Electronic Equipment Manufacturers

Vital Images Inc. (NASDAQ:VTAL)- Toshiba Corporation (TYO:6502) announced that its sub-subsidiary will fully acquire Vital Images, Inc. through takeover bid, no later than May 11, 2011. The price of share purchase is USD 18.75 per share. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been...

Newport (NASDAQ: NEWP) Reports EPS of $0.35 vs. $0.28 Estimate; Revenues $128.4M vs. $123.73M Estimate.

Unconfirmed Positive rumors circulating at Advanced Photonix (NYSE: API). Hearning Leaked Document For Successful Project https://rapidshare.com/#!download|945l34|459464551|Advanced_Photonix_-_Optical_Scanning.pdf|89|R~0 This article may include mentions of rumors, chatter, or unconfirmed...

Hearing Apple to Partner With Sharp For iPhone 6 Display; Negative For Universal Display (NASDAQ: PANL) http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=DE91CFC2-1A64-6A71-CEEB776E20BF3292 This article may include mentions of rumors, chatter, or unconfirmed information. Readers should beware that while...

II-VI Inc. (IIVI), Change: +11.10 (23.09%)- II-VI Incorporated designs, manufactures, and markets optical and optoelectronic devices used in laser processing, fiber-optic telecommunication, infrared missile guidance, advanced x-ray systems, and nuclear radiation detection. Competitors to Watch:...

OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its security division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded a pan-European contract valued at approximately $...

AU Optronics (NYSE: AUO) today held its investors conference and announced its unaudited results for the first quarter of 2011(1). AUO posted consolidated revenue of NT$93,230 million (US$3,171 million)(2), down 9.1% from the previous quarter. Gross profit was at -NT$6,270 million (-US$213...

3M Co (NYSE: MMM) reported upbeat Q1 earnings and raised 2011 profit projections. The company's Q1 profit came in at $1.08 billion, or $1.49 per share, up from $930 million, or $1.29 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's revenue surged to $7.31 billion from $6.35 billion. However,...

Ford (NYSE: F) posted first quarter net income of $2.6 billion, or $0.61 cents per share - a $466 million increase from the first quarter of 2010. Pre-tax operating profit was $2.8 billion, or $0.62 cents per share, an increase of $827 million from first quarter 2010. Ford posted a pre-tax...

Ford (NYSE: F) posted first quarter net income of $2.6 billion, or $0.61 cents per share - a $466 million increase from the first quarter of 2010. Pre-tax operating profit was $2.8 billion, or $0.62 cents per share, an increase of $827 million from first quarter 2010. Ford posted a pre-tax...

Wunderlich Securities has issued a report reiterating the Hold Rating on Intron (NASDAQ: ITRI) in anticipation of the 1Q11 results reporting on Wednesday, April 27. In the report Wunderlich writes, "We believe the company will meet or beat consenus revenue and non-GAAP EPS of $550 million and $0....

According to J.P. Morgan, National Instruments (NASDAQ: NATI) has partial offsets. J.P. Morgan said that Overweight-rated NI is set to report its 1Q11 (March) results Thursday, April 28 after the market close. “We expect the company to meet or beat our March estimates. NI's model stands to...

J.P. Morgan is maintaining its Neutral rating and a price target of $34 on FLIR Systems (NASDAQ: FLIR) in its preview of the company's 1Q11 results. In the report, J.P. Morgan writes, “We maintain our Neutral rating ahead of FLIR's 1Q results. Results will likely be buoyed by the Commercial...

OSI System (NASDAQ: OSIS) Reports EPS of $0.48 vs. $0.47 Estimate; Revenues $175M vs. $167.64M Estimate

According to Oppenheimer, China Security & Surveillance Technology (NYSE: CSR) 1Q11 sales and EPS of $99M and $0.02 were significantly below estimates of $150M and $0.11 and consensus estimates of $149M and $0.11, respectively. Oppenheimer said that sales declined 18% y/y and 54% q/q,...