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Company argue they have “exceeded both our revenue and operating income expectations” Landec Corporation (Nasdaq:LNDC), a developer and marketer of products for healthy living applications in the food and biomedical markets, reported results for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 ended August 31, 2014. “For the first quarter, we exceeded both our revenue and operating […]

Up, up and away for their share price? Red Lion Hotels (NYSE:RLH) announced today the company signed a franchise agreement on a hotel located near the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, one of the top 20 busiest airports in the country serving more than 32 million passengers a year. “The Detroit metro area is among […]

Changes at the top Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings (NYSE:WSH), the global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Brian Parsons as National Partner and CEO, Willis Canada. Mr. Parsons has deep experience in the insurance brokerage, risk management and natural resources industry. He joins Willis after spending 22 years […]

The share price of SodaStream (NASDAQ:SODA) seems to have lost its fizz. It’s price dropped nearly 22% today on the NASDAQ exchange to 21.52. Which leads me to tell this story. Just through days ago my wife and I were browsing through a popular home goods store when the SodaStream display caught my eye. While […]

Year-to-date originations at record highs According to the latest Equifax (NYSE:EFX) National Consumer Credit Trends Report, while year-to-date auto loan growth rates have slowed compared to last year, totals for new credit and the number of new loans originated for auto purchases are at all-time highs. – The total number of new loans originated through […]

NASDAQ may temporarily halt trading in the company’s stock GT Advanced Technologies Inc., (Nasdaq:GTAT), announced today that it had, together with certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively, GT), commenced voluntary cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire. The company expects […]

Will it lead to US Navak contract? Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), in support of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command in Manama, Bahrain, announced the successful demonstration of an unmanned mine-hunting mission. In the demonstration, the Mine Hunting Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MHU) was used in tandem with Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24A Mine Detecting Sensor System in the […]

Oman’s Abraj Energy Service awarded more than $330m in contracts BP Oman has announced the award of two long term drilling contracts for the Khazzan project in Block 61. KCA Deutag has been awarded more than $400 million contracts for the construction and operation of five new build land rigs for Khazzan. The rigs are […]

I thought seriously about writing this article on Sunday, but, although the “news” was coming from usually reliable sources, it was, nonetheless, still speculation. By the time that I sat down at my computer this morning, however, what was speculation yesterday had become reality. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) officially announced this morning that plans to divide itself […]

I’ll admit it right from the start. I found a way to use “Obama” in the headline to grab your attention. But, just because I used a cheap, journalistic trick doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t keep reading. There is something very dangerous going on in the White House and at the Federal Reserve (not to […]