Industrial Conglomerates

Raven Industries Inc. (RAVN) delivered earnings per share (EPS) of 46 cents in its second quarter ended July 31, 2010, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 39 cents and 34 cents in the year-ago period. Higher revenues due to a surge in demand in several of its end-markets, including energy,...

3M Company (MMM) has won an order to supply sterilization assurance products to Premier Inc, a medical services provider. 3M’s products will be used in 2,400 hospitals and 70,000 centers affiliated to Premier.   3M Company was also awarded another contract to help member hospitals to cut costs by...

US stock futures recorded marginal gains on Thursday, after a higher-than-expected decline in weekly unemployment claims. This was like a ray of hope in the otherwise gloomy atmosphere created by a stream of disappointing economic data over the past few days. The Labor Department announced a 31,000...

Standex International Corp (NYSE: SXI) reports its Q4 EPS at $0.64, beating the consensus of $0.56. SXI’s Q4 revenue came in at $152.1 million, versus the estimates of $145.22 million. SXI’s shares gained 1.03% to close at $24.41 yesterday. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – August 26, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: Boeing (BA), Textron (TXT), Caterpillars (CAT), Ford (F) and Paccar (PCAR ). Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog: Durable Goods Report: Dismal New Orders for Durable Goods rose just 0.3% in July....

Recently ABB Ltd. (ABB) inaugurated a wind power generator factory in Vadodara, India. This is the company’s fourth wind power factory in India, engaged in the supply of wind power generators to power plants in India as well as worldwide. The wind power generators are vital part of wind turbines...

CUPERTINO, Calif. (TheStreet) -- Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is talking to major TV companies to rent TV shows to viewers for 99 cents through iTunes, Reuters and other media outlets report. Apple is in talks with News Corp. (Nasdaq: NWS), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and other media conglomerates, Reuters...

The overall market cratered this morning with the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) testing the $1,050 level, which is critical support for the bulls. The SPY has since rallied and is now “only” lower by 11 points, at $1,055. Note that today’s housing data was extremely weak, worse than expected. Here are...

Leading medical billing and records software provider Athenahealth Inc (ATHN) has announced that from now on it will offer its web-based "athenaClinicals" electronic health record (EHR) service on a stand-alone basis to hospitals and community physicians.   Previously, the customers were required...

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM), the largest digital mobile chipset developer based-on CDMA technology, has decided to launch broadband services in India in 2011.   Last June, the company won BWA (broadband wireless access) spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band, for four telecom circles of Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and...

Stock futures face another dismal day on Friday following Thursday’s selloff over economic concerns, weaker-than-expected jobless claims data and a negative Philadelphia Fed Index. The DOW futures fell 67 points to 10,271, the S&P 500 futures shed 7.3 points to 1,075.63, and the NASDAQ futures...

Philips Speech Processing, a unit of Royal Philips Electronics (PHG), unveiled a new version of its SpeechMike audio recording devices. The main features include larger buttons for greater convenience, a laser sensor for cursor movements and an LED indicator to display the level of recording in...

Wall Street's double-dip fears were revived Thursday morning as the Dow dropped 150 points in the wake of a nine-month high for weekly jobless claims and a surprisingly gloomy regional manufacturing report. Today’s Markets As of 10:15 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 118.82 points,...

Below are the top telecom services-foreign stocks on the NYSE in terms of cash. Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) had $18.80 billion in total cash and $26.39 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NYSE: NTT) had $14.33 billion in total cash for the latest quarter....

Emerson Electric Company (EMR) entered into an agreement with Tokyo-based Nidec Corporation (Nidec) to sell its Motors and Appliance Controls businesses.  These businesses include two of Emerson’s Motor Company, Emerson’s Commercial and Industrial Motors (“CIM”) and Emerson Appliance Motors and...