Month: August 2011

Ireland-based advertising titan WPP Group plc. ( WPPGY ) reported its interim results for the first half of 2011 on August 24. Diluted pro forma earnings in the reported period were £0.228 ($1.84 per ADR), up 19.4% (22.8% in constant currency) from £0.191 ($1.46 per ADR) in the year-ago period […]

Regis Corp. ( RGS ), the largest hair salon chain in the world, is slated to release its fourth quarter and fiscal 2011 results on August 25, before the opening bell. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the fourth quarter is 30 cents per share, representing an annualized negative growth of 12.8%. […]

Omnicell, Inc. ( OMCL ) recently teamed up with Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., the group purchasing arm of Premier Inc. Under the terms of the deal, Premier member hospitals and healthcare organizations will enjoy premium pricing for Omnicell’s medication and supply management solutions […]

Ken Nagy, CFA On August 23, 2011, DecisionPoint Systems, Inc., ( DPSI ) an enterprise mobility and RFID systems integrator, reported financial results for its fiscal 2011 second quarter, ended June 30, 2011. The second quarter performance resulted in a small year over year decrease in revenue, with revenue dropping $64,235 to $13.223 million from $13.288 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010. […]

Enterprise software company, Oracle Corp. ( ORCL ) is rumored to have emerged as a potential suitor for the beleaguered information technology (IT) major Hewlett-Packard Company’s ( HPQ ) , after the latter’s share prices tumbled to new lows recently. […]

Canada’s largest natural gas producer Encana Corporation ( ECA ) recently entered into an agreement with Pivotal LNG, a subsidiary of AGL Resources Inc. ( AGL ), to receive supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which will be distributed to service providers operating fleet trucks in the Haynesville shale play in Louisiana. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. […]

Accenture plc ( ACN ) announced the closure of the Duck Creek Technologies acquisition, announced in July. The cash consideration to be paid was not disclosed. Founded in 2000, Missouri-based Duck Creek has evolved as a prominent P&C policy administration solutions provider in North America and the U.K […]

AstraZeneca plc ( AZN ) recently announced the US launch of Brilinta (ticagrelor). The drug was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month, to reduce the rate of heart attack and cardiovascular (CV) death in adult patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Following the launch, AstraZeneca plans to work with distribution partners and pharmacy customers to ensure that Brilinta is readily available for use. […]