General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) saw a small decline in the short interest, but that short interest dove in July, down almost 15% to 58,090,804 shares as of 15 July from 68,273,172 shares short as of 30 June. GE’s common stock dividend yield is 3.4% now that shares have pulled back to under 26 from its…
PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE:PHM) is set to report second-quarter 2014 results on Jul 24, before the market opens. Last quarter, it had delivered a negative earnings surprise of (9.52%). PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) stock performance was 1.14% in last session and finished the day at $19.45. Traded volume was 10.11million shares in the last session and the…
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) Community Advisory Panel has increased contributions to its grant program. This year, Dow upped the program funding to $30,000, doubling its previous total. In 2013, six winners were awarded funding. The yearly competitive grant, which began in 2006, helps fund “sustainable community service projects” in East County. Each award ranges…
Zacks Investment Research downgraded Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) to a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) on May 21. Masco has been witnessing sharp downward estimate revisions ever since it reported weak first-quarter fiscal 2014 results on Apr 24, 2014. Also, the stock price has declined slightly more than 7% since then. Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) stock performance…
Mark Bernardo, general manager of automation software at General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)’s Intelligent Platforms division, says moving to a new operating system can be extremely complicated and expensive for industrial companies. Bernardo, whose General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) division offers advisory services for upgrading from XP, says many of the unit’s customers fall into the fields…
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA)(NASDAQ:BLDP) is poised to report the first profit in its 21-year history as a public company, evidence the fuel-cell maker isn’t heading for a repeat of the 2000 technology bust. “When you think of Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA)(NASDAQ:BLDP) today, it’s a completely different company,” said Chief Executive Officer John Sheridan,…
