TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO) shares dropped 2 percent in late trading as the company reported disappointing results for the first-quarter. TiVo logged a loss of $20.8 million (17 cents per share), compared to a net gain of $139 million ($1.04 per share) a year earlier. Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo, said, “Our first quarter represented a solid start to the year for TiVo with our results in line with our financial outlook and as we continued to execute on our key objectives. Global adoption of TiVo progressed as we grew our subscription base 27% year-over-year, or by 524,000 subscriptions.”

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After falling almost 8 percent during regular market hours, Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) shares edged slightly higher in extended trading. The BlackBerry maker recently  announced it hired JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and RBC Capital Markets to review the company’s business and financial performance. CEO Thorsten Heins also announced that the company would report a first-quarter operating loss and plans on cutting its work force.

Despite a pullback across the markets on Wednesday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares managed to close 1.2 percent higher and continues to attract interest after the closing bell. The tech giant launched the official iOS app for its 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference, and also posted the full conference schedule on its website. The conference begins on Monday, June 11 with a keynote presentation, as expected. Most Apple enthusiasts know that a keynote presentation usually contains the introduction of some new software, and if they’re lucky, some new hardware as well.

Shares of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) continue to struggle in public trading. The social-media company traded down to as low as $27.86 on Wednesday, representing new lows since it began trading on the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) on May 18. Shares finished the day at $28.19 and continued to edge lower in late trading.

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However, Cook said that China and other Asian countries have become the default go-to place for assembling products because the number of American tool-and-die makers has fallen way short. Cook said such skilled workers in America would hardly fill up the auditorium in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, where the interview was being held. In China, such skilled workers would fill several cities, he added.

So, with worker skills in the U.S. disappearing, bringing about a change in the current situation will require new education initiatives that will take time to implement and bear results. In the meantime, component makers that employ Americans are having an impact.

Cook said the microprocessor chips inside the latest Apple mobile devices are made for the company by Samsung in Austin, Texas, and that the Mac’s chips made by Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) are manufactured in several U.S. factories. “The semiconductor industry is fantastic in the United States,” Cook said. Also, the display glass for Apple mobile devices is made by Corning (NYSE:GLW) in Kentucky.

“We will do as many of these as we can do,” Cook said.

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Facebook’s new dark clouds are worrisome for investors. Our CHEAT SHEET investing framework always starts with a requirement for a “C = Catalyst for a Stockʼs Movement“. In the case of Facebook, the strongest catalysts on the horizon are negative. Let’s take a look:

1) FTC inquiries into the billion dollar Instagram deal;

2) SEC inquiries into IPO shenanigans involving Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS);

3) Shareholder lawsuits over IPO shenanigans;

4) Slowing growth in the latest earnings announcement;

5) Major problems monetizing the user-base;

6) An alleged move away from core competencies into the highly risky smartphone hardware space;

7) Core gaming partner Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) is diversifying away from the Facebook platform;

8) Increasing competition from Google+ (NASDAQ:GOOG), Path, Pinterest, and many more niche social networks.

In addition to these major issues facing the company, Facebook’s stock is highly valued and currently not discounting all these negative catalysts. Am I missing other negative catalysts? If so, please let me know in the comments below.

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Buddy Media is near to being acquired by SalesForce.com (NYSE:CRM) for a reported valuation of $800 million. Reportedly, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) was also a bidder, but was unsuccessful.

Buddy Media has recently made a foray into other social media platforms such as Twitter, LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) and Google. The acquisition rationale for Salesforce seems to be to leverage Buddy Media’s customer base and leads.

The proposed acquisition comes on the heels of Oracle’s (NASDAQ:ORCL) $300 million acquisition of social media marketing outfit, Virtue.

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Daryanani expects a new MacBook Pro as early as next month and an updated version of the MacBook Air in the next 6 months. Apple is thought to be using Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) next-generation Ivy Bridge processors in its new portables. The analyst believes the Mac lineup will grow 10-15 percent on an annual basis.

