Stock Analysts

EMC Insurance Hits 52-Week High

On Mar 26, EMC Insurance Group Inc. ( EMCI ) touched a 52-week high of $36.49. The share price has been rising ever since the company reported strong financial results in the fourth quarter of 2013 on Feb 20 […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Protecting the Unprotected – The Nature Conservancy of Canada acquires significant South Okanagan grassland property near Osoyoos

Protecting the Unprotected – The Nature Conservancy of Canada acquires significant South Okanagan grassland property near Osoyoos Canada NewsWire VANCOUVER, March 27, 2014 VANCOUVER , March 27, 2014 /CNW/ – The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and its partners are pleased to announce the acquisition of a 1,836-acre (743-hectare) property in the South Okanagan Similkameen. More than 30 species at risk are found on these lands, which are seen as a critical acquisition to conserve BC’s vanishing native grasslands. […]

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Western Union Expands in Mexico

In an effort to expand its presence in Mexico, Western Union Co. ( WU ) has launched Western Union global money-transfer services in collaboration with Farmacias Guadalajara, a Mexican drugstore chain. […]

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Intel, Altera Extend Foundry Partnership

Intel Corporation ( INTC ) has expanded its foundry partnership with Altera Corporation ( ALTR ) to manufacture advanced multi-die devices. According to the earlier agreement, Intel was to manufacture Altera’s ARM-based quad-core Stratix 10 processors, an advanced version of its FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) chips, using proprietary 14 nanometer (nm) trigate transistor technology. Now, it will also put together FPGAs and chipsets, also known as systems-in-a-chip (SoCs), with elements like application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), processors, DRAM, SRAM and other devices to produce a system-in-a-package. […]

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Mondelez Continues to Innovate

With changing consumer preferences, there is a huge demand for new snacking products with unique flavors. There is lot of focus on product innovation as companies strive to be the first ones to come up with interesting flavors. Mondelez International, Inc […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Pactera Announces Completion of Merger

Pactera Announces Completion of Merger PR Newswire BEIJING, March 28, 2014 BEIJING , March 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Pactera Technology International Ltd. (Nasdaq: PACT) (“Pactera” or the “Company”), a global consulting and technology services provider strategically headquartered in China , today announced the completion of the merger contemplated by the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 17, 2013 (the “Merger Agreement”), among the Company, BCP ( Singapore ) VI Cayman Acquisition Co. Ltd […]

Upgrades

KATE SPADE&CO (KATE) Upgraded by Zacks to NEUTRAL

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of KATE SPADE&CO (KATE) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on March 27, 2014, with a target price of $37.90. Kate Spade & Company engages in designing and marketing accessories and apparel under three global, multichannel lifestyle brands: Kate spade New York, Kate Spade Saturday and Jack Spade. The company offers apparel, handbags, briefcases, travel bags, small leather goods, tabletop products, legwear, bedding, stationery, jewelry, apparel, footwear, optics, fragrances, electronics cases, fashion accessories, beauty, and home d cor products. […]

Upgrades

Hologic, Inc. (HOLX) Upgraded by Zacks to NEUTRAL

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Hologic, Inc. (HOLX) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on March 27, 2014, with a target price of $22.00. Hologic posted improved first-quarter fiscal 2014 results with adjusted EPS of $0.34 which fell 10.5% year over year but beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by $0.03 […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Lupin Acquires Laboratorios Grin S.A. De C.V., Mexico

Lupin Acquires Laboratorios Grin S.A. De C.V., Mexico Specialty Ophthalmic Company in Mexico; Enters the Latin American Market PR Newswire MUMBAI, India and BALTIMORE, March 27, 2014 MUMBAI, India and BALTIMORE , March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Pharma Major Lupin Limited announced today the acquisition of 100% equity stake in Laboratorios Grin, S.A. De C.V . […]

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DuPont Opens Tech Center in South Africa

Chemical giant DuPont ( DD ) has opened a newly expanded research facility at Delmas, South Africa. The facility will serve as the core of the DuPont Africa regional technology center. The center will help DuPont in its efforts to speed up seed product development for Africa's farmers […]

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GameStop Misses on Q4 Earnings

GameStop Corp. ( GME ), the video game and entertainment software retailer, posted fourth-quarter fiscal 2013 earnings of $1.90 per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of by couple of cents and fell 12% year over year. […]

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3M Launches Android Kernel Patches

3M Electronic Solutions Division, a part of 3M Company ( MMM ), recently introduced Android kernel patches for its multi-touch display and systems products. The latest offering from 3M is perfectly timed as it will allow developers to create new applications as well as scale the existing applications to match its entire range of multi-touch display products. […]