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)

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Trader’s Alert: Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN), Intercontinentalexchange Group Inc (NYSE:ICE), LiveDeal Inc (NASDAQ:LIVE), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), an electronic payments company based in Atlanta, named Cameron Bready as its CFO, effective June 30. Mr. Bready is CFO at ITC HoldingsITC +0.35% Corp, and will leave that position effective June 20. He will succeed David Mangum, whom Global Payments will promote to chief operating officer on June 30. Mr. Mangum received compensation valued at $2.4 million in 2013, according … Continue reading Trader’s Alert: Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN), Intercontinentalexchange Group Inc (NYSE:ICE), LiveDeal Inc (NASDAQ:LIVE), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)

Industrial Goods New Highs: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD), 3M Co (NYSE:MMM), L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LLL)

Companies including Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), United Parcel Service Inc.(UPS:US) and Honeywell International Inc. (HON:US) are pushing for a long-term bill, after a 2012 drive on legislation collapsed in a dispute over funding and resulted in the current two-year law that expires at the end of September. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) stock performance was 0.89% in last session and finished the day at $107.15. Traded volume was … Continue reading Industrial Goods New Highs: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD), 3M Co (NYSE:MMM), L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LLL)

Stocks To Watch: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POM)

A trading firm’s mistake caused wild price swings in U.S. stocks including Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), AOL Inc. and Nabors Industries Ltd. about 10 minutes before markets closed today, according to people familiar with the matter. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) stock performance was 0.89% in last session and finished the day at $107.15. Traded volume was 3,944,667 shares in the last session and the average volume of … Continue reading Stocks To Watch: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POM)

Industrial Goods New Highs: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Colfax Corp (NYSE:CFX), Constellium NV (NYSE:CSTM), Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV)

Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in January. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 24,940,659 shares, a decline of 28.0% from the March 14th total of 34,629,924 shares. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) stock performance was -0.30% in last session and finished the day at $103.38. Traded volume was 6.43million shares in the last session and the … Continue reading Industrial Goods New Highs: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Colfax Corp (NYSE:CFX), Constellium NV (NYSE:CSTM), Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV)

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Large Cap New Highs: PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Marriott International Inc (NASDAQ:MAR), Edison International (NYSE:EIX)

PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) was downgraded by stock analysts at Morgan Stanley from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report issued on Friday, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports. PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) stock performance was -0.03% in last session and finished the day at $33.02. Traded volume was 4,595,800 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 4.38 million shares. The … Continue reading Large Cap New Highs: PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Marriott International Inc (NASDAQ:MAR), Edison International (NYSE:EIX)