Household Appliances

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE: SWK) (announced today that it has received antitrust clearance from the European Commission for its recommended all-cash offer, through a tender offer by its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary SBD Holding AB, to acquire all class A and class B shares and...

Longbow has initiated coverage on Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) with a Buy rating.

iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), has received a $21 million order from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). This is the fourth order under a $230 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, bringing total orders under this contract to $36 million. The latest order calls for...

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) announced today that Roy Templin, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire from the company. As part of the planned transition, Templin will remain in his current capacity until April 2012 to complete Whirlpool Corporation's year-end...

Shares of iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) are soaring today, gaining almost 8%, after Standard & Poor's announced last night it would be including the company in its S&P SmallCap 600 Index. IRobot is replacing EMS Technologies Inc. in the index because it is being acquired. At last...

S&P will make the following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index: iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) will replace EMS Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ELMG) after the close of trading on Friday, August 19. S&P 500 constituent Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) is acquiring EMS Technologies in a...

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) announced today the appointment of Harish Manwani, president of Asia, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe at Unilever, to its board of directors, effective immediately.

P & F Industries Inc (NASDAQ: PFIN) fell 36.94% to $2.68 at 9:50 am. PFIN is scheduled to report its results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011 on August 11, 2011. SPAR Group Inc (NASDAQ: SGRP) shares lost 38.84% to $0.8746. SGRP reported a 2% rise in its Q2 revenue....

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE: SWK) announced that its wholly owned Swedish subsidiary has acquired in total 37,005,890 class B shares of Niscayah Group AB, representing approximately 10.2% of the outstanding shares1 and approximately 7.2% of the total number of votes in Niscayah, at...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Monday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...

JP Morgan reiterated its Overweight rating on iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT). At the same time, the rating agency reduced its price target on the company's stock from $43 to $39. On Monday, IRBT closed the day at $33.59.

JP Morgan has lowered the price target on iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) from $43 to $39 and maintains its Overweight rating.

Foxconn announced this morning that it is going to add 1 million robots to its assembly lines to help with production of products such as the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, iPhone and other products manufactured there. There are supposedly 10,000 robots working at the factory now, and that number is...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Friday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...

Below are the top small tools & accessories stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Snap-On Incorporated (NYSE: SNA) is 7.43%. SNA's revenue for the same period is $2.77 billion. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Lincoln...