Month: October 2014

Masimo Corporation ( MASI ) recently announced that Mercy Hospital of Buffalo – one of the largest hospitals in Western New York – expanded continuous patient monitoring using Masimo SET pulse oximetry and the Masimo Patient SafetyNet system after a pilot program showed reduction in mortality. At Mercy Hospital, the Masimo Radical-7 and Rad-87 devices continuously monitor oxygenation with Masimo SET pulse oximetry and breathing with RRa. […]

Share price of General Motors Co. ( GM ) rallied 0.9% to $33.17 after Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Ratings Services upgraded the credit ratings of both General Motors and GM Financial to investment grade with a stable outlook. The current GM corporate and GM Financial credit ratings stand at BBB-. […]

Novatel Wireless Inc. ( NVTL ) – one of the leading manufacturers of wireless data modems – unveiled the new Verizon Jetpack(R) Mobile Hotspot 4G LTE/XLTE MiFi(R) 6620L. The multi-band MiFi 6620L is the first Verizon Wireless Jetpack which is capable of connecting nearly 15 devices to the Verizon XLTE network […]

Benchmarks continued the winning momentum in the third quarter with S&P 500 and Nasdaq posting their seventh straight quarter of gains. For the quarter, the S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq gained 0.6%, 1.3% and 1.9%, respectively. However, the gains came based on the benchmarks’ performance in August, as it was the only month when the indices scored gains. […]

General Electric Company ( GE ) recently announced its intentions to invest approximately $50 million to build a state-of-the-art facility. The new facility will primarily manufacture components meet the rising demand for its industrial technology solutions in the oil and gas industry. […]

The Walt Disney Company ( DIS ) has had an amazing run at the box office so far. Roaring success of the animated movie Frozen was followed by superb box office response to Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Maleficent . These three movies currently are in the list of top 5 highest grossing films of 2014 (so far). […]

Deckers Outdoor Corp. ( DECK ) continues to impress investors with its product innovation, cost containment, store augmentation and strong focus on profitable markets. The company is optimistic about its future performance, given its continuous investments in brand development, omni-channel capacities, optimum capital allocation and strong fall collection. […]

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ( ANF ) continued with its positive earnings surprise trend for four consecutive quarters. The company’s second-quarter fiscal 2014 earnings came ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate and also grew year over year gaining from its profit improvement initiative that focuses on enhancing return on invested capital and operating margin growth […]

On Sep 24, 2014, we issued an updated research report on the Washington-based retailer of sports-related teen apparel Zumiez Inc. ( ZUMZ ), following the company's better-than-expected second-quarter fiscal 2014 bottom-line results. Zumiez’s second-quarter fiscal 2014 adjusted earnings of 27 cents per share were 35% higher than the comparable year-ago period, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 23 cents […]

Shares of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. ( APOG ) have gained since the company reported second-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Sep 16, trading in the above $40 range in contrast to the prior $30 range. The upbeat results led the shares to gain 8% in a day, hitting a 52-week high of $39.49 on Sep 17 […]