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  • 6:19 PM Agilent (A) announces and prices a $600M offering of senior notes due July 2023; they carry a yield of 3.875%, and have been rated BBB+ by Fitch. Agilent says it will use the proceeds to pay down debt due next month, as well as for restructuring expenses and buybacks. The test equipment giant had $2.36B in debt as of April 30, and $2.64B in cash/investments. Comment! [Tech]
  • 6:07 PM Red Hat (RHT +2.1%) rallied ahead of tomorrow's FQ1 report after SA Pro contributor/former hedge fund analyst Josh Burwick offered a bull case, and Piper made cautiously optimistic remarks. Burwick argues fears about the impact of Amazon Web Services on Red Hat are overblown, that slowing billings growth is offset by major growth in unbilled revenue, and that newly-announced OpenStack cloud infrastructure and app platform offerings should fare well. Piper says checks indicate FQ1 billings could be light, but adds Red Hat will make up for it in FQ2, and sees shares bottoming in the $40s. Comment! [Tech, On the Move, Quick Ideas]
  • 6:03 PM Biodel (BIOD) is trading lower in the post session after announcing a public offering to sell an undisclosed number of shares with a 30-day option on an additional 15% to cover overallotments, if any. Shares -8.2% AH. Comment! [Healthcare, On the Move]
  • 6:00 PM On the hour: S&P +0.05%. 10-yr flat. Euro +0.01% vs. dollar. Crude +0.19% to $98.82. Gold +0.03% to $1367.45. Comment!
  • 5:56 PM Vale (VALE) shares advanced today after Brazil's government unveiled a long-awaited bill to reform the country's mining code, proposing new royalties of up to 4%, double the current rate, and a new mine regulatory agency. The new rules were expected, but investors had been holding back on buying shares for fear they might turn out worse. Comment! [Commodities]
  • 5:48 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: CO +6%. ADBE +4%. OPK +3%. MY +3%. GEVO +2%.
    After-hours top losers: TTEK -12%. POOL -7%. MGI -5%. AAWW -4%. CROX -3%. Comment! [On the Move]
  • 5:46 PM Facebook's (FB) monthly active advertiser base is now above 1M, the social networking giant boasts. Though impressive, that figure still suggests only a small portion of the 16M local businesses that have set up Facebook pages are buying ads. Facebook is hoping to reel in more clients in part by streamlining its ad offerings, creating more mobile-friendly business pages, and giving advertisers more data on its users' non-Facebook activity. BIA Kelsey estimates over half of U.S. small businesses promote themselves via Facebook, and 16% buy ads. 1 Comment [Tech]
  • 5:41 PM Canada hikes the liability cap for oil spills in Atlantic and Arctic waters to C$1B, up from the respective $30M and $40M limits under existing rules. The changes deal only with offshore activity, which is poised to accelerate as companies begin assessing prospective new fields on the East and Arctic coasts. 1 Comment [Energy]
  • 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: FNSR, JBL, MU, RHT Comment! [Earnings]
  • 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: FDX Comment! [Earnings]
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SPY 0.74%
QQQ 0.74%
GLD -1.15%
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DXJ WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF 2.48%
BUND PIMCO Germany Bond Index ETF 1.33%

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