MOSCOW (AP) -- A liberal Russian economist who has criticized President Vladimir Putin's policies said Friday he fled Russia on a day's notice because of fears of losing his freedom on "very bogus grounds."
Sergei Guriev told The Associated Press that he wanted to escape pressure from a new criminal investigation around jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man.
In a 25-minute phone conversation from Paris, where he arrived on a one-way flight on April 30, Guriev said he feared he could share the fate of witnesses in two previous investigations into Khodorkovsky who were later charged and died in prison.
"I don't see under what circumstances I can return," he said.
Investigators began proceedings early this year against the authors of an expert report commissioned by then-president Dmitry Medvedev in 2011, to which Guriev contributed, that criticized Khodorkovsky's conviction in late 2010 for embezzling oil. He had been imprisoned since 2003 on charges of avoiding taxes on the same oil.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA.AX)
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (the Bank) is engaged in the provision of a range of banking and financial products and services to retail, small business, corporate and institutional clients. The Bank is a provider of integrated financial services, including retail, business and institutional banking, superannuation, life insurance, general insurance, funds management, broking services and finance company activities. Its operating segments include Retail Banking Services, Business and Private Banking, Institutional Banking and Markets, Wealth Management, New Zealand, Bankwest and Other. Its retail banking services include home loans, consumer finance, retail deposits and distribution. Its business and private banking include corporate financial services, regional and agribusiness banking, local business banking, private bank and equities and margin lending. The Bank and its subsidiaries ceased to be a substantial holder in Ten Network Holdings Limited, as of September 12, 2012.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: Suzlon Energy Ltd (SUZLON)
Suzlon Energy Limited (SEL) is an India-based wind power company. The Company along with its subsidiaries is in the business of selling and installing wind turbine generators (WTGs). It is engaged in the manufacture of wind turbine generators of various capacities and its components. Its operations relate sale of WTGs and allied activities including sale/sub-lease of land, infrastructure development income; sale of gear boxes, and sale of foundry and forging components. Others primarily include power generation operations. The Company�� subsidiaries include Suzlon Towers and Structures Limited, Suzlon Power Infrastructure Limited, Suzlon Infrastructure Services Limited, Suzlon Gujarat Wind Park Limited, Suzlon Structure Limited, SE Forge Limited, SE Composites Limited, Suzlon Wind International Limited, SE Electricals Limited, Suzlon Rotor Corporation, AE Rotor Holding B.V. and Suzlon Energy A/S.Top 5 Low Price Companies To Watch In Right Now: Novavax Inc.(NVAX)
Novavax, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing recombinant vaccines for infectious diseases using its virus-like particle platform (VLP) technology. It develops vaccine product candidates that target pandemic influenza, including H1N1 and H5N1 strains; seasonal influenza; and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Novavax has a joint venture with Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to develop and manufacture the company?s pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccine candidates, Cadila?s biogeneric products, and other diagnostic products for the territory of India; and a licensing agreement with LG Life Sciences, Ltd. to use the company?s VLP technology to develop and sell the company?s influenza vaccines in South Korea and other countries. It also has a co-marketing agreement with GE Healthcare for a pandemic influenza vaccine solution. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John McCamant]
Novavax (NVAX) released its Phase I trial of 284 subjects injected with the H7N9 flu virus vaccine.
While the data was expected to be released before the end of the year, the fact that the NEJM published the Phase I study adds tremendous validation to the NVAX vaccine. We would note that the prestigious NEJM rarely publishes Phase I data.
- [By Jay Silverman]
Novavax (NVAX) is executing its clinical plan with a clearly defined, and risk-adjusted, strategy. The firm is developing proprietary flu and RSV vaccines using their VLP technology.
- [By Roberto Pedone]
Novavax (NVAX) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing recombinant protein nanoparticle vaccines to address a range of infectious diseases. This stock closed up 3.1% to $2.59 in Tuesday's trading session.
