Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, BP, EVVV, RSH, IRE, AIB, NBG)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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Today’s day trader and active trader alerts are not at all based on earnings, yet we have many key movers early this Tuesday morning:

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is down almost 3% at $34.40 after its AIA unit ale to Prudential plc is effectively collapsing.

BP plc (NYSE: BP) is down 14% at $36.95 now that its “Top-Kill” has failed.  Whatever the cost and damage comparisons are to the Valdez, forget about it, because these costs will now be exponential.

ev3, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVVV) is up 18% at $22.32 after Covidien is acquiring its for $2.6 billion or $22.50 per share in an all-cash deal.

RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) is trading up 4% at $21.35 on talk that Blackstone may acquire the electronics retailer.

PIIGS KILLERS: With the E.U. weak again on banking fears, you can imagine how poorly the banks located in the PIIGS are doing: The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) is down 7.5% at $4.72; Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) -4.9% at $2.51; National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is odwn 3.7% at $2.36.

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JON C. OGG

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

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