Specialty Chemicals

Point Roberts, WA - June 21, 2011 – Investorideas.com, a leader in sector research including water stocks issues a trading alert for water stocks June 20th. ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) 's head of the unit discussed with Reuters at the Paris Air Show that the company is on the verge of to spin off...

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTI) today announced it has agreed to a fourth amendment to the Share Subscription Agreement initially entered into with Canon Investment Holdings Limited on September 20, 2010 and subsequently amended on February 16, May 17 and June 3, 2011. This Fourth...

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTI) today announced it has agreed to a fourth amendment to the Share Subscription Agreement (the "SSA") initially entered into with Canon Investment Holdings Limited ("Canon") on September 20, 2010 and subsequently amended on February 16, May 17 and June 3,...

Xerox Corporation ($XRX) has been trending steadily lower since December, dropping over 20% in the last seven months...but more selling pressure could be seen ahead. Here's why.. Lower Value Relationship The daily chart shows $XRX has formed a bearish two-month Lower Value relationship, which...

Point Roberts, WA - June 17,2011 - Investorideas.com, a leader in sector research including water stocks issues a trading alert for water stocks June 17 th. Most of the water stocks are up in morning trading, with one of the top trading percentage gainers, Primo Water Corporation (NASDAQ: PRMW)...

Shares of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) are higher on the session by 0.87%, trading at $67.15. Overall call volume is now running at 5.31x the daily average, with 0% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,035 contracts have traded on the session so far. Sigma-Aldrich...

The Basic Materials Sector is the weakest performing area of the market in today's session, currently down 0.3% on the day. The weakest performing stocks in the S&P Basic Materials Sector currently are: 1) CF Industries (NYSE: CF): Shares of CF Industries are currently trading down 4% from...

It's comforting for growth-and-income investors when they can count on a regular dividend, quarter after quarter. Ecolab (ECL) has been dishing out a payout to owners of common shares for 74 years in a row. So when a firm says it will also buy back even more of its own shares, that indicates strong...

Singular Research maintained its Flotek Industries (NYSE: FTK) Buy rating and $14 price target in a research report published today. In the report, Singular Research states, "Company books strong Q1 ahead of expectations. Recent stock sale repays long term debt and improves capital structure."...

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced that it will open a new polymer distribution warehouse and sales facility on July 1 in Shanghai, China. This marks the first entry point for PolyOne Distribution into Asia. "PolyOne Distribution is the market leader in less than truckload...

Now that the Lubrizol (LZ) purchase has cleared, it's time to examine the investing wilderness to find Warren Buffett's next elephant for Berkshire (BRK.B) (BRK.A). The proverbial elephant gun is reloaded. With a deal value of $9.7B, there is plenty of ammo for not just one, but several deals of...

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTI) today announced it had agreed to a request from Inversiones Energéticas, S.A. de C.V. for a 90-day extension of a contract earlier signed with Altairnano to provide a turn-key 10 megawatt ALTI-ESS advanced battery system for frequency control. The...

At 10:00 am, the Dow rose 0.33% to 11,991.65, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.43% to 1,276.40 and the NASDAQ composite index gained 0.47% to 2,656.04. The industries that are driving the market today are: Internet Service Providers: This industry jumped 1.47% by 10:00 am....

A. Schulman, Inc. (Nasdaq: SHLM) announced today the appointment of Joseph J. Levanduski as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, effective June 10, 2011. Levanduski succeeds Paul F. DeSantis, who left the Company earlier this year, as previously announced, after serving as Chief...

Point Roberts, WA - June 9,2011 – Investorideas.com , a leader in sector research including water stocks issues a trading alert for water stocks June 9th. The snapshot also looks at two water companies focusing on the water- energy relationship and solutions. Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR)...