Investor’s pick: Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN), Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK), Canadian Natural Resources Limited (NYSE:CNQ), YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:YRCW), PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG)

On Dec. 5, Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) announced that the company’s board of directors has declared a $0.125 per share cash dividend on its common stock. The dividend is payable on December 31, 2014, to stockholders of record as of December 15, 2014. Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is 3.50% and weekly performance is -0.20%. On last trading day … Continue reading Investor’s pick: Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN), Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK), Canadian Natural Resources Limited (NYSE:CNQ), YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:YRCW), PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG)

Basic Material Insider Selling: Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO), Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS), Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM), PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG)

Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) EVP Brett Lund unloaded 4,717 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $0.81, for a total value of $3,820.77. Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ:GEVO) stock performance was 5.50% in last session and finished the day at $1.15. Traded volume was 2.15million shares in the last session … Continue reading Basic Material Insider Selling: Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO), Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS), Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM), PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG)

Specialty Chemicals: PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), Pacific Ethanol (NASDAQ:PEIX), Chemtura Corp (NYSE:CHMT), BioFuel Energy (NASDAQ:BIOF)

PPG Industries Inc. (NYSE:PPG) appointed Dave Cole, vice president, packaging coatings; and Anup Jain, vice president, specialty coatings and materials. PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) stock performance was 4.09% in last session and finished the day at $199.46. Traded volume was 1.79million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 896.44K shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.32. PPG Industries, … Continue reading Specialty Chemicals: PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), Pacific Ethanol (NASDAQ:PEIX), Chemtura Corp (NYSE:CHMT), BioFuel Energy (NASDAQ:BIOF)