its new Revenue Cycle Manager solution for the health care market, which it says allows health care systems to streamline patient billing, boost cash flow and drive down operational

By Christie Duffy
cduffy@fnno.com

ThinkEquity Downgrades Dick's Sporting to Hold - Shares Down 1.8%

The firm made the call based on valuation and a likely difficult Q4 due to weather and tax refund delays.

Dick's Sporting is down nearly 2% early Wednesday on the news, at $37.55.

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Shares of Dick's Sporting (DKS) are down in pre-market trading as the company was reportedly downgraded to Hold from Buy at ThinkEquity.

By Christie Duffy
cduffy@fnno.com

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