Tuesday's Range: $2.47-$2.63
52-Week Range: $1.52-$2.77
Thursday's Volume: 1.37 million
Three-Month Average Volume: 1.53 millionFrom a technical perspective, NVAX spiked notably higher here right above some near-term support at $2.35 with decent upside volume. This move is quickly pushing shares of NVAX within range of triggering a major breakout trade. That trade will hit if NVAX manages to take out some near-term overhead resistance levels at $2.69 to $2.72 and then once it clears its 52-week high at $2.77 with high volume.
Traders should now look for long-biased trades in NVAX as long as it's trending above some near-term support at $2.35 or its 50-day at $2.19 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 1.53 million shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then NVAX will set up to enter new 52-week-high territory, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that breakout are $3.50 to $4.
- [By Rich Smith]
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, our headlines feature an upgrade for Thomson Reuters Reuters (NYSE: TRI ) , a new buy rating for Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX ) -- but for Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP ) , a downgrade. Let's get that bad news out of the way first.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: Ensign Energy Svs Com Npv (ESI.TO)
Ensign Energy Services Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides oilfield services to the crude oil and natural gas industry in Canada, the United States, and internationally. Its oilfield services include drilling and well servicing, oil sands coring, directional drilling, underbalanced drilling, equipment rentals, transportation, wireline services, production testing services, and custom manufacturing. The company offers shallow, intermediate and deep well drilling, and specialized drilling services, including horizontal drilling, underbalanced drilling, horizontal re-entry, and slant drilling for steam assisted gravity drainage applications. It also provides coring/drilling rigs that support oil sands, coal bed methane, and shallow oil and natural gas development, as well as coring and drilling services to the mining and oil and natural gas industries. In addition, the company offers shallow to deep well services to oil and natural gas producers, such as completion s, abandonments, production workovers, and bottom hole pump changes; engages in the rental of oilfield equipment comprising drill strings, loaders, tanks, pumps, rig matting, and blow-out preventers; and offers ancillary equipment consisting of mud cleaning equipment, drill collars, drives, rotating heads, gas busters, iron roughnecks, hydraulic chokes, forklifts, and loaders. Further, it provides drilling contractor services, including directional drilling services; slickline, braided line, and production testing services; production and manufacturing services to the oil and natural gas industry; and mechanical wireline, production testing, and well optimization services, as well as designs and manufactures oil and natural gas production equipment. As of December 31, 2011, the company owned and operated a fleet of 344 land drilling and specialty rigs, as well as 139 well servicing rigs. Ensign Energy Services was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: A123 Systems Inc.(AONE)
A123 Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and energy storage systems worldwide. The company?s battery products are based on its Nanophosphate technology that delivers energy storage solutions for power generation, transmission, and distribution for application development in the transportation, electric grid services, and commercial markets. Its battery systems comprise energy storage solutions for BAE systems; and grid storage solutions, prismatic battery systems, starter battery systems, and lead acid replacement batteries. In addition, the company provides research and development services to government agencies and commercial customers. A123 Systems, Inc. sells its batteries and battery systems directly to end-user customers, as well as through reseller and distributor channels. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: ADTRAN Inc.(ADTN)
ADTRAN, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and services communications network solutions that enable voice, data, video, and Internet communications across wireline and wireless networks worldwide. Its Carrier Networks division provides fiber and copper-based solutions for service providers to deliver voice, data, and video services to customers? premises and mobile network cell sites. Its products enable services, such as voice, VoIP, IP television, RF video, high speed Internet access, and data services based upon Ethernet, frame relay, TDM, and ATM networks, connecting the network with user components, such as switches, routers, gateways, integrated access devices (IADs), private branch exchanges (PBXs), and telephone key systems. This division serves local exchange carriers, independent operating companies, competitive local exchange carriers, utilities, municipalities, cable MSOs, international carriers, and wireless service providers. The company?s Enterprise Net works division provides Internetworking solutions for enterprise customers to construct voice, data, and video networks within their sites or among distributed sites. It offers Internetworking solutions, including IP business gateways, optical network terminals, virtual wireless LAN products, multi-service routers, managed Ethernet switches, IP PBX products, IP phone products, unified communications and unified threat management solutions, and carrier Ethernet network terminating equipment, as well as provides IADs. This division serves the retail, food service, healthcare, finance, government, education, manufacturing, military, transportation, hospitality, and energy/utility markets. ADTRAN, Inc. also provides digital data service and integrated services digital network products, high bit-rate digital subscriber line products, T1/E1/T3, channel service units/data service units, and fixed wireless products. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Laura Brodbeck]
