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Written by Grant Zeng, CFA. A Competitive Grant Has Been Awarded to PCT Platform Technology Earlier this month, Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (PBI) announced that it has been awarded a Therapeutic Discovery Grant (TDG) for $244,479. The TDG Program is designed for companies with 250 employees or...

HNI Corporation (NYSE: HNI) announced today its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of 21.5 cents per share on its common stock. The dividend will be payable on December 1, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 22, 2010.

Analysts at Robert W Baird downgrade APAC Customer Services Inc (NASDAQ: APAC) from "outperform" to "neutral." The target price for APAC has been reduced from $7 to $6. APAC's shares gained 1.28% to close at $6.33 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

APAC Customer Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: APAC) today reported financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended October 3, 2010. Revenue for the 2010 third quarter rose 12.5% to $76.9 million from $68.4 million in the 2009 third quarter. Gross profit for the 2010 third quarter was $14.8 million,...

Clear Capital released their monthly Home Data Index Report today and it showed continued deterioration in national home prices.  Prices are now off -6.8% from their August peak.  It looks to me like the housing double dip is here and Ben Bernanke rolled out QE2 just in time to prepare for massive...

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) today announced that it will purchase the outstanding $109,351,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.350% Senior Notes due 2020 in the remarketing of those notes in accordance with the terms of the Corporate HiMEDS Units (the “Units”) the Company originally...

The Board of Directors of Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock of 36.5 cents per share, payable December 12, 2010, to stockholders of record on November 19, 2010; a quarterly cash dividend of 53 cents per share on the company's $2.12...

Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) reported earnings per share from continuing operations of 53 cents in the third quarter of 2010, just exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 52 cents. Revenues for the quarter came in at $1.3 billion, a decline of 1% year over year including currency effects. U.S....

The Board of Directors of MSA (NYSE: MSA) today declared a fourth quarter dividend of 25 cents per share on common stock, payable December 10, 2010 to shareholders of record on November 18, 2010. The Board also declared a dividend of 56-1/4 cents per share on preferred stock, payable December 1,...

On Wednesday evening, American Reprographics (NYSE: ARP) reported 3Q10 results, which were broadly as negatively pre-announced in mid-October. Revenues were $109mn and adjusted EPS (excluding the goodwill impairment charge) was $0.01. Although the company continues to be hopeful that the...

Brean Murray Carret & Co. has published a research report on Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) following the company's stable September quarter with in-line revenues that were actually up q/q. In the report, Brean Murray Carret & Co. writes " (Revenue of $1.3B was in line with the Street...

Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today reported third quarter 2010 results. Revenue for the quarter was $1.3 billion, which was flat to the prior year excluding the impact of foreign currency and declined one percent including the effects of currency. When compared to the third quarter of 2009,...

Dougherty & Company upgrades Mine Safety (NYSE: MSA) from Neutral to Buy.

United Stationers Inc. (NASDAQ: USTR) today reported third quarter 2010 results. Third Quarter Financial Highlights Diluted earnings per share were $1.53. Excluding a non-cash $3.3 million pre-tax reversal of liabilities resulting from the termination of a post-retirement medical plan, third...

Stifel Nicolaus is changing the price targets of the following companies: Cavium Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM) $34 to $36 Rome Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROME) $11 to $12 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX) $21 to $26 Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) $58 to $60 MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS)...