Industrial Machinery

Citi Investment Research bumped up its price target on Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR) to $34 from $33 after the company slightly beat earnings. It has a Sell rating on shares. In a note to clients, Citi writes, "We consider Sell-rated IR's 3Q results to be mostly uneventful with a slight pickup in...

Merger activity remained steady last week with six new deals announced and four closing. Deal Statistics: Total Number of Deals Closed in 2010 92 Total Number of Deals That Did Not Complete in 2010 6 Total Number of Pending Deals Cash Deals 55 Stock Deals 14 Stock & Cash Deals 13...

The spate of acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry continued with Celgene Corporation (CELG) completing the purchase of Abraxis BioScience Inc. for $2.9 billion in cash and stock. Celgene aims to bolster its cancer portfolio through this acquisition. The deal, which is expected to...

Crowell Weedon is reiterating its Buy rating and raising its price target to $375 on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). In a note to clients, Crowell writes, "On the strength of new products (iPhone 4 and iPad) Apple's Q4 was a record quarter, highlighted by revenue of $20.3 billion (B) and EPS of $4.64,...

Dover Corp. (DOV) reported third-quarter 2010 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 98 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 90 cents. Results recorded a 69% climb over the prior-year quarter's EPS of 58 cents driven by solid performance across all of its segments. EPS in the reported...

• American Express (NYSE: AXP) posted after-the-close interims of $0.90 for the third quarter, a 5 cents, on a 16.9% revenue jump to $7 billion, above Zacks estimates of $6.8 billion • Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU) reported third quarter earnings of $0.46, a 4-cent beat on revenues of $337.2 million...

Piper Jaffray has published a research report on Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) following 3Q earnings that were reported above Piper and Consensus estimates. In the report, Piper Jaffray writes "R 3Q10 continuing EPS of $0.72 (41.7% y-o-y growth) was above our $0.67 estimate and Consensus of $0.66....

JP Morgan has published a research report on Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) after the company reported high-quality earnings in its 3Q, expecting growth to continue in the coming months. In the report, JP Morgan writes "DHR returned to form in 3Q, with a "no questions asked," high-quality beat,...

Analysts at BB&T Capital Markets upgrade Graco Inc (NYSE: GGG) from "hold" to "buy." The target price for GGG is set to $43. GGG's shares gained 0.56% to close at $34.42 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Dover Corp (NYSE: DOV) reports its Q3 adjusted EPS at $0.98, beating the consensus of $0.90. DOV reports its Q3 revenue at $1.9 billion, versus the estimates of $1.78 billion. DOV shares rose 0.38% to $55.00 in pre-market trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

Below are the top metal fabrication stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Precision Castparts Corporation (NYSE: PCP) is 16.16%. PCP's operating margin for the same period is 25.23%. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity...

Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) may post its Q3 earnings at $0.62 per share on revenue of $8.23 billion. T. Rowe Price Inc (NASDAQ: TROW) is projected to report its Q3 earnings at $0.60 per share. Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is expected to post its Q3 EPS at $0.54 on $26.35 billion in...

Gardner Denver Inc. (GDI) reports Q3 earnings of $0.88 versus consensus of $0.73. Gardner Denver Inc. reports revenues of $493.4 million versus consensus of $452.59 million. GDI is projecting the fourth quarter 2010 DEPS to be in a range of $0.94 to $0.99, with the full-year 2010 DEPS to be in a...

The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced it will increase base prices on all special bar quality (SBQ) products by $30 per ton. These price increases are effective with shipments beginning on Dec. 1, 2010, and apply only to non-contract pricing.