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Benzinga's Top Upgrades (ACN, NATL, QLGC, IDA)
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 7:25am | 140Accenture Plc (NYSE: ACN) was upgraded by Wells Fargo from “market perform” to "outperform." ACN's shares closed at $42.49 yesterday. Accenture's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 53.48%. BofA/Merrill upgraded National Interstate Corporation (NASDAQ: NATL) from "underperform" to "buy." NATL's shares...
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US Stock Futures Gain On A Rise In China's Manufacturing Activity
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 6:46am | 296US stock futures moved up, driven by China's solid economic data. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 58 points to 10,781 and S&P 500 futures moved up 6.70 points to 1,143. Nasdaq 100 futures added 13.75 points to 2,009. US stocks closed lower yesterday, with the blue-chip Dow...
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Stocks To Watch For October 1 (ACN, HPQ, SAP, GYMB, LWSN)
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 5:03am | 210Some of the stocks that may grab the investor focus today are: Accenture Plc (NYSE: ACN) reported its FQ4 EPS at $0.66, up from $0.39, in the year-ago quarter. However, analysts expected the company to report earnings at $0.63 per share. ACN's shares gained 3.62% to $44.03 in after-hours trading...
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SAIC Awarded $18 Million Task Order by Naval Surface Warfare Center - Dahlgren Division
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 4:08pm | 246Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today its was awarded a task order by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) - Dahlgren Division to provide systems engineering and analysis support for combat systems. The new task order has a one year base period of...
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ManTech to Acquire QinetiQ Security and Intelligence Solutions Unit for $60M
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 9:18am | 73ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ: MANT) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of QinetiQ North America's Security and Intelligence Solutions (S&IS) business for $60 million in cash. ManTech will fund the acquisition from cash on hand. The...
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CGI Awarded Five-Year, $46 Million Order
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 9:05am | 172The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Government-wide Policy has awarded CGI Federal Inc. (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. (NYSE: GIB) a five-year blanket purchase agreement with a ceiling of up to US$46 million to provide dataset hosting and...
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CAI International, Inc. Announces Executive Promotions
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 9:02am | 162CAI International, Inc. (CAI) (NYSE: CAP), one of the world's leading lessors of intermodal freight containers, today announced the following organizational changes: Victor Garcia is promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and will no longer serve as the company's Chief...
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Earnings Scheduled For September 30 (MKC, ACN, LWSN, RECN, MSCI, CRAI, BLPFF, UEXCF, CBK, SMOD, DMAN, RHUHF)
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 4:55am | 246McCormick & Company Inc (NYSE: MKC) is expected to earn $0.59 per share in the fiscal third quarter. Accenture Plc (NYSE: ACN) is estimated to post its FQ4 EPS at $0.63. Lawson (NASDAQ: LWSN) may report its FQ1 profit at $0.09 per share. Resources Connection Inc (NASDAQ: RECN) may report its Q1...
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Stocks To Watch For September 30 (ACN, WMT, MKC, WOR, LWSN)
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 4:34am | 198Some of the stocks that may grab the investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Accenture Plc (NYSE: ACN) to post its FQ4 EPS at $0.63. ACN's shares fell 0.28% to $42.18 in after-hours trading. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) has appointed Charles Holley as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO)....
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TechTeam Global Announces Adjournment of Special Meeting of Stockholders
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 8:35am | 92TechTeam Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: TEAM) today announced that, at its reconvened special meeting of stockholders held yesterday, its stockholders approved adjourning its reconvened special meeting to October 4, 2010 and to a different location. The special meeting is being held to approve the...
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Northrop Grumman Wins Position On SSA $2.8 Billion Contract For IT Support Services
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 8:26am | 94Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has won a role on a $2.8 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide information technology (IT) solutions to the Social Security Administration (SSA) for improved service delivery to SSA stakeholders through IT and business process...
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Traders Betting Infosys Pulls Back (INFY)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 10:44am | 194Shares of Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) are higher on the session by 0.60%, currently trading at $66.52. The stock has been running higher on higher for the past two years, off of a $22.00 base put in back in November of 2008. Options traders are picking up some protection on the...
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Northrop Grumman Wins $2.63 Billion Information Technology Integration Project
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 9:44am | 114Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a $2.63 billion task order by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to install a campus-wide information technology (IT) infrastructure for secure communications and operations at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) St....
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Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Elizabeth Arden, Wipro, Home Inns & Hotels Management and Orthofix International N.V. - Press Releases
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 9:30am | 1329For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – September 28, 2010 – Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry's leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive...
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Unisys Awarded Contract to Provide Integration Services for USDA
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 8:03am | 105The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a task order to Unisys (NYSE: UIS) to design and install an integrated suite of security software tools as well as the underlying infrastructure supporting those tools. The tool suite will give USDA the ability to monitor and secure the...