Year: 2014

It has been an eventful year for Gilead Sciences Inc. ( GILD ), a big name in the biotech sector. […]

Technology companies fought hard in court all through the year, defending themselves against patent infringements, illegal actions, dishonoring agreements, wage-fixing charges and regulatory pressure. HP-Autonomy In 2011, Hewlett-Packard Company ( HPQ ) bought British company Autonomy, which makes software that can search through unstructured corporate data files with great accuracy, for $11 billion. But the following year, it wrote down $8.8 billion, claiming that Autonomy had inflated sales figures (through fake deals, subsidized transactions and misclassified sales), which it claimed made it impossible for H-P to realize the synergies and growth it expected at the time of sale […]

On Dec 29, 2014, shares of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. ( AXL ) reached a new 52-week high of $22.88, before eventually closing at $22.79. […]

Shares of CA Inc. ( CA ) have generated a return of 10.7% over the last three months. The company also delivered a positive earnings surprise of 5.1% in the last reported quarter […]

U.S.-based burger chain, Shake Shack has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission regulators to raise $100 million. Post IPO, the company will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SHAK”. However, the number of shares on offer and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined […]

Shares of HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. ( HTBI ) crafted a new 52-week high, touching $16.52 on Dec 29. The stock of this various banking products and services provider closed the session at the same price, reflecting a year-to-date return of 2.5% […]

On Dec 29, 2014, shares of Assurant Inc. ( AIZ ) scaled a new 52-week high of $69.88 following a series of encouraging news at the company. Last month, Assurant Solutions inked a deal with Claro, a part of the largest Latin American telecom group América Móvil, to roll out a new program in Brazil named Claro Up […]

Shares of Mettler-Toledo International Inc ( MTD ) reached a 52-week high of $306.92 on Dec 29 and closed at $305.89. This represents a healthy year-to-date return of approximately 27%, better than the S&P 500’s return of 13.1% over the same period. Mettler-Toledo’s third-quarter earnings of $2.95 per share comfortably beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.86. […]

Shares of Regency Centers Corporation ( REG ) touched a new 52-week high of $65.11 on Dec 29, 2014. However, the stock closed the session at $64.83, reflecting a solid return of 43.2% in a year’s time. The trading volume for the session was 681,436 shares. […]

Share price of DeVry Education Group Inc. ( DV ) reached a new 52-week high of $49.61 on Dec 29. […]