He also said that the next generation of the company’s “flagship product”, the iPhone, will come equipped with 4G LTE technology and a redesigned look, with the product likely being available in the late summer or early fall time frame. The analyst also wrote that a two-year design cycle from the iPhone from Apple could create increased seasonality for the device. “In our view, a redesigned version of the iPhone every two years will likely result in higher unit sales relative to the iPhone ‘S’ versions as carrier contracts last roughly 2 years and consumers have historically been attracted to the new design concepts created by Apple,” he wrote.

Daryanani noted that Apple saw just 21 percent growth in iPhone shipments year over year in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to 91 percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2010.

The note also predicted Apple stock to hit $700 mark within the next 6 to 12 months, spurred by the new products as well as a sustained momentum of iPad sales.

The analyst also had an opinion on the rumored television set from the company, saying the device made “strategic sense” for the company even though there were worries that the product may drag on Apple’s margins. Daryanani predicts Samsung, LG, and Sony (NYSE:SNE) as the companies that will get hurt the most if Apple were to launch an industry changing TV product. RBC expects Apple to sell 10 million units of the rumored device in the first 12 months for $15 billion in revenue and $1.77 in earnings per share.

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Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S): In order to finance equipment purchases from Ericsson, Sprint Nextel has entered a new credit facility, totalling $1B, with Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) and several other banks

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ): According to the Sacramento Business Journal, Verizon is making plant to cut and relocate jobs around Sacramento in hopes to restructure the company’s customer service operations.

Frontier Communications Corporation (NYSE:FTR): Due to shares being lower than they have been in decades, Nomura makes a contrarian call on Frontier Communications. Nomura believes that the company’s huge wireline subscriber losses could narrow quickly.  The losses are tied to assets bought from Verizon. Frontier also shows low multiples and heavy short interest, by May 15 23.2% of the float was shorted, and shares may be driven higher as a result of EPS revisions.

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU): According to Bloomberg, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen believes that European phone companies widen the gap with the U.S. and risk turning the European region into a “digital desert” by refusing to invest in networks.

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Disney (NYSE:DIS) plans to introduce a mobile app in the near term that should enable Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) TV subscribers to view the Disney Channel from mobile devices. Sports channel ESPN already has a similar arrangement with certain cable companies.

The United States International Trade Administration rules in Whirlpool’s (NYSE:WHR) favor, that competitors Samsung and LG dumped washing machines here at prices that are below fair value. Moreover, the Commerce Department intends to tag tariffs on imports of the appliances as a temporary reaction to the practice. Whirlpool shares spike at the news.

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The FDA has issued a warning concerning a counterfeit version of Teva Pharmaceutical’s (NASDAQ:TEVA) ADHD drug Adderall, which is currently being sold on websites. Although the fake pills might bring a health risk, there are so far no reports of anyone being harmed by their use.

Teva Pharmaceutical and Par Pharmaceutical (NYSE:PRX) lose their bid in court to market Amarin’s (NASDAQ:AMRN) generic form of Lovaza, AMR101, without rivals. Shares of the two firms thus gave back most of Tuesday’s gains, as hopes of the deal are smashed. Goldman chimes in, saying that the ruling regarding patents covering Lovaza ‘eliminates a key upside opportunity’, and that it renders the extent of its impact on growth to be uncertain at this juncture. The analyst maintains its Neutral on the shares.

Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) intends to divest all or part of Catalent Pharma Solutions, which contracts with pharma firms to produce and package medicine to Frazier Healthcare. Financials of the potential deal are so far undisclosed.

Alkermes (NASDAQ:ALKS) reports that top-line results from a phase 2b dose-ranging clinical study of ALKS 37 in the treatment of opioid-induced constipation failed to satisfy its pre-specified criteria for advancing into phase 3 clinical trials. Alkermes has thus decided to not advance ALKS 37, and will mull opportunities for out-licensing .

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Hess (NYSE:HES) reports that Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDSA) (NYSE:RDSB) will acquire its 15.67 percent stake in the BP-operated Schiehallion field off the Scottish coast, which represents Hess’ associated share in the Schiehallion floating, production, storage and offloading vessel, plus the West of Shetland pipeline system. Details of the transaction were not reported.

ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) CEO Rex Tillerson says his company is evaluating the proposition of exporting natural gas from the U.S. Gulf Coast and Canada. To critics who say that exporting the gas will raise domestic prices, the CEO responds that the exports will create jobs, raise tax revenues and help the United States’ trade balance as well.

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Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) executives will present their company’s plans for Canada, China and Brazil Friday, at the annual meeting in Arkansas. Observers will monitor the comments made there more closely than usual this year, considering that allegations from the bribery matter in Mexico are still ongoing. Also at the meeting, shareholders will see if the movement to boot current board members gets traction, or if the 20 percent return over the past year outweighs that sentiment. Meanwhile, WMT shares slump slightly late in the day, but fare well compared to most others.

General Motors (NYSE:GM) will not advertise on Facebook, but will go ahead with its marketing agreement with the English Premiere League team, Manchester United. Of course there is method in the madness, as the team is hugely popular in Asia, a region in which GM hopes to land a large market share.

Kellogg (NYSE:K) is changing its basic package look after 106 years, introducing a new worldwide branding package that represents the most important change in its history. However, observers in the industry opine that it might take more that bright colors in a modernized look, to reverse slumping sales in the categories.

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But while Cook’s secrecy about product development is in keeping with the path laid out by his predecessor, the late Steve Jobs, he did make one notable divergence from that legacy, saying Apple would be more transparent than in the past about issues related to social change, including labor rights in China, for which Apple has faced ongoing scrutiny.

Cook also said he hoped more components for Apple products would be made in the U.S., but remained tight-lipped about the one issue on everyone’s mind: an Apple TV.

That’s not to be confused with Apple TV, a $99 set-top box already in the Apple line-up. Cook called the device, still a relatively niche product, “an area of intense interest for us.” But he did not say anything about rumors the company plans to build a television or create a new type of television content service.

Nor did he give any signal that rumors Apple would release different versions of the iPhone and iPad in different sizes might be true. But he did identify Siri as a priority. The voice-response technology Apple delivered with the iPhone 4S has received a lot of criticism for not working consistently. “There is more that it can do,” Cook said. “I think you’ll be really pleased with some things you will see over the coming months.”

Cook also told the audience to “stay tuned” on the question of whether Apple would strike a partnership with Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), which still hasn’t been integrated into the iPhone in a meaningful way, despite the fact that the number of users accessing the social networking site from mobile devices continues to grow rapidly. “I think we can do more with them,” Cook said of Facebook.

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As the euro zone received more negative news on Tuesday, gold and silver slid further into the red. Gold futures for June delivery dropped $20 to close at $1,548, while silver futures fell 60 cents to finish below $28. Ratings agency Egan-Jones cut Spain’s credit level from B to BB- with a negative outlook. It was the third downgrade from the firm in less than a month. Reuters reported, “Much as it did in downgrades last week and in late April, the company pointed to deteriorating public finances and worries that the country will be faced with sizable payments to support its banking sector. Spain is battling a debt crisis that is shaking its government, banks and companies. The country will soon issue new bonds to fund ailing lenders and indebted regions despite borrowing costs nearing the 7 percent level that drove other states to seek a bailout.”

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Despite deteriorating public finances appearing in countries across the entire globe, including the United States, many investors continue to flee to the U.S. dollar as a safe-haven asset. The dollar index, which compares the dollar in a basket against six other fiat currencies, climbed to as high as 82.63 on Tuesday. The euro, which accounts for the majority of the dollar index, fell to its lowest level since July 2010 at $1.2458. “We are seeing the headline-driven market continue to prop up the greenback amid the growing threat of a Spain bailout paired with fears of a Greek exit,” explained David Song, currency analyst at DailyFX. Today, the dollar continues to charge higher while the euro sinks below $1.24. In fact, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell to its lowest level on record this morning, below 1.65 percent. More than half of the companies in the S&P 500 now yield more than the 10-year note.

