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Olympic Steel Reports EPS of $0.94 vs. $0.38 Estimate; Revenues $294.4M vs. $247.61M Estimate
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 7:10am | 22Olympic Steel (NASDAQ: ZEUS) Reports EPS of $0.94 vs. $0.38 Estimate; Revenues $294.4M vs. $247.61M Estimate
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US Stock Futures Up As Investors Await Nonfarm-Payrolls Data; Crude Oil Futures Drop To $98.27 a barrel
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 6:33am | 524US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting April nonfarm-payrolls data. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28 points to 12,598.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 4.30 points to 1,339.30. Nasdaq 100 futures surged 8.30 points to 2,387.50. US...
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Top Semiconductors Stock Picks to buy on 5/6/11- KLIC, DIOD, SPRD, NPTN, PSEM, SQNS, NVLS, ONNN, FSII, AUTH, NVMI, SIMO
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 5:52am | 2124Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) designs, manufactures and sells capital equipment and expendable tools used to assemble semiconductor devices is trading at a price of $11.45, a dramatic change of +0.80 with Change% 7.51 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a...
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Earnings Scheduled For May 6 (WTW, WPO, LINTA, CEG, CAS, POM, AVA, MSG, AWR, ACET, WTR, COWN, BTN)
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 1:03am | 336Weight Watchers International Inc (NYSE: WTW) is expected to report its Q1 earnings at $0.89 per share on revenue of $478.31 million. Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $4.35 on revenue of $1.06 billion. Liberty Media Corp (NASDAQ: LINTA) is projected to...
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Options Brief: ArcelorMittal (MT)
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 3:32pm | 77Shares of ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) are lower on the session by 3.43%, trading at $34.86. Overall call volume is now running at 4.82x the daily average, with 71% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 6,878 contracts have traded on the session so far. ArcelorMittal is a global steel...
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U.S. Dollar Spike Deflates Markets
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 10:11am | 278This morning the European Central Bank (ECB) kept their benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.25 percent. ECB President, Jean-Claude Trichet, made a statement that he never pre-committed on rates. This statement caused the U.S. Dollar Index to rally higher. Then once the weekly initial claims...
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Goldman Sachs Comments On Strong 1Q11 For Ternium
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 9:19am | 66According to Goldman Sachs, Ternium (NYSE: TX) reported 1Q2011 on May 4th after the market closed. Goldman Sachs said that EBITDA of US$393.7 mn was 13% above estimates and 10% above consensus. “The EBITDA margin was up 600 bp qoq to 18.3% vs our expectation of 16.9%. EPADS of US$1.04 was above...
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Gerstenslager and International Tooling Solutions Form Joint Venture (WOR)
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 9:05am | 77Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WOR) announced today that the Company signed an agreement with International Tooling Solutions, LLC to combine its automotive body panels subsidiary, The Gerstenslager Company, with ITS, a tooling design and build company, in a newly formed 50/50 joint venture....
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Commercial Metals Company Appoints Barbara Smith Chief Financial Officer (CMC)
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 8:19am | 185Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) headquartered in Irving, Texas, announced today that effective June 1, 2011, Barbara R. Smith will assume the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company, reporting to Joe Alvarado, President and COO. In this position, Barbara...
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Commercial Metals Company Appoints Barbara Smith CFO
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 8:14am | 47Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) headquartered in Irving, Texas, announced today that effective June 1, 2011, Barbara R. Smith will assume the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company, reporting to Joe Alvarado, President and COO.
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Most Actives Top Basic Materials Stock Picks on 5/5/11- IAG, CGR, PCH, XRA, KGC, CENX, UFPT, KRO, PZG,CBT, FCX, SLW, AA, ABX, CLF
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 5:28am | 1477Gainers (% price change): IAMGOLD Corporation (USA) (IAG) is trading at a price of $20.59, a dramatic change of +0.95 (4.84%) from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 7.72B Claude Resources...
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Ternium Reports Q1 EPS of $0.84 vs. $0.83 Estimate; Revenues $2.15B vs. $2.05B Estimate (TX)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 4:19pm | 22Ternium (NYSE: TX) Reports Q1 EPS of $0.84 vs. $0.83 Estimate; Revenues $2.15B vs. $2.05B Estimate.
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General Steel Signs Unified Management Agreement for Longmen JV Operations
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 9:27am | 107General Steel Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GSI) today announced it has signed a 20-year unified management agreement with Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd. and Shaanxi Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. Under terms of the agreement, General Steel will provide daily management of operations...
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CEOWORLD TOP Basic Materials stocks picks on 5/3/11- NNBR, OMN, LBIX, CPGI, NL, GEVO, SUTR, ONP, IP, CTIB, ALTI, CCJ, BEST…
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 5:30am | 1665NL 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...
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Carpenter Technology Plans Facility Expansion at Pennsylvania Facility
Monday, May 2, 2011 - 2:26pm | 65Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE: CRS) today announced a significant expansion project at its Reading, Pa. facility. The expansion will allow for the installation of two additional Electroslag Remelting Furnaces and increase capacity for Forge Finishing and Annealing operations. The...