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Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ:DNDN) announced that management will host a conference call on Monday, February 25, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. ET to review fourth quarter and full year 2012 financial results.

Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZNGA) announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012.

HSBC started coverage on shares of McDermott International (NYSE:MDR) in a research report released on Friday morning. The firm issued a neutral rating and a $14.00 price target on the stock.

Nickelodeon and Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) announced a worldwide, multi-year deal to develop and publish video games inspired by the new CG-animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Under the new agreement, Activision has the global rights to produce interactive games based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property.

PaydayLoansMonkey.com, the payday loans online professionals, reveals the launch of the new internet site. One of the biggest attributes of the brand-new website is the immediate online cash advance application system.

Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) announced that Caesars Operating Escrow LLC and Caesars Escrow Corporation, wholly owned unrestricted subsidiaries of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. are proposing to issue $1,500.00 million aggregate principal amount of 9% senior secured notes due 2020.

Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE: ALU) is trading at $1.66, up $0.07 (4.28%).

Swingplane Ventures, Inc. (OTCQB: SWVI) updated information pertaining to the Algarrobo property.

NII Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD) announced its preliminary consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2012. For the fourth quarter, the Company expects to report consolidated operating revenues of approximately $1.5 billion, net subscriber additions of approximately 2,200, and total capital expenditures of approximately $525 million.

TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT) was downgraded to Hold by Needham and Longbow Research. Needham states gross margins are expected to drop as low as 25%, as costs rise and revenues fall.

Harvey Norman Holdings Limited (ASX: HVN) trading at AUD 2.20, up 0.08 (3.77%).

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is trading at $3.46, up $0.37 (11.98%). The stock is being traded at an abnormally high volume of 70.60M as against a 30 day average of 24.13M.

Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) is currently trading at $ 7.65, up $ 0.55 which translates to an increase of 7.75%. The company has traded 5.23M stocks till now versus a 30 day average volume of 1.70M.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: CZR) is currently trading at $12.71, up $2.63 which is nearly 26.02%. The stock has moved up on a volume of 6.23M versus its 30 day average volume of 513,044.

Growlife Inc. (OTCQB: PHOT) stock is at $0.08, up 4.05 percent from its previous close of $0.07. The stock opened the session at $0.08 and touched its highest price point at $0.09. Growlife Inc. stock’s lowest price point for the session stood at $0.07. The stock is likely to maintain its bullish trend in the near term and medium term. Growlife Inc. stock may touch $0.09 level in the coming trading sessions.

Echo Automotive Inc. (OTC:ECAU) stock is at $1.57, down 4.85 percent from its previous close of $1.65. Its latest trading volume has been recorded at 1.083 million shares, in contrast to the average daily trading volume of 7.016 million shares. The stock opened the session at $1.54 and touched its highest price point at $1.60.

Advaxis Inc. (OTCQB: ADXS) is showing neutral trend as it traded in the range of $0.12 and $0.16 during its latest trading session. The stock had opened at $0.15 and is at $0.13, down 6.47 percent from its previous close of $0.14. Advaxis Inc. recorded the volume of 11.651 million shares, more than three times its average daily trading volume stands at 3.955 million shares. Its first support level is at $0.12, while it stands to face its resistance level is at $0.15.

Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, announced that Steve Laub, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 2013 Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference on Thursday, February 14 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ :AKAM), the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2012.

With the increasing popularity of payday loans, many people have witnessed that interest rates of quick loan schemes is incredibly high. Those who require quick cash in emergency incidents have no choice but to succumb to the interest fees and hope to pay it in the next month. Plain Green is one company which has started to offer a much better alternative. Plain Green gives the option of availing the same quick loan process by offering higher loan amounts and less expensive interest rates than payday loans.

American Airlines (OTCQB: AAMRQ) in an official sponsor of the trip and is providing air travel for the teens, medical staff and chaperones.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco.

Echo Automotive, Inc. (OTCQB: ECAU ) a developer of technologies enabling the cost effective conversion of existing fleet vehicles into fuel efficient hybrids announced that respected entrepreneur, developer, investor and business leader, Mr. Dale Jensen joined its growing Advisory Board. "I am a lifelong believer in the electrification of transportation," commented Dale Jensen. "I had a keen interest in Echo Automotive's technology and so it was easy for me to accept an advisory role as soon as it was proposed.

Gafisa SA (NYSE: GFA) traded in the range of $4.82 and $5.02 during its latest trading session. The stock had opened at $4.98 and is at $4.89, up 0.93 percent from its previous close of $4.85, with 1.36 million shares volume. Gafisa’s MACD chart shows bullish trend. The stock may go as high as $5.21 level in the coming trading sessions. Its first support level is at $4.67. Gafisa announced its fourth quarter results and it reported 156 percent increase in its new project launches to $733.3 million. Its new launches for the full financial year stood at 2.95 billion reais, down 16 percent.

Uranium Hunter Corporation (OTC Pink: URHN) stock is trading at $0.048, up 4.35 percent from its previous close of $0.05. The stock is up with the volume of 2.662 million, substantially higher than its usual volume of $88k shares. Uranium Hunter Corporation stock opened the session at $0.05 and touched its highest price point at $0.054. Its lowest price point for the session stood at $0.047. Uranium Hunter Corporation stock is currently in bullish mode and may go up to $0.05 level in the coming sessions.