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Investors Are Watching : National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE:TWO), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM)

On Sep 18, National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) has hired banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to sell as much as 40 percent of Turkish unit Finansbank AS (FINBN) in a secondary share offering, four people with knowledge of the matter said. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) belongs to Financial sector. Its net profit margin is 22.50% and weekly performance is 0.33%. On last trading day company shares ended up $3.01. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -7.93%.

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)’s Safra Catz, who was named Chief Executive Officer last month along with Mark Hurd, may be turning her dealmaking eye toward applications companies, where the software maker lags behind. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) shares decreased -0.42% in last trading session and ended the day at $38.28. ORCL Gross Margin is 81.10% and its return on assets is 12.10%. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) quarterly performance is -5.83%.

On Sep 16, Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE:TWO) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.26 per share of common stock for the third quarter of 2014. This dividend is payable on October 21, 2014 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2014. Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE:TWO) ended the last trading day at $9.67. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.27% and price to cash ratio as 2.99. Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE:TWO) showed a weekly performance of -2.52%.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) next month will add Revolt TV, the music-oriented channel owned by musician Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the company announced. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 12.50% and weekly performance is 0.16%. On last trading day company shares ended up $49.99. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 0.71%.

Lenovo Group Ltd. and IBM said they have completed the initial closing for Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business under the terms described September 29. Lenovo is acquiring System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations. International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) shares increased 0.10% in last trading session and ended the day at $189.83. IBM Gross Margin is 49.10% and its return on assets is 13.60%. International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) quarterly performance is 1.87%.