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Much like the Facebook IPO, many investors have dropped gold and silver from their friend list. Both precious metals have erased gains for the year and are well-off their multi-month highs made in March. However, investors that have been riding the decade long precious metals bull market have seen this story before. The markets still perceive king dollar as the ultimate safe-haven because it is the cleanest shirt in the fiat currency laundry basket. Doubts surround Europe, China just announced its stimulus’ efforts won’t match 2008 spending and the Federal Reserve continues to send mixed signals on more quantitative easing programs. The current situation is somewhat reminiscent of 2008, when investors rushed into dollars as gold fell from $1,000 to nearly $700 per ounce and silver plunged from $21 to $9 per ounce.

Looking in the rear-view mirror, patience has clearly been a smart strategy for investing in precious metals. Gold and silver both skyrocketed off their lows made in 2008 as central banks turned to money printing as a band-aid for a bullet wound. The dollar is currently experiencing strength, but what happens when the Federal Reserve is forced to step in and apply more band-aids, as it did with QE1, QE2, Operation Twist and European swap lines?

While some may expect bullion demand to be significantly lower from falling gold prices, demand for gold as an insurance policy on fiat currencies remains high. For the first-quarter, gold investment demand jumped 13 percent to 389.3 tonnes, compared to 343.5 tonnes a year earlier. Earlier this month, Russia’s central bank also announced it will keep buying gold in order to diversify foreign exchange reserves. Even though precious metals can be volatile at times, it is better to have your insurance a year early than a day late.

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Allegedly, Buddy Media chose Salesforce over a competitive bid from Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG). Five-year-old Buddy Media helps brands manage their presence on social media sites. Originally, the company focused on social media heavyweight Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) but has also branched out to Twitter Inc. and Google Plus.

Previously, it was thought that Facebook or large ad holding company WPP Plc (NASDAQ:WPPGY) would acquire the company. It is expected that Salesforce’s acquisition of Buddy Media will help its clients reach more customers online. Last year, Salesforce purchased another social media company Radian6 for $326 million.

Just last week, another software company snapped up a social media marketing firm when Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) purchased Virtrue for more than $300 million.

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Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) shares plunged more than 7 percent in post market hours. The BlackBerry maker announced it hired JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and RBC Capital Markets to review the company’s business and financial performance. RIM has seen its market share dwindle over the years as Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone has gained popularity.

After closing 9.62 percent lower during regular trading. Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) shares continued to edge lower in late trading. The social-media giant is reportedly expanding its efforts on creating a smartphone. Nick Bilton from the New York Times writes, “One engineer who formerly worked at Apple and worked on the iPhone said he had met with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, who then peppered him with questions about the inner workings of smartphones. It did not sound like idle intellectual curiosity, the engineer said; Mr. Zuckerberg asked about intricate details, including the types of chips used.” Also, Facebook options are now available for trading. Thus, providing investors with a cheaper way to play Facebook shares.

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Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) shares closed 4 percent higher on Tuesday and continued to climb higher in extended trading. The JPMorgan multi-billion dollar loss fall-out has investors running towards banks with less publicized problems.

Despite trading near 52-week lows, shares of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) popped 3 percent during regular trading. Shares of the aluminum company were one of the best performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday as value investors explored the industrial sector.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) shared edged slightly lower in late trading, despite Wedbush Securities initiating coverage on the athletic apparel maker with an Outperform rating. The firm also placed a price target of $90 on shares.

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Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) shares are down 8%  in morning trading after the company’s released its business update on Tuesday. The announcement included a surprise operating loss for the fiscal quarter one, additional job cuts and the hiring of  JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and RBC (NYSE:RY) to help with a “strategic review; ” this will encompass licensing and partnership opportunities. RIM neither gave details of the loss and employee cuts, nor mentioned a possible sale of the company.

At the AllThings D conference on Tuesday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook said the company will “double down” on secrecy, but shared enough to keep loyal Apple fans intrigued for months. This included the following nuggets, according to Seeking Alpha: Apple’s TV box is “an area of intense interest,” “we can do more” with Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), different-sized iPads and iPhones and  ”If we find we can do more, great.”

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Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has received a “second request” by the Federal Trade Commission regarding its Instagram acquisition. The agency has requested lots of data, suggesting a long review. With the Facebook and Instagram control of the mobile photo-sharing market and the launch of Facebook Camera, concerns have been raised by regulators. This comes as Facebook’s shares fell 9.6% on Tuesday to close at $28.84. In early morning trading today, shares rebounded 1.3%.

