Month: September 2018

John Wiley & Sons JW.A is expected to report first-quarter fiscal 2019 results on Sep 6. The company outperformed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the trailing four quarters by an average of 13.8%. […]

Shares of FactSet Research Systems Inc. FDS scaled a new 52-week high of $232.23 during the trading session on Sep 4, before closing a tad lower at $232.16. The company’s shares have charted a solid trajectory in recent times, appreciating 20.4% year to date, ahead of the 19.2% rise of the industry it belongs to […]

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. AJG recently acquired Wheatman Insurance Services LLC, which will enable the acquirer not only to expand but also improve its employee benefit consulting and brokerage services across the Southwest region of the United States. […]

Twitter TWTR continues to add new features to its platform to boost user growth rate and engagement levels. The company’s CEO Jack Dorsey and product manager, Sara Haider recently hinted at bringing two new features — presence and reply threading — when they tweeted about it on the platform. With the presence feature, Twitter users can now see if other users are online. […]

Tyler Technologies TYL has reportedly acquired Modesto, CA-based CaseloadPro, a provider of digital tools for managing probation cases, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will expand Tyler's courts and justice segment, which is the company’s second-largest unit, generating around 18% of total revenues. […]

Charter ’s CHTR Spectrum Mobile service is now fully available for new and existing Spectrum Internet subscribers across its footprint. Notably, the company did a soft launch on Jun 30, this year. […]

We recently issued an updated research report on Triumph Group, Inc. TGI . The company delivered first-quarter fiscal 2019 adjusted earnings of 34 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 36 cents by 5.6% […]

Liberty Property Trust LPT has been experiencing demand for its Richmond and Norfolk portfolios, lately. Majority of this demand is rising from the existing tenants who prefer to stay at the company’s properties over relocating to other locations. Particularly, in the first half of the year, 17 leases were executed that helped the company enjoy full occupancy at these portfolios […]

Ryanair Holdings plc RYAAY posted impressive August traffic numbers despite numerous flight cancellations due to ATC staff shortages and labor-unrest. Traffic in the month (including that from its LaudaMotion unit), rose 9% year over year to 13.8 million, while load factor remained fixed at 97% primarily owing to cheap air fares. The company’s Laudamotion unit in Austria recorded a traffic of 0.5 million customers […]

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. WCG recently announced completing its pending acquisition of Meridian Health Plan of Michigan, Inc., Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. and MeridianRx, together known as the Meridian. […]

A spur in homebuilding activity and publicly-funded building of schools and highways has led to an uptick in U.S. construction spending in July. The U.S. […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. ’s LMT business segment, Aeronautics, recently clinched a modification contract to procure air vehicle initial spare parts for the F-35 Lightning III aircraft. Work related to the deal is scheduled to be over by December 2023. […]

Duke Energy Corporation ’s DUK unit Duke Energy Kentucky filed an application to the Kentucky Public Service Commission — for the hike in its natural gas distribution rates. The company seeks to recover and support its significant investments made in the Northern Kentucky's natural gas distribution system and make the operation more reliable and resilient for customers. Per the filing, the company has made such a request for the first time in last nine years after investing nearly $200 million in different capital projects […]

Merck & Co., Inc. MRK announced that a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for its anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda, has been accepted under priority review by the FDA. […]