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Jacobs Receives Contract From Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 8:47am | 94Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that MLK Partners, a joint venture managed by Jacobs along with Jenkins/Gales & Martinez and Jensen+Partners, received an award from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works to provide construction management services for the...
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Jacobs Receives Contract in the UK
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 8:46am | 58Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received three framework contracts from National Grid to provide project services over a three-year period to support their investment programs in the areas of gas transmission/distribution, carbon capture and storage and property....
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Options Brief: Granite Construction (GVA)
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 1:17pm | 81Shares of Granite Construction (NYSE: GVA) are lower on the session by 1.09%, currently trading at $25.44. Put volume is now running at 2.50x the daily average, with 76% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,272 put contracts have traded so far during the session. Granite Construction...
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CB&I Gets Russian Contract - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 10:30am | 475Chicago Bridge & Iron Company(CBI) announced that CB&I Lummus has won a contract for providing front-end engineering, design and consultancy services to the Shtokman LNG (liqufied natual gas) storage and loading facility in the Murmansk region of the Russian Federation. CB&I's...
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CB&I Gets Russian Contract - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 4:46am | 475Chicago Bridge & Iron Company(CBI) announced that CB&I Lummus has won a contract for providing front-end engineering, design and consultancy services to the Shtokman LNG (liqufied natual gas) storage and loading facility in the Murmansk region of the Russian Federation. CB&I's...
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Edison Finances Wind Project - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 7:00pm | 594Edison Mission Energy (EME), a subsidiary of Edison International (EIX), successfully completed a $75 million debt financing for its $190 million High Lonesome Mesa, New Mexico, wind project. EME funded the balance of project cost through an equity contribution and a Treasury cash grant. Edison...
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Edison Finances Wind Project - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 1:46pm | 594Edison Mission Energy (EME), a subsidiary of Edison International (EIX), successfully completed a $75 million debt financing for its $190 million High Lonesome Mesa, New Mexico, wind project. EME funded the balance of project cost through an equity contribution and a Treasury cash grant. Edison...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades (SEP, SNPS, JEC, HRL)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 10:05am | 148Spectra Energy Partners (NYSE: SEP) was upgraded by UBS from "sell" to "neutral." SEP's shares closed at $33.68 yesterday. Shares of Spectra Energy Partners have gained 19.99% year-to-date. Analysts at JP Morgan upgrade Synopsys Inc (NASDAQ: SNPS) from "neutral" to "overweight." SNPS' shares closed...
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URS Gets Navy Order - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 4:30pm | 463URS Corporation (URS) has won orders from the Department of Defense for providing maintenance related services to the U.S. Navy aircraft stationed in California, Washington and Virginia. There are five such two-year orders having a maximum value of $120.5 million for the company. URS will...
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3 Strong Movers Today (BWS, DY, EDZ)
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 2:50pm | 188Despite broader weakness in the markets today, there are a few issues that are performing strongly today, for a variety of reasons. Brown Shoe Co. Inc. (NYSE: BWS) is up 18% today today on the back of a strong earnings result this morning. The company also raised guidance for next year. At last...
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Options Brief: Granite Construction (GVA)
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 1:40pm | 75Shares of Granite Construction (NYSE: GVA) are lower on the session by 2.53%, trading at $25.41. Overall put volume is now running at 6.61x the daily average, with 52% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,685 contracts have traded on the session so far. Granite Construction...
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Tuesday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders (IFF, GVA, NVS, ANN, TLAB)
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 1:26pm | 93Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1) International Flavors and Fragrances (NYSE: IFF) 5,263 puts, 62 calls 2) Granite Construction (NYSE: GVA) 2,847 puts, 36 calls 3) Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) 6,391 puts, 214 calls 4) Ann...
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Unconfirmed Rumors swirl that Quanta Services, Inc. (PWR) will acquire MasTec, Inc. (MTZ) at $22.00 a share
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 11:10am | 37Unconfirmed Rumors swirl that Quanta Services, Inc. (PWR) will acquire MasTec, Inc. (MTZ) at $22.00 a share..Neither company could be reached for comment.
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URS Gets Navy Order - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 11:00am | 463URS Corporation (URS) has won orders from the Department of Defense for providing maintenance related services to the U.S. Navy aircraft stationed in California, Washington and Virginia. There are five such two-year orders having a maximum value of $120.5 million for the company. URS will...
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Dycom Industries, Inc. Announces $20M Addition to Share Repurchase Program
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 9:13am | 74Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DY) reported that it has approximately $1.3 million of remaining authorization under its current share repurchase program. Since the repurchase program began, in February 2010, the Company has used approximately $38.7 million to acquire 4,007,002 shares of common...