Pentagon Awards $555 Million in Defense Contracts

Posted: May 30, 2014 at 10:02 am

The Department of Defense awarded 17 defense contracts with a total value of $554.6 million in its Thursday evening announcement of contract awards. Textron (NYSE: TXT) took home contracts representing ...
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Pentagon Awards $642.8 Million in Defense Contracts

Posted: May 19, 2014 at 12:19 pm
Last updated: May 23, 2014 12:24 pm

The Department of Defense awarded 14 defense contracts in its Friday evening announcement of contract awards. Several publicly traded companies were among the winners of contracts that totaled $642.8 million. ...
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Spin-Offs Back in Vogue: Six Must-Watch Special Situations

Posted: October 2, 2013 at 12:25 pm

When the markets go through periods of great gains, it is not uncommon to see companies start to take more radical efforts to increase their total return for shareholders. Some ...
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Closing Bell for Tuesday on Wall Street: Markets Open Higher, Sink Later

Posted: June 4, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning but lost steam in the afternoon to finish with a loss for the first Tuesday in a record streak of Tuesdays. In ...
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Closing Bell for Monday on Wall Street: Markets Wobble, But Finish Higher today

Posted: June 3, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a slightly upbeat report on eurozone manufacturing PMI. While not yet in positive territory, eurozone PMI rose as a whole and rose ...
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Government Wants More Cybersecurity, Private Sector Lagging? (FTNT, PANW, FIRE, CHKP, WBSN, VDSI, PFPT, LMT, RTN, SAI)

Posted: April 11, 2013 at 12:53 pm

After markets closed last night, Fortinet Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT) issued a warning on earnings and revenues for the company’s first quarter. The announcement dragged down share prices at several other ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 27, 2013: Markets Close Mixed After Low Start (VMW, GOOG, AOL, GIS, ORCL, MFRM, SAI, XONE, PAYX, SNX, TXI, END, FINL, GME, MOS, BBRY, WGO, CLF, FB, GILD)

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a stack of poor reports on the Italian economy. New industrial orders were down, industrial sales were down, and retail sales were ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 26, 2013: Markets Push Equities Higher Today (BTU, AAPL, FIO, CAT, EA, FMCN, SONC, PRTS, MFRM, SAI, ZIOP, HPQ, DELL, AMX)

Posted: March 26, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and a spate of decent news on U.S. housing kept markets in the green all day. The S&P 500 index finished the day’s ...
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Media Digest (12/19/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 19, 2012 at 6:27 am

UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) admits fraud in the Libor case and will pay $1.5 billion. (Reuters) Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) says a large number of recalls have not hurt sales. ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 6, 2012: Markets Close Higher as Americans Shed Debt (JDSU, LGF, SCCO, SBUX, FIO, MW, SAI, VRA, LULU, SFD, TITN, HWD, PANW, SWHC, AKAM, T, ZNGA, GMCR)

Posted: December 6, 2012 at 4:08 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning following a decision by the European Central Bank to leave its interest rates unchanged (more coverage here). Third-quarter eurozone GDP was in line ...
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Speaking of Apple Patents: VirnetX Refiles ITC Case Against Apple

Posted: September 17, 2012 at 9:22 am

Most patent case news of late has been Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) suing to block Samsung from having what appears as knock-off iPhones by the look and feel of the phones. ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 31, 2012: Markets Rise After Bernanke Speech (GLW, SE, TD, GRMN, MT, OVTI, SAI, STP, ZUMZ, CPB, HSOL, CPB, FB, SPLK, SABA, KNXA, IBM)

Posted: August 31, 2012 at 2:03 pm

Today’s issue of the “Closing Bell” is out early as we join many of you in an early start to the holiday weekend. Data in today’s report was compiled between ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 30, 2012: Markets Slide Waiting for Bernanke (HUM, YGE, AET, LPX, CTXS, LTRX, CHUY, TIVO, VRA, TD, OVTI, SAI, ZUMZ, P, CIEN, FSLR)

Posted: August 30, 2012 at 4:05 pm

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning on an absence of new data from overseas and an expected drop in new claims for unemployment benefits did not ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 30, 2012 (NOK, LNKD, AIG, ABX, LULU, BAH, TFM, HSOL, YGE, JOSB, CIEN, JDAS, JOY, MOV, SAI, VRA, PBY, SHLD, EPD)

Posted: May 30, 2012 at 4:10 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning as investors did not pay attention to a report that the eurozone would allow its bailout fund to be used ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, MT, COP, EVER, FB, FL, MNST, NE, BTU, SAI, STX, VALE, WDC, WHR)

Posted: May 29, 2012 at 8:12 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) named Bull of the Day at Zacks. ...
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