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Corning reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Monday, giving shares a boost in premarket trading to near the a two-year high.
Fuel cell product maker Plug Power priced an underwritten secondary stock offering of 22.6 million shares at $5.50 Friday morning. Shares opened at $5.62 Friday, down 6.5% from Thursday's close.
Courtesy 3M Company3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) reported first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday. The conglomerate posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.79 on revenues of $7.8 billion. In the same period a…
Courtesy Caterpillar Inc.Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reported first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday. For the quarter, the heavy equipment firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.61 on revenues of $13.24…
Caterpillar earnings are coming out on Thursday, and the expectations have to be far better than they were in quarters past. There are just a few problems to worry about.
Plug Power is doing something that is good for the company, but at the expense of existing shareholders. The controversialcompany filed to raise capital via the sale of common stock.
Dow Chemical reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2014 earnings before markets opened Wednesday due to a strong gain in its plastics unit and growth in China.
DuPont reported first-quarter results before markets opened Thursday that fell short of consensus expectations. It said adverse weather conditions reduced earnings but operating margins improved.
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is out with its first-quarter earnings report for 2014. All in all, this looks like another great quarter on earnings expectations but one with slightly lower revenues.
General Electric is expected to report earnings on Thursday morning before the open. GE's report likely will be dominated by more talk of the impending consumer finance unit spin-off.