Now that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has Motorola under its control, AllThingsD has reported that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) looks toward a settlement in their patent dispute. Android and Xbox injunctions have already been flying around. Last summer, Microsoft and Motorola had been near a deal but not so anymore.

Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Panasonic (NYSE:PC) are the top suitors for an equity stake in Olympus (OCPNY.PK), reported Asahi Shimbun (via Reuters). A decision may be reached by the end of the June with the opportunity for the winner to take a more than 10% stake in the company, valued at several hundred million dollars.

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Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH): Yesterday, Booz Allen’s Board of Directors announced a cash dividend of $0.09 per share, the second quarterly cash dividend he company has announced. The Board also announced a special cash dividend equivalent to  $1.50 per share, and both dividends are payable on June 29, June 11 for stockholders of record. The company expects flat or low-single digit revenue growth and is providing top-line guidance for the first half of this fiscal year.

The Fresh Market Inc (NASDAQ:TFM): This year, The Fresh Market plans on opening 14-1 new stores. The company reports that SSS has increased 4.5%-6.5%, an effective tax rate of 37.5% , and a CapEx of $95M-$105M in FY12.

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Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (NASDAQ:JOSB): Jos. A. Bank misses by $0.09 with a Q1 EPS of $0.53, and  a revenue of $201.4M, up 4.2% year over year,  misses by $7M. The company states,  ”For May, both our comparable store sales and Direct Marketing sales are up compared to the same period last year, continuing the positive trend established in the last five weeks of Q1.”

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Neonode, Inc (NASDAQ:NEON): According to a recent post on Seeking Alpha written by James Altucher, Neonode could be a possible candidate for acquisition, and the shares could be driven to $30 because of core business alone.

Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON): According to Monsanto, grain’s demand curve is becoming more noticeable, and the company claims that this growth is a result of a dietary shift rather than population growth. The company continues by mentioning the decrease of arable land per capita and that U.S. corn and soybean production exceeded initial targets. Monsanto is seeing rapid growth in Brazil has expectations of vegetable to become the third most productive platform in the recent future. The company is currently having discussions in China in order to find a manner to expand its footprint in corn.  Monsanto has raised its FY12 EPS guidance from $3.49-$3.54 per share to $3.73-$3.78 per share vs. a consensus of $3.56. Q3 EPS should be $1.57-$12 per share vs. a $1.29 consensus. According to CEO Hugh Grant, the strong performance is not due to a precarious planting season, but it is about real demand from acres that were planted higher.

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Bank of America (NYSE:BAC): According to the Bank of America CEO, the legacy asset servicing costs are peaking, but LAS costs should begin to drop. Outlines for the next phase of the “New BAC” should be outlined in July. Bank of America states that Moynihan teams have their work cut out for them, and they need time to grow loans. The company states that growth is needed for C&I loans.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL): Bloomberg cites Einhorn’s quarterly letter to investors in claiming that as a result of long positions in Apple and Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) as well as a small, successful, short position in Diamond Foods (NASDAQ:DMND), David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital fund has increased 6.8% in Q1.

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Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB): Not only is Facebook’s ad revenue growth slowing down, the company’s Payments growth, which saw a surge last year following Facebook’s required 30% cut on virtual goods sales, dropped quarter over quarter in Q1. Henry Blodget believes that 75% growth is optimistic, and the fact that top Payments cutoper Zynga is currently encountering slowing growth. Facebook sees hope in its App Center and believes it may raise Payments revenue.

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AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T): At the Nomura U.S. Media, Cable & Telecom Summit, AT&T’s CEO expressed that price increases in wireless should help in Q2, and margins are rising as a result of slowing phone sales.

Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK): According to iVolatility, Nokia option implied volatility has been raised near the top of its 52-week range. Following checks indicating slow Lumia phone sales, MKM Partners downgraded Nokia, and the price target has been dropped to $2.