Next week investors will be waiting for several key earnings reports including�Lindsay Corporation (NYSE: LNN),RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM), ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN), and Del Frisco�� Restaurant Group, Inc (NASDAQ: DFRG)
- [By Seth Jayson]
ADTRAN (Nasdaq: ADTN ) is expected to report Q2 earnings on July 10. Here's what Wall Street wants to see:
The 10-second takeaway
Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter, average analyst estimates predict ADTRAN's revenues will wane -16.3% and EPS will compress -50.0%. - [By Jon C. Ogg]
ADTRAN�Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) is set to report before the open on Wednesday. ADTRAN is not exactly the most significant hardware player in communications network solutions technology, but it is the first earnings report for the sector each earnings season. Shares have almost doubled from the 52-week low as well. Estimates are $0.22 EPS and $175.1 million in sales.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: Noodles & Co (NDLS)
Noodles & Company, incorporated on December 19, 2002, is a casual restaurant concept offering lunch and dinner. The Company offers noodle and pasta dishes, staples of many cuisines, with the goal of delivering fresh ingredients and flavors globally under one roof from Pad Thai to Mac & Cheese. The Company�� globally inspired menu includes a variety of cooked-to-order dishes, including noodles and pasta, soups, salads and sandwiches, which are served on china by its friendly team members.
As of May 28, 2013, including the 16 Company owned restaurants and one franchise restaurant opened in 2013. The Company opened 39 new company owned restaurants and six franchise restaurants. In 2012, the Company began using Your World Kitchen to describe the breadth of its offering and its customers' dining experience.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Chris Hill]
Noodles & Company's (NASDAQ: NDLS ) stock continues to rise. Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT ) experiences a pullback. Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV ) and DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH ) team up to offer live TV to passengers. And it was a bad day for anyone who thinks Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN ) is overvalued. In this installment of Investor Beat, Jason and Matt discuss four stocks making big moves today.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: Nuveen California Select Quality Municipal Fund Inc.(NVC)
Nuveen California Select Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. The fund is managed by Nuveen Asset Management. It invests in the fixed income markets of California. The fund invests primarily in municipal securities rated Baa/BBB or better. It invests in securities that provide income exempt from federal and California income tax. The fund employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P California Municipal Bond Index and the S&P National Municipal Bond Index. Nuveen California Select Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. was formed on April 3, 1991 and is domiciled in the United States.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: ChinaCast Education Corporation(CAST)
ChinaCast Education Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides post-secondary education and e-learning services in China. The company operates in two segments, E-learning and Training Service Group and Traditional University Group. The E-learning and Training Service Group provides post secondary education distance learning services that enable universities and other higher learning institutions to provide nationwide real-time distance learning services. It also provides K-12 educational services, such as broadcast multimedia educational content services to primary, middle, and high schools; and vocational/career training services. The Traditional University Group segment operates private residential universities that offer four-year bachelor?s degree and three-year diploma programs in finance, economics, trade, tourism, advertising, IT, music, foreign languages, tourism, hospitality, computer engineering, law, and art. The company also provides logistic service s. ChinaCast Education Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: Kentucky First Federal Bancorp(KFFB)
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp operates as the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Hazard, and First Federal Savings Bank of Frankfort that provide various banking and financial products and services primarily in Perry, Franklin, Anderson, Scott, Shelby, and Woodford counties in Kentucky. Its deposit products include passbook savings and certificate accounts, checking accounts, and individual retirement accounts. The company?s loan portfolio comprises one- to four-family residential mortgage loans; construction loans; multi-family and nonresidential loans secured by commercial office buildings, churches, condominiums, and properties used for other purposes; and consumer loans, such as home equity lines of credit and loans secured by savings deposits. As of August 18, 2011, it operated one banking office in Hazard, Kentucky, as well as three banking offices in Frankfort, Kentucky. The company is based in Hazard, Kentucky.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.(AMLN)
