Stock Runners: Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:FDEF), The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), Rackspace Hosting(NYSE:RAX)


Corning Inc (NYSE:GLW) announced that it received the BMW Supplier Innovation Award in the lightweight construction category for the development of its thin, optically clear Corning® Gorilla® Glass for Automotive product. Gorilla Glass is used in the BMW i8 as an acoustic glass partition to shield sound from the rear engine. The award was presented during a ceremony in Amsterdam on Oct. 1. Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW) in last trading activity moved down -2.00% to close at $18.58. Company weekly performance is -0.64% while its quarterly performance stands at -13.94%. Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW) is -16.53% away from its 52 week high.

Today EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) announced the immediate availability of Federation Software-Defined Data Center Solution. This is the first of five planned solutions from the EMC Federation of business. The Federation consists of EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II), VMware, Pivotal, and RSA. On last trading day EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) moved down -1.49% to close at $28.39. Its volatility for the week is 1.78% while volatility for the month is 1.75%. EMC’s sales growth for past 5 years was 9.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 16.90%. EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) monthly performance is -3.37%.

First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:FDEF) Chairman William J. Small unloaded 1,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.18, for a total transaction of $33,975.00. Following the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 120,930 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,286,877. On last trading day First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:FDEF) moved down -0.95% to close at $27.01. Its volatility for the week is 2.13% while volatility for the month is 1.58%. FDEF’s sales growth for past 5 years was -6.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 19.20%. First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:FDEF) monthly performance is -1.82%.

The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) has completed environmental and performance qualification testing on the aircraft satellite communications antenna system it is developing for multipurpose satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Company (Yahsat) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The system has passed customer-witnessed acceptance testing, and its required data transfer rate has been validated in over-the-air satellite tests. The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) has 0.08% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 75.00%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $122.76.

Cloud computing firm Rackspace Hosting Inc. (NYSE:RAX) appointed Brian Kelly, a former consultant to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as its chief security officer. On Thursday shares of Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX) closed at $33.89. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 23.60% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 19.28%.


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