Stock Analysts

Ball Corporation to Build Radiometric Instrument for NASA

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., a unit of Ball Corporation BLL , has been chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Science Mission Directorate to build and test a complete radiometric instrument on a Cubesat. The radiometer has been developed for a space mission under the In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) program. […]

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Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Banks on Acreage Ownership

On Dec 16, 2015, we issued an updated research report on Chesapeake Energy Corporation ( CHK ). Chesapeake remains one of the industry’s most active players in managing its asset portfolio through a combination of acquisitions and disposals. With a bigger inventory of unconventional resource potential than probably any other domestic independent, Chesapeake boasts a leading position among the top unconventional liquids-rich plays. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Mohawk Medical Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Acquisition of Medical Office Building in Ottawa, ON

Mohawk Medical Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Acquisition of Medical Office Building in Ottawa, ON Canada NewsWire TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2015 TORONTO , Dec. 17, 2015 /CNW/ – Mohawk Medical Properties REIT, a private real estate investment trust, announced today it has acquired another class-leading, full service, medical office building in the City of Ottawa, Ontario . […]

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Alcatel-Lucent to Construct & Sustain SBB’s Datacom NG

Alcatel-Lucent ALU recently announced that it has been chosen by Swiss Federal Railways SBB (also known as Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) to deploy IP and optical networking technologies for providing world-class service for SBB’s passengers. Expected to be fully operational from 2020, the new network will be developed by leveraging Alcatel-Lucent’s Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (“SDH”) network with IP and WDM technologies. In particular, Alcatel-Lucent will offer its services to SBB’s highly ambitious project ‘Datacom NG’, which involves building a next-generation network to cater to the continuous increase in passenger and freight traffic […]

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Alkermes Hits 52 Week High on Pipeline Update & Aristada

Alkermes plc ’s ALKS shares hit a 52-week high after the company announced new developments and milestones related to three of its candidates and an approved product for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) diseases. The company reported that it has initiated pivotal programs on two of its candidates, ALKS 3831 and ALKS 8700, for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis (MS), respectively. […]

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Lockheed Signs $215.8M Deal to Supply Night Vision Systems

Lockheed Martin Corporation LMT recently received a $215.8 million foreign sales contract for the sale of night vision systems for Apache attack helicopters to India. Per the contract, work on the systems will be executed in Orlando, FL and is expected to be completed by Dec 31, 2021. The aforesaid contract reflects a long-term geostrategic defense partnership between India and the U.S […]

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5 Biggest Losers from the Fed Rate Hike

Drawing the curtain on a seven-year period of low interest rates, the Fed said on Wednesday that it is beginning a cycle of monetary tightening. This was probably the most widely awaited financial and economic announcement of the year and will have ramifications across the world. Expressing confidence in the U.S. […]

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Navistar (NAV) Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Beat

Navistar International Corporation NAV reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2015 (ended Oct 31, 2015) adjusted net earnings from continuing operations of 36 cents per share, compared with adjusted net loss of 52 cents per share recorded in the year-ago quarter. However, earnings per share in the reported quarter missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a profit of 58 cents. […]

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Coca-Cola Enterprises Cuts Sales Outlook; Issues 2016 View

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc . CCE , the Western European bottler of The Coca-Cola Company KO , recently lowered the sales outlook for 2015 amid the difficult operating environment. 2015 Sales Outlook Cut While management maintained the previously issued profit guidance, comparable constant currency sales projection was tweaked again due to poor sales performance amid challenging consumer environment and category headwinds. […]