Month: February 2015

PPG Industries ( PPG ) has submitted an offer to buy a majority stake in the aerospace and automotive sealants businesses of France-based sealants and adhesives products supplier, Le Joint Francais ("LJF"). Financial terms of the offer were not divulged. LJF, which supplies its products for the aerospace and automotive industries, has been a licensee of PPG’s aerospace sealant technology for more than 60 years […]

Goldcorp Inc. ( GG ) and Wabauskang First Nation have inked a collaborative agreement that will lead to long-term economic benefits for the northwestern Ontario First Nation. As per the agreement, Goldcorp becomes the sixth First Nation partner in Canada. […]

Bebe Stores, Inc. ( BEBE ) is slated to report its second-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Feb 5, after the closing bell. In the last quarter, the company had delivered a positive earnings surprise of 42.1% […]

Norwegian oil giant Statoil ASA ’s ( STO ) stock price rose by 0.8% on the announcement that it has formed a new collaboration with GE to speed up the development of more environmentally and economically viable energy solutions to aid the future growth. This joint technology-focused program is targeted at deriving an industrial response to some of the biggest problems faced in global oil and gas production which include flaring, CO2 and methane emissions, and water usage. The collaboration is expected to enhance business operations at the same time. […]

FMC Corp. ( FMC ) will release its fourth-quarter 2014 results after the bell on Feb 4. Last quarter, the chemical maker delivered a 1.04% negative surprise […]

TrueCar, Inc. ( TRUE ) is expected to report fourth-quarter 2014 results on Feb 4. […]

Aerospace and defense giant, L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. ( LLL ) announced on Jan 30, that its National Security Solutions (“NSS”) business has won two National Security Agency (“NSA”) contracts for Enterprise Program Management ("EPM") valued at $367.3 million. […]

Developer and seller of proprietary biological testing technologies, Luminex Corp ( LMNX ), recently received Health Canada approval for its genotyping assay, xTAG CYP2D6 Kit v3. Identifying patient CYP2D6 genotypes can help clinicians customize drug treatment through the selection of relevant therapies. Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is a clinically vital gene that encrypts a drug-metabolizing enzyme. […]

Ushering good news for its shareholders, HCP Inc. ( HCP ), a healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), announced on Jan 29 a hike of 3.7% in its quarterly dividend rate to 56.5 cents from 54.5 cents paid earlier. HCP will pay the new dividend on Feb 24, 2015 to shareholders of record as on Feb 9 […]

Sony Corporation ( SNE ) is set to report third-quarter fiscal 2014 results on Feb 4. The company expects to report net loss of 230 billion yen in the quarter. […]

Media giant Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. ( FOXA ) is expected to report its second-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Feb 4. Last quarter, it posted a positive surprise of 5.6% […]

Mallinckrodt plc ( MNK ) is set to report first-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Feb 3. Mallinckrodt’s track record was impressive in fiscal 2014 with the company beating estimates comfortably in the last four quarters. The average earnings surprise over the last four quarters is 30.7% […]

Arthur J Gallagher & Co. ’s ( AJG ) board of directors announced a quarterly cash dividend hike of 1 cent on Jan 29, 2015. […]

We expect Under Armour, Inc. ( UA ), one of the leading designers, marketers and distributors of authentic athletic footwear, apparel and accessories, to beat expectations when it reports fourth-quarter 2014 results on Feb 4. In the last quarter, the company had reported a positive earnings surprise of 2.5%. […]

Keurig Green Mountain Inc. ( GMCR ) is set to report first-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Feb 4. […]

News Corporation ( NWSA ) is slated to report second-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Feb 5. In the last quarter, it had posted a positive surprise of 200%. Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement. […]

Semiconductor solutions provider QuickLogic Corporation ( QUIK ) is set to report fourth-quarter 2014 earnings results after the closing bell on Feb 4. In the last reported quarter, the reported loss was narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. […]

Whirlpool Corp. ( WHR ), the largest home-appliances manufacturer in the world, is slated to report its fourth-quarter 2014 results on Feb 4, 2015. […]

On Jan 31, 2015, Zacks Investment Research upgraded Abiomed Inc. ( ABMD ) by a notch to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). […]