GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ:GTAT) was higher more than 8% in early trading Monday, having earlier hit $13.47 – its highest level since July 2011 – after reporting a Q4 loss that was smaller than analysts had expected, while its FY guidance straddled estimates. The maker of materials for the consumer electronics, power electronics, solar and…
Shares of Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW) hit a new all-time high Monday, after the cyber security company reported adjusted fiscal Q2 results above analysts’ expectations, boosted by strong demand as companies increased their investments in security against cyber attacks. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, the company reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders…
Shares in Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. (NASDQ:OCLS) fell more than 9% pre-market Monday after the company said it will sell 450,620 units to two institutional investors for $3.00 each. The units will be made up of common stock, and Series A and Series B warrants. The company will raise about $1.35 million gross from the sale…
Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE:EXK) is up 1.5% in pre-market trade on Monday as it provided updated NI 43-101 silver and gold reserve and resource estimates for its three producing silver mines in Mexico (the Guanacevi Mine in Durango State and the Bolanitos and El Cubo Mines in Guanajuato State) as well as one exploration project…
QLogic (NASDAQ:QLGC) announced on Tuesday it was acquiring Broadcom’s 10/40/100GbE controller assets for $147M in an allcash deal. In addition, QLogic paid $62M in a one-time fee to purchase Broadcom’s Fibre Channel licenses, simply as an “insurance policy” to protect the strong cash flows of their FC business. Near-term, this acquisition should augment their market…
National Australia Bank delivered another solid performance for first-quarter fiscal 2014 with a 7% increase in unaudited cash profit to AUD 1.55 billion, modestly below consensus of AUD 1.58 billion. Earnings for the major bank again benefited from a sharp fall in bad debts, down 23% to AUD 324 million for the quarter. Moderate loan…
