Stock Highlights
Mar 9th, 2012
European planemaker Airbus reorganized its order book but sold no earlier unassigned aircraft in February and remains well behind Boeing since the start of the year, according to company data showed on Friday. The European planemaker has surrendered ground to its competitor after grabbing its biggest ever share of the global market in 2011 with record sales of its revamped fuel-saving A320neo jetliner. But Boeing has hit back with its own challenging 737 MAX and is projected to tip the scales in 2012 as the two planemakers re-establish approximately equal share of the biggest part of the worldwide jet market, covering 100-200-seat medium-haul
Mar 3rd, 2012
The S&P 500 Index still posted another weekly gain, the eighth in nine weeks. even though Friday's drawback, the S&P 500 finished higher for the fourth straight week. The S&P 500 Index fell -4.46 points or 0.32% to end at 1,369.63 on Friday.
The worldwide leader in software, services and solutions, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) reported the future launch of its Small Business Competency within the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN). This innovative Small Business Competency is committed to visualizing the proficiency of partners that offer the most recent Microsoft technology solutions to facilitate small businesses along with their excl
Mar 3rd, 2012
Despite Friday's retreat, the NASDAQ finished higher for the fourth straight week whereas the NASDAQ Composite Index slid -12.78points or 0.43% to close at 2,976.19. The world’s leading provider of social game services and the NASDAQ’s technology stock, Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) reported a latest Zynga Platform, which is basically crafted to provide unusual ways players asked for, such as, more and more people to play with and for new ways to play.
Moreover, Zynga is expected to unveil the beta release of Zynga.com, which would be its novel target for social games, noting it as part of the first roll out. Zynga.com will permit players to fin
Mar 3rd, 2012
The lack of buying interest directed the US Stocks finishing the week in lackluster fashion, with the Dow Jones stealing a three week winning streak. For the week, the Dow cut 4 points, noting the first weekly decline for the index in three weeks but overall, the DJIA remains near its highest levels since summer of 2008. On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index cut -2.73 points or 0.02% to linger at 12,977.57.
Dow healthcare stock, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) reported that it will present at the Cowen and Company 32nd Annual Health Care Conference which is scheduled on Tuesday, March 6. The event will take place at the Boston
Mar 2nd, 2012
The tech heavy NASDAQ Composite Index edged +22.08 points or 0.74% to close at 2,988.97. NASDAQ’s technology stock, Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) reported that its executives including James B. Flaws, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer and Martin J. Curran, Senior Vice President and Corning Optical Fiber General Manager re-affirmed its growth prospect for Corning’s businesses when they met in San Francisco with investors at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference.
Curran said that Telecom is back and company anticipates vital growth in its four major segments of the telecommunications industry that are; f
Mar 2nd, 2012
The S&P 500 Index spiked +8.41 points or 0.62% to end at 1,374.09 whereas its services stock, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) reported that its Board of Directors has approved an annual dividend of $1.59 per share, just about a 9% boost from the $1.46 per share paid throughout fiscal year 2012. The Board said that for the existing fiscal year which will be ending on January 31, 2013, the annual dividend of $1.59 per share will be awarded in four quarterly payments of $0.3975 per share.
Mike Duke, Walmart president and chief executive officer commented that company feels glad that its financial position and strength of the business per
Mar 2nd, 2012
For the day, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index advanced +28.23 points or 0.22% to linger at 12,980.30. Out of thirty listed components of DJIA, seventeen stocks crossed the green boundary while one stock remained unchanged for the day and left over twelve stocks failed to cross.
Dow energy stock, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) reported that Caterpillar Tohoku Ltd. (Cat Tohoku) is acquired by Caterpillar Japan Ltd. (Caterpillar Japan) which get effective on March 1. Caterpillar Japan is reorganizing its distribution network in Japan, along with this acquisition.
This step has taken meant for developing its service for customers by offering
Mar 1st, 2012
On Wednesday the NASDAQ Composite Index briefly crested higher than the 3,000 mark for the first time since December 2000, whereas Apple's shares, which hit a record high contributed to the NASDAQ's run-up. The index moved up 5.4% for the month and 14% for the year but moved lower -19.87 points or 0.67% to close at 2,966.89 for the day.
On Wednesday, about thirty four stocks of NASDAQ Composite Index reported their earnings whereas eight names added results before the market opened while twenty six companies posted after the market close.
NASDAQ’s consumer goods stock, SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ:SODA) publicized its three a
Mar 1st, 2012
The S&P 500 Index tumbled -6.50 points or 0.47% to end at 1,365.68 on Wednesday while the index added 4.1% in February and 8.6% in 2012. Ford Motor Co (NYS:F)’s Chief Financial Officer Lewis Booth reported that this year company might lose up to $600 million in Europe as the constant debt crisis hurts overall auto sales in the region.
Booth added that this year Europe’s industry wide sales appear to be heading in the direction of 14 million vehicles. This signifies the low end of Ford's annual sales prediction for the area.
Ford is expected to lose among $500 million and $600 million in the region. A loss of that extent would d
Mar 1st, 2012
In the recent session the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index reduced -53.05 points or 0.41% to linger at 12,952.07 whereas the index remains up 2.5% in February as well as 6% for the year. Dow’s nine stocks crossed the green boundary while left over twenty one stocks remained unable to cross.
Dow energy stock, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) reported the voting for Henrietta H. Fore to its board of directors. After this election, the ExxonMobil board widened to twelve directors and eleven of whom are non-employee directors. Currently, Ms. Fore is chairman as well as chief executive officer of Holsman International.
Ms. Fore served
