Hot Watch List: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)

General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) has said it won’t improve its $16.9 billion offer for Alstom, but the US conglomerate could offer fresh concessions (paywall) to the French government to bag its approval, after Siemens and Mitsubishi put forward a cheaper but more complex bid. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) stock performance was -0.81% in last session and finished the day at $26.82. Traded volume was 26.68million shares … Continue reading Hot Watch List: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)

Notable Movers: Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ:LAYN), HSBC Holdings (NYSE:HSBC), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C)

Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ:LAYN) was down 12.75% after reporting a Q1 net loss of $27.7 million, or $1.41 per share, compared with a prior-year net loss of $23.8 million, or $1.22 per share. The prior-year results included a $0.02 gain from discontinued operations. Analysts polled by Capital IQ were looking for a loss of $0.35 per share. Total revenue slid 16% to $191.2 million, missing … Continue reading Notable Movers: Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ:LAYN), HSBC Holdings (NYSE:HSBC), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C)

Financial stocks to Watch: National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET), American International Group (NYSE:AIG), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Citigroup (NYSE:C)

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing in tandem with Greek partner banks a further EUR 200 million worth of SME support for growth and employment in Greece. These funds, of which EUR 150 million is going to the National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) and EUR 50 millionto Alpha Bank, are intended to finance projects promoted by small and medium-sized companies in the fields … Continue reading Financial stocks to Watch: National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET), American International Group (NYSE:AIG), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Citigroup (NYSE:C)

Banking Stocks: National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), HSBC (NYSE:HSBC), Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET)

National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,895,084 shares, a growth of 78.2% from the April 30th total of 8,360,672 shares, Analyst Ratings Network reports. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 6,902,571 … Continue reading Banking Stocks: National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), HSBC (NYSE:HSBC), Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET)