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  ( click to enlarge ) THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) successfully broke the resistance at $4.32 confirming a reversal from the previous downward trend. From the technical chart KD line shows positive signals as %K line is rising on top over %D line and RSI is now moving up. OBV is beginning to...

Silgan Holdings (NASDAQ: SLGN) Reports EPS of $0.41 vs. $0.39 Estimate; Revenues $703.1M vs. $705.4M Estimate

NL Industries Inc. (NYSE:NL)- a holding company is trading at a price of $15.99, a dramatic change of 12.29% from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 48.66M. China Shengda Packaging Group Inc...

Graham Packaging (NYSE: GRM) reported 1Q2011 EPS of $0.30, below Goldman Sach's estimate of $0.36. GRM's sales exceeded its estimate by 6% driven by the pass through of higher resin costs. GRM's results show its ability to pass through resin costs in relative real time as cost of goods sold was...

Jefferies is out with its report today on Owens-Illinois (NYSE: OI), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Jefferies writes, "As usual, there's quite a bit of put and takes, but we believe the positives (demand recovery + better pricing outlook) outweigh the negatives (inflation). While higher...

Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) Reports EPS of $0.53 vs. $0.48 Estimate; Revenues $2.01B vs. $1.9B Estimate

Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) today reported first quarter net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation of $91.3 million, or 53 cents per diluted share, on sales of $2 billion, compared to $79.3 million, or 42 cents per diluted share, on sales of $1.6 billion in the first quarter of 2010....

Owens-Illinois (NYSE: OI) Reports EPS of $0.47 vs. $0.45 Estimate; Revenues $1.72B vs. $1.65B Estimate

Ball Corporation's (NYSE: BLL) board of directors declared a cash dividend of 7 cents per share, payable June 15, 2011, to shareholders of record on June 1, 2011. The board also elected Jeffrey A. Knobel as vice president and treasurer. Knobel, 40, was elected treasurer in April 2010. He joined...

Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) is expected to announce its Q1 earnings report on Thursday, April 28, before the markets open. Analysts are predicting earnings per share to reach $0.48, up from $0.43 a year ago. Within the last 30 days, analysts have upgraded their earnings estimates by $0.01 per...

Goldman Sachs is downgrading shares of Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM) to Neutral and it has a $24 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Goldman writes, "We are downgrading Graham Packaging (GRM) shares to Neutral from Buy as we see less upside to our 12-month price target for...

Shares of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) are lower on the session by 0.17%, currently trading at $30.05. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently consolidating around the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name...

Citi expects solid overall 1Q results from Owens Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI), “driven by stronger global organic volume growth, benefits from recent M&A/capacity expansion and bigger F/X tailwind, offset somewhat by transitory issues (seasonal rebuilds, Aussie flooding, etc). and rising cost...

Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MYE) today announced that the two leading proxy advisory firms – Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass, Lewis & Co. LLC – have recommended that shareholders vote FOR the election of all of the Company's Board of Directors nominees on the WHITE proxy...

Goldman Sachs is raising its PT on shares of Crown Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CCK) from $45 to $46. Crown Holdings currently trades at $37.75.