Friday 5-16-2014 General Electric Company (GE) $GE
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Dow 39,000
Dan Dzombak, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 17, 8:00AM CDT
The stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average are intended to serve as a reflection of the overall stock market and the U.S. economy. But in the first four decades of the Dow's existence, the committee that chose the stocks acted like a... (full story)
Will General Electric Company's Bid for Alstom Spur More Takeover Activity in the Industrial Sector?
Lee Samaha, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 17, 7:01AM CDT
The questions that most industrial sector followers must be asking themselves about General Electric Company 's intended purchase of Alstom 's energy business, are whether it will kick-start a prolonged bout of takeover activity in the... (full story)
Most active New York Stock Exchange-traded stocks
AP - Fri May 16, 5:06PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading: (full story)
Final Glance: Tools and Appliances companies
AP - Fri May 16, 5:05PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top tools and appliances companies were up at the close of trading: (full story)
How Will General Electric (GE) Stock Be Affected As Company Fights To Save Alstom Deal?
at The Street - Fri May 16, 2:23PM CDT
General Electric (GE) sent one of its top executives to Paris on Friday in an attempt to salvage the $17 billion deal to purchase Alstom (full story)
General Electric Exec Goes to France to Promote Alstom Deal and General Motors Fined Maximum Amount
Daniel Miller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 16, 2:01PM CDT
Stocks were starting to gain ground by midafternoon after yesterday's sell-off, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average trading 28 points higher, or 0.17%, following positive news from the housing industry. Housing starts rose 13.2% in April, which... (full story)
Dow 30 Stock Roundup: Cisco Beats, Wal-Mart Misses - Analyst Blog
Swarup Gupta - Zacks Investment Research - Fri May 16, 12:38PM CDT
The sell-off in small cap stocks combined with disappointing earnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) to push the Dow down to its biggest drop since April 10. (full story)
Middday Glance: Tools and Appliances companies
AP - Fri May 16, 12:33PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top tools and appliances companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: (full story)
The Dow Treads Water as Pfizer, General Electric Struggle With Mergers in Europe
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 16, 11:30AM CDT
The Dow Jones Industrials was down just four points as of 12:30 p.m. EDT Friday. Even after two days of sharp declines, investors aren't willing to dive in to buy the dips as they have in the past. As some investors focus on the latest disclosure... (full story)
Early Glance: Tools and Appliances companies
AP - Fri May 16, 10:47AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top tools and appliances companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: (full story)
Active Stocks Pre-Market Notes -- Research on Bank of America, Facebook, General Electric, and Petroleo Brasileiro
PR Newswire - Fri May 16, 8:20AM CDT
The markets on Thursday, May 15, 2014 ended on a lower note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 16,446.81, down 1.01% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,069.29, down 0.76%. The S&P 500 edged 0.94% lower, to finish the day at 1,870.85. The losses were broad based as nine out of ten sectors ended the session in negative. The losses in Financials, Energy and Materials sectors negatively impacted the market, while some positive momentum was observed in the Telecommunication Services sector. Investor-Edge looks at some of the equities which attracted the most attention and traded the most shares during the session. These include Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC), Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR). Free technical research on BAC, FB, GE and PBR can be downloaded upon signing up at: (full story)
Oppenheimer Concludes Its Ninth Annual Industrial Growth Conference in New York City May 13 and 14
PR Newswire - Fri May 16, 8:00AM CDT
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., a unit of Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE: OPY), held its ninth annual Industrial Growth Conference in New York on May 13 and 14, 2014. The conference featured more than 60 leading public companies in the industrial growth sector, including FedEx Corp.; General Electric Co.; Honeywell International, Inc.; and Praxair, Inc. Institutional investors had the opportunity to attend company presentations as well as meet with company managements in group and one-on-one meetings. (full story)
Global Cell-Based Assays Market Report 2014-2018 Featuring Key Players, BD Biosciences, Danaher, DiscoveRx, EMD Millipore, GE Healthcare, Life Technologies, PerkinElmer, Corporation & Promega
M2 - Fri May 16, 2:13AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kcjpnl/cellbased_assays) has announced the addition of the "CGlobal Cell-Based Assays Market 2014-2018 Featuring BD Biosciences, Danaher Corporation, DiscoveRx, EMD Millipore, GE Healthcare, Life Technologies, PerkinElmer, Corporation & Promega" report to their offering. Cell-based assays offer a sensitive and reliable technology that facilitates live cell studies for various research-based and commercial applications. These assays are emerging as a preferred tool when compared to other competing methods such as animal tests and biochemical assays. Cell based assays are more cost and time effective and have higher throughput when compared with conventional animal tests. Also, they produce accurate results and present wider range of applications than the biochemical assays. These are the major factors driving the growth of market. The global cell-based assays market is segmented on the basis of products, applications, and end users. The products market is further subdivided into consumables (including reagents and assay kits, microplates and cell lines), instruments (detection and screening instruments such as microplate readers, flow cytometers, label-free detection instruments fluorescence microscopes, high content screening instruments and automation and high throughput screening instruments), software and cell based assay development services. Major types of cell based assays captured in the report include cell growth assays, cell death assays, second messenger assays and reporter gene assays. Based on applications, the cell based assays market is categorized into basic research, drug discovery, ADME, predictive toxicology and other applications. Drug discovery represents the largest share of amongst these applications. With rapid developments in fields such as cell biology, genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics, the number of potential drug candidates has risen significantly, and so have the drug discovery studies. Government initiatives and public-private partnerships along with drying drug pipeline in pharmaceutical industry have led to increase in drug discovery activities; which is stimulating the market growth. Presently, the market is all set to witness trends such as label free detection, drug discovery outsourcing, 3D culture and stem cells. However, the major hindrances to the growth of the market are high-cost associated with detection technologies and intellectual property issues for assay kits. Scope Market by Product - Reagents & Assay Kits (Cytotoxicity, GPCR) - Cell lines - Plate Readers - HCS - HTS - Software & Assay Development Services Market by Application - Drug Discovery - ADMET Market by End-user - Pharmaceutical - CRO Companies Mentioned - Becton, Dickinson and Company - Cell Signaling Technology - Cisbio Bioassays (Argos Soditic) - Danaher Corporation - Discoverx - EMD Millipore (A Subsidiary of Merck Kgaa) - Ge Healthcare (Subsidiary of General Electric Company) - Life Technologies (Thermo Fisher Scientific) - Perkinelmer, Inc. - Promega Corporation For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kc...sed_assays (full story)
Baker Hughes Inc Continues to Outperform Its End Markets
Lee Samaha, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu May 15, 3:12PM CDT
Prospects for oil services company Baker Hughes are never really going to be divorced from the outlook for energy prices. However, the company has made great strides in operationally adjusting to flattish energy markets over the last year.... (full story)
France Flexes Against General Electric's Bid For Alstom and General Motors Recall Tally Hits 18
Daniel Miller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu May 15, 2:00PM CDT
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was trading 173 points lower, or 1%, by midafternoon even after the latest Labor Department reported that i nitial jobless claims fell sharply by 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted rate of 297,000 in the week ended... (full story)
Here's Why Cree and General Electric Company Are Set to Outperform
Piyush Arora, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu May 15, 1:32PM CDT
Don't be surprised if the share prices of LED manufacturers pop in the coming years. The LED lighting industry -- worth about $4.8 billion in 2012 -- will continue to grow 45% annually until 2019, according to Wintergreen Research. The research firm... (full story)