Tyson Foods reportedly won a bidding war to acquire Hillshire Brands Co (NYSE:HSH) on Monday, paying $7.7 billion for the Chicago-based maker of Jimmy Dean sausage and other meat products. Hillshire Brands Co (NYSE:HSH) stock performance was -0.15% in last session and finished the day at $61.97. Traded volume was 11.07million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 4.00million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.53. Hillshire Brands Co (NYSE:HSH) insider ownership is 0.10%.
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML), a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch solutions, today announced the company has launched Atmel | SMART, the new brand of ARM-based microcontrollers and has expanded its SMART portfolio with new SmartConnect SAM W23 modules, enabling Wi-Fi connectivity and the best of high performance and low power technology for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) rose 3.49 percent to $9.20 Tuesday on volume of 10.61million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $8.88 to $9.33. Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) has a market capitalization of $3.87billion.
United Airlines, moving to sweeten awards for its biggest spenders, on Tuesday said it plans to base its frequent-flier rewards program on ticket prices rather than miles traveled. JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) and Southwest Airlines also tie frequent-flier miles earned to the ticket price. JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU)’s stock on June 10, 2014 reported a increase of 1.63% to the closing price of $10.63. Its fifty two weeks range is $5.95 -$10.63. The total market capitalization recorded $3.15billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 9.11million shares. In its share capital, JBLU has 296.79million outstanding shares.
Research analysts at Cowen and Company lowered their price objective on shares of FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) from $2.70 to $2.40 in a report released on Thursday. Cowen and Company’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 6.19% from the stock’s previous close. On Tuesday, shares of FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) close the day at $2.18. Company return on investment (ROI) is -49.20% and its monthly performance is recorded as 14.74%. FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) quarterly revenue growth is -33.54%.
Hospira, Inc (NYSE:HSP) was upgraded by Zacks from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a note issued to investors on Thursday. The firm currently has a $58.00 price target on the stock. Zacks‘s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 17.96% from the stock’s previous close. Hospira, Inc. (NYSE:HSP) stock performance was 2.00% in last session and finished the day at $52.02. Traded volume was 1.47million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.18million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.55. Hospira, Inc. (NYSE:HSP) insider ownership is 0.60%.