Market Alert: Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR), Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NYSE:OAS), Forrester Research Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR), RPX Corporation (NASDAQ:RPXC), Lennox International, Inc. (NYSE:LII)

Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) is nearing a deal to sell its power transmission solutions business to Regal Beloit Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. A deal would value the business at more than $1.2 billion, one of the people said. Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) belongs to Industrial Goods sector. Its net profit margin is 8.80% and weekly performance is -9.94%. On last trading … Continue reading Market Alert: Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR), Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NYSE:OAS), Forrester Research Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR), RPX Corporation (NASDAQ:RPXC), Lennox International, Inc. (NYSE:LII)

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Labor activists have long denounced retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) for employing an army of low-wage, part-time workers to staff their stores. As retail sales flounder in an uncertain economy, those activists — and even a growing number of retailers — are linking those sluggish sales to the retailers’ own low wages. On Thursday, organizers of a group called Our Walmart took to the … Continue reading Top News : Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT), QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM), Forrester Research Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR), Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLF), Lifepoint Hospitals Inc. (NASDAQ:LPNT)

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