Semtech Corp. reported first-quarter 2014 earnings of 35 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 38 cents.

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James Hardie earnings and revenue missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate.

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Comments from Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke acted as a catalyst, pushing benchmarks to their steepest fall in past three weeks on Wednesday

Near term outlook for this company remains cloudy due to declining metal prices and continued weakness in Europe.

Growing market share and expanding margins sweeten the outlook for this baking company.

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AT&T Inc. will connect Republic Services Inc.'s waste management employees with its Enhanced Push-to-Talk

Mylan announced that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a favorable verdict in a patent infringement case.

Abbott Laboratories recently announced that it received CE Mark in Europe for its drug eluting stent -- Xience Xpedition 48 Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System

Oceaneering International Inc. has inked a deal with Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem.

Swiss ETF investors should be paying close attention to the Free-Trade Agreement negotiations betweeen Switzerland and China.

In an attempt to boost shareholders' value, Merck -- the N.J.-based major drug manufacturer -- entered into an agreement with Goldman

Verizon Communications Inc. announced that it will use the small cell products of its existing equipment vendors

Harris Corporation announced that Denmark-based Norden AS has extended its agreement

Roche recently announced positive data on its ulcerative colitis (UC) candidate, etrolizumab (RG7413), from EUCALYPTUS, a phase II induction study

Natural gas transporter TC PipeLines L.P. has priced a public offering of 7,700,000 common units at $43.85 a piece.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. intends to invest about 50 billion yen ($487 million) in renewable energy in Japan in the next 5 years.

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URS Corporation recently received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, multiple award contract from the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Ala.

National Oilwell Varco has recently increased its quarterly cash dividend payment by 100% to 26 cents per share, up from 13 cents per share paid in the previous quarter

Merck KGaA presented detailed results on its oncology candidate L-BLP25, from the phase III study, START.

UCB presented data from a study showing the effect of Neupro on cardiovascular measures in patients with restless legs syndrome.

XenoPort commenced shipments of Horizant extended-release tablets in the US.

We reaffirmed our Neutral recommendation on leading master limited partnership Enterprise Products Partners, L.P., on May 20, 2013.

Northrop Grumman Corporation received a contract worth $113.7 million for Full Rate Production of five E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Lot 2 airborne early warning aircrafts.

Transocean Ltd. recently issued a Fleet Update Summary for the period commencing Apr 18, 2013 to date.

Sanofi and partner Regeneron Pharma announced positive data from a phase IIa study evaluating dupilumab.

Gilead's sofosbuvir is under review in Europe.

Synageva BioPharma Corp. announced that it has received breakthrough therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration for sebelipase alfa.

Embraer S.A. clinched a major contract with the world's largest regional airline group SkyWest Inc. to sell as many as 200 aircrafts.

j2 Global Inc. is continuing with its buying spree as its subsidiary Ziff Davis Inc. announced the acquisition of NetShelter

AMAG has been informed by Takeda that the latter is recalling a specific batch of Rienso from the Swiss market.

Xcel Energy increased its quarterly dividend payment by a penny.

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DISH Network has made an offer of $2 billion to purchase the wireless frequencies of the bankrupt wireless wholesale service provider LightSquared.

As a part of Compuware's earlier announced restructuring initiatives, the company's fully owned subsidiary Covisint Corp recently filed an S-1 statement with the SEC.

We are retaining our Neutral recommendation on Reliance Steel.

Acorda Therapeutics announced that an additional method of use patent related to Ampyra has been issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office

We reiterate our long-term Neutral recommendation on Viacom.

Mylan announced the launch of its generic version of TriCor

Number of rigs searching for oil and gas in U.S. remained flat from the previous week at 1,769.