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Teavana Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:TEA): The present acquisition should not affect earnings per share, this excludes that transaction and integration expenses are expected to be in the range of 4c-5c. According to expectations, the acquisition should dilute earnings per share by 2c. By FY13, the acquisition might increase earnings per share by 3c-4c. Q1 shows an EPS of $.0.10 in-line, and a revenue of $44.3M, up 27% year over year, which misses by $0.6M

Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ:RIMM): Following the FQ1 warning it included in its “business update,” Research in Motion took a 10% hit to its stock. Practically no analyst has a positive opinion about the company, and many do not believe in the emergence of a buyer who will offer a significant premium. Baird sees no hope in Facebook or Microsoft having interest, and Stene Agee  thinks that RIM may only receive a deal at or below current levels. According to Bernstein, the BB10 launch “will most likely turn into a disaster.”

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UDR, Inc. (NYSE:UDR): UDR Inc is offering 19M shares for $25.70 per share, Spot Secondary. The deal is priced at the lower end of a $25.70-$26.35 range. For the offering, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan took the role of book running managers.

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Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) shares are down more than 7 percent in afternoon trading. The BlackBerry maker announced it hired JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and RBC Capital Markets to review the company’s business and financial performance. CEO Thorsten Heins also announced that the company would report a first-quarter operating loss and plans on cutting its work force.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares are higher almost 1% in afternoon trading. CEO Tim Cook said during the D: All Things Digital conference that Apple is preparing to release some “incredible” new products. However, he did not provide many details as he promised to “double down” on secrecy.

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Shares of Monsanto Co. (NYSE:MON) gained 2.70 percent in morning market trading as the company expects a stronger-than-expected third-quarter. Monsanto expects earnings to come in at $1.57 to $1.62 per share, above estimates of $1.29 by analysts.

LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE:LNKD) shares reversed lower down 2 percent in Wednesday afternoon trading. The professional social networking company received an upgrade from Neutral to Buy over at Citigroup (NYSE:C). “LinkedIn has so far demonstrated strong execution,” explained analyst Mark Mahaney.

After falling more than 9 percent on Tuesday, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) shares are down another 2.46% in afternoon trading. Concerns continue to surround the social-media company as it is reportedly dipping its toes into the smartphone market. Options also began trading yesterday, which gives investors another way to play shares without purchasing them outright.

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Shares of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE:LGF) fell 7 percent after the closing bell. The media company reported a net loss of $22.7 million (17 cents per share) for the fourth-quarter, compared to a net gain of $48.7 million (34 cents per share) a year earlier. Revenue increased 71.2 percent to $645.2 million from the year-earlier quarter.

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO) shares dropped more than 3 percent in late trading as the company reported disappointing results for the first-quarter. TiVo logged a loss of $20.8 million (17 cents per share), compared to a net gain of $139 million ($1.04 per share) a year earlier. Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo, said, “Our first quarter represented a solid start to the year for TiVo with our results in line with our financial outlook and as we continued to execute on our key objectives. Global adoption of TiVo progressed as we grew our subscription base 27% year-over-year, or by 524,000 subscriptions.”

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After falling almost 8 percent during regular market hours, Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) shares edged slightly higher in extended trading. The BlackBerry maker recently  announced it hired JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and RBC Capital Markets to review the company’s business and financial performance. CEO Thorsten Heins also announced that the company would report a first-quarter operating loss and plans on cutting its work force.

Despite a pullback across the markets on Wednesday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares managed to close 1.2 percent higher and continues to attract interest after the closing bell. The tech giant launched the official iOS app for its 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference, and also posted the full conference schedule on its website. The conference begins on Monday, June 11 with a keynote presentation, as expected. Most Apple enthusiasts know that a keynote presentation usually contains the introduction of some new software, and if they’re lucky, some new hardware as well.

Shares of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) continue to struggle in public trading. The social-media company traded down to as low as $27.86 on Wednesday, representing new lows since it began trading on the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) on May 18. Shares finished the day at $28.19 and continued to edge lower in late trading.

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Results: Reported a loss of $20.8 million (17 cents per diluted share) in the quarter. TiVo Inc. had a net income of $139 million or $1.04 per share in the year-earlier quarter.

Revenue: Rose 48.1% to $67.8 million from the year-earlier quarter.

Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: TiVo Inc. fell short of the mean analyst estimate of a loss of 15 cents per share. It beat the average revenue estimate of $54.9 million.

Quoting Management: Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo, said, “Our first quarter represented a solid start to the year for TiVo with our results in line with our financial outlook and as we continued to execute on our key objectives. Global adoption of TiVo progressed as we grew our subscription base 27% year-over-year, or by 524,000 subscriptions. Further, we delivered 40% year-over-year service and technology revenue growth, made considerable progress in our efforts to protect our intellectual property and continued to innovate announcing a number of products related to the TV Everywhere experience.”

Key Stats:

Last quarter marked the fifth consecutive quarter of gross margins expanding, as the company’s gross margin expanded five percentage points from the year-earlier quarter to 51.1%. In this period, margins have grown an average of 7.7 percentage points per quarter on a year-over-year basis.

Revenue has increased for four quarters in a row. Revenue increased 19.1% to $66.5 million in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year. The figure rose 27.4% in the third quarter of the last fiscal year from the year earlier and climbed 18.7% in the second quarter of the last fiscal year from the year-ago quarter.

The company reported a net loss last quarter, after reporting a profit in the quarter prior. In the third quarter of the last fiscal year, the company booked a profit of $24.5 million, or 21 cents per share.

Looking Forward: Expectations for the second quarter have not changed from 13 cents. The average estimate for the fiscal year is a loss of 53 cents per share, down from 52 cents thirty days ago.

(Company fundamentals provided by Xignite Financials. Earnings estimates provided by Zacks)

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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Twitter are among companies that have been asked about the deal as regulators try to investigate both the high price offered by Facebook and the reason behind the acquisition, wondering whether the idea had been simply to absorb a potential rival or stop another competitor from buying it.

Mark Zuckerberg’s company announced last month that it had successfully made a deal with Instagram owners to acquire the popular photo-sharing for $1 billion in cash and stock. Just a few days before the deal, Instagram had closed a funding round that valued it at $500 million.

Facebook made its public trading debut on May 18 and has since been struggling to keep its shares from dropping as concerns over the social network’s long-term business prospects continue. The company’s shares closed below $29 on Tuesday, in what was a new low. Acquiring Instagram is one of the ways Facebook hopes to tailor its mobile strategy, eventually converting the increasingly popular mobile medium into a viable revenue source.

Earlier this month, Facebook said in a regulatory filing that the deal was now likely to close sometime later this year instead of the earlier predicted second quarter.

The FTC or the Justice Department automatically reviews any acquisition at least worth $68.2 million. However, experts believe the deal is likely to be approved in the end.

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The company will start offering free music downloads on its Twitter page on Wednesday, with access to streaming video of live “pop-up” concerts starting in late June. Pepsi plans on making the concerts interactive for viewers, allowing them to tweet the names of songs that they want played during the show. So far, the line up of artsists has not yet been released, but Pepsi has recently partnered with high-profile artists such as Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj for marketing campaigns.

For the next year, Pepsi will post a video summary of weekly music news, based on trending topics, on its Twitter page every Wednesday. The company will then offer followers a free song download based on its weekly summary available at Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) MP3 store. In order to access the free download, followers will need to include a Pepsi hashtag in a tweet. The new partnership between Twitter and Pepsi is a part of Pepsi’s “Live for Now” campaign, which attempts to use music to win both a younger demographic and market share from The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE:KO).

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From the Intel Smart Connect Technology, access to email and social networks will be seamless through the hotspots thanks to content updates while mobile devices are in “sleep” mode.

With the news of the enhancements for mobile users, will Intel’s largest shareholder increase their holdings? 1448 institutional firms indicated owning shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in Q1 2012. These firms reported owning a total of 3.171 billion shares on 03/31/2012 . The shares closed at $27.92 on 03/31/2012.

Here are the ten largest positions in Intel Corporation at the end of March 31st, 2012.

State Street Corp held 213,785,504 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $6,011,648,552.

Vanguard Group Inc held 212,070,432 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $5,963,420,726.

Blackrock Institutional Trust Company N.A. held 129,088,470 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $3,629,967,885.

