Hot Stocks – Linn Energy (LINE), BlackBerry (BBRY), Microsoft (MSFT), Sony (SNE)

Linn Energy LLC (NASDAQ:LINE) and LinnCo, LLC (LNCO) announced today that LINN Energy (the “Company”) is offering (the “Offer”) to purchase all of the outstanding 10.25% Senior Notes due 2014, 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 and 6.375% Senior Notes due 2022 (collectively, the “Notes”) of Berry Petroleum Company, LLC (“Berry”). On December 16, 2013, Berry became a wholly-owned subsidiary of LINN Energy, which constituted a Change of Control (as defined in the indenture governing each series of the Notes). Linn Energy LLC (NASDAQ:LINE) shares trading at $32.05 on current trade day, by rising 0.06%. Stock 52 week range is $20.35 – $39.50. Company’s market capitalization is $7.53 billion.

It is often said that the key to happiness is low expectations, and BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s public relations department is working overtime to lower its bar. The company put out a statement Thursday trumpeting a new deal with DATEV, a German software company. The highlight? DATEV has agreed to purchase 1,000 BlackBerry 10 smartphones. At its peak, BlackBerry sold almost 7,000 phones per hour. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) stock rose 0.88% and trading at $8.65. The EPS of the stock remained -10.19. Company’s market capitalization is $4.53 billion.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) subsidiary, Microsoft Open Technologies, announces the opening of a subsidiary in China, Microsoft Open Technologies (Shanghai). Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock opened at $36.69 in current trading session and trading at $36.40. The 52 week range of the stock is $27.00 – $38.98 and the day range was $36.37 – $37.00.

Expanding its Xperia smartphone range, Japanese company Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) has launched two more smartphones in the market, Sony Xperia E1 and Sony Xperia T2 Ultra. The Sony Xperia E1 is a budget smartphone which features a 4-inch WVGA screen with a resolution of 480×800 pixels and a 233ppi pixel density. Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) stock opened at $17.28 in current trading session, and trading at $17.21, trading in the range of $17.17 – $17.32. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of -4.60%.