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drug candidates for the treatment of diabetes, obesity, and other diseases. The company offers BYDUREON (exenatide extended-release for injectable suspension), a once-weekly diabetes treatment as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adult patients with type 2 diabetes. Its products include BYETTA (exenatide) injection for the treatment of type 2 diabetes; and SYMLIN (pramlintide acetate) injection for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The company develops a dual chamber cartridge pen configuration of BYDUREON that allow patients to mix and administer BYDUREON from a pre-filled pen device. The company markets its products to healthcare providers, managed healthcare organizations, hospitals, wholesalers and pharmacies, government purchasers, and other third-party payers primarily in the United States. It has collabora tion agreements with Alkermes Controlled Therapeutics, Inc. II for the development, manufacture, and commercialization of BYDUREON, as well as Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited to co-develop and commercialize pharmaceutical products for the treatment of weight management and/or obesity, glycemic control, and cardiovascular disease; and a strategic relationship with Biocon, Limited, to develop pharmaceutical products for diabetes. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: Panhandle Royalty Company(PHX)
Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. engages in the acquisition, management, and development of oil and natural gas properties. The company?s mineral and leasehold properties are located primarily in Arkansas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas. As of September 30, 2011, it owned 255,857 net mineral acres; leased 17,480 net acres; held working and royalty interests in 5,107 producing oil and natural gas wells; and operated 48 wells in the process of being drilled. It serves pipeline and marketing companies. Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. was founded in 1926 and is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: Sandvine Corp Com Npv (SVC.TO)
Sandvine Corporation develops and markets network policy control solutions for broadband Internet service providers in North America, the Caribbean and Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers network policy control solutions comprising a hardware platform and proprietary software modules, which provide a system for broadband Internet service providers to identify specific types of traffic across their networks, such as VoIP, online gaming, or video streams; and provides tools to help service providers apply specific network policies that enable the quality of service for their subscribers, mitigate malicious traffic, and manage their network. It also offers consultation, installation, integration, and training services; and support and software maintenance services. The company sells its products and services directly, as well as through network equipment resellers and value-added resellers. Sandvine Corporation was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: Petro-Reef Resources Ltd (PER.V)
Alexander Energy Ltd. engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas properties in Canada. The company�s principal properties comprise Alexander/Qui Barre and Goose River properties located in Alberta. As of December 31, 2012, it had gross proved plus probable reserves of 1,823,500 barrels of oil equivalent. The company was formerly known as Petro-Reef Resources Ltd. and changed its name to Alexander Energy Ltd. in September 2012. Alexander Energy Ltd. is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Top 5 Dow Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2015: AbbVie Inc (ABBV)
AbbVie Inc. (AbbVie), incorporated on April 10, 2012, is a research-based pharmaceuticals company. The Company discovers, develops, and commercializes advanced therapies. AbbVie's portfolio of products include a line of adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals, which includes HUMIRA, metabolics/hormones products, virology products, endocrinology products, dyslipidemia products and other products.
AbbVie products are used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, Crohn's disease, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), cystic fibrosis complications, low testosterone, thyroid disease, Parkinson's disease and complications associated with chronic kidney disease, among other indications. In October 2012, AbbVie initiated a comprehensive Phase III program for hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype one.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Keith Speights]
The company should continue to be a dominant force in the HIV drug market. AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV ) continues to lose market share with Kaletra. Gilead could face a serious challenge, though, from ViiV Healthcare, a joint collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ) , Pfizer (NYSE: PFE ) , and Japanese drugmaker�Shionogi.�
- [By Dan Caplinger]
On Friday, AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV ) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings is to anticipate how they'll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to respond quickly to whatever inevitable surprises arise. That way, you'll be less likely to make an uninformed kneejerk reaction to news that turns out to be exactly the wrong move.
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