Bank of New York Mellon Corp held 92,481,291 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $2,600,573,981.

Invesco Ltd. held 85,972,680 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $2,417,551,834.

American Century Companies Inc held 71,394,000 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $82,460,000.

Pioneer Investment Management Inc held 63,750,000 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $73,313,000.

JPMorgan Chase & Co held 62,655,000 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $72,054,000.

Advent Capital Management /De/ held 61,561,000 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $77,323,000.

Harris Associates LP held 59,884,480 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $1,683,951,628.

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With concerns over China’s economy slowing, affluent Chinese may stay away from Macau, known as the world’s best casino locale; in the last few years, Sands has been a big driver of its growth along with Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN).

The company’s new Macau property, the Sands Cotai Central casino which opened its first phase in April, could increase the island’s gambling revenue. Bain wrote, ”Cotai Central’s market share gains will be more pronounced in Sept.-Oct. as VIP (games tailored for visiting high-roller gamblers) ramps, the property’s second mass casino opens and room capacity expands”

With the positive research note and the area’s thirst for gambling, will Las Vegas Sands’ largest shareholders increase their holdings? 591 institutional firms indicated owning shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) in Q1 2012. These firms reported owning a total of 294.846 million shares on 03/31/2012. The shares closed at $57.57 on 03/31/2012.

Here are the ten largest positions in Las Vegas Sands Corp. at the end of March 31st, 2012.

Price T Rowe Associates Inc /MD/ held 21,623,813 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $1,244,882,908. This brought the portfolio total to 0.38%.

Capital World Investors held 18,770,000 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $1,080,588,894. This brought the portfolio total to 0.38%.

Winslow Capital Management Inc /MN held 12,723,384 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $732,485,213. This brought the portfolio total to 2.18%.

Sands Capital Management LLC held 12,522,863 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $720,941,219. This brought the portfolio total to 3.23%.

Vanguard Group Inc held 10,785,869 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $620,942,475. This brought the portfolio total to 0.08%.

Blackrock Institutional Trust Company N.A. held 9,616,975 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $553,649,248. This brought the portfolio total to 0.13%.

Lone Pine Capital LLC held 8,083,114 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $465,344,871. This brought the portfolio total to 2.83%.

Ameriprise Financial Inc held 7,872,555 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $453,222,989. This brought the portfolio total to 0.32%.

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc held 7,633,194 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $439,442,976. This brought the portfolio total to 1.0%.

Ubs global asset management americas inc held 6,507,813 shares on 03/31/2012 worth $374,654,792. This brought the portfolio total to 0.53%.

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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) reports that the inclusion of its Knowledge Graph panel within search results for millions of subjects, has generated a significant rise in search activity. Sources to the Wakk Street Journal have it that between 10 and 20 percent of searches could feature the panels. However, Google still has work to do, in growing its declining search ad rates, and improving the integration of social networking data within its search results. Separately, the company is said to regret not acquiring Twitter before its valuation jumped to $8 billion, reports a source to BI, and that it still believes that it’s the only one capable of effectively monetizing the microblogging service. Meanwhile, an inside source close to Twitter says that the firm’s initial public offering plans haven’t gone very far, perhaps due to watching the recent notorious IPO of another firm. It’s also rumored that Twitter, which has reached a search arrangement with Bing (NASDAQ:MSFT), is still open to a bid from Google.

Shares of Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) move to new lows, despite an overall upbeat talk from its CEO Mark Pincus at the D10 conference, in which he defended his firm’s acquisition of Draw Something developer OMGPOP. The game has experienced a fall in traffic, but Pincus maintains that the aim was to buy a multi-year franchise, as opposed to a one-time hit. In addition, he led a pep rally on the prospects of Project Z, which investors hope will lower Zynga’s dependence on Facebook.

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As a part of the firm’s previous pledge to hire 1,000 new small business bankers nationwide, Bank of America has hired 70 new small business bankers in Northern California and 15 small business bankers in Oregon. According to statistics from the U.S. Small Business Administration, California is home to over 3.4 million businesses, while Oregon houses approximately 336,072.

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