Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) announced that it has converted its San Ciprian alumina refinery from fuel oil to natural gas following the construction of a new gas pipeline. An investment worth $25 million was made in the project for changing the alumina refinery to natural gas. On Tuesday shares of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) closed at $15.91. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 5.30% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 36.48%.
MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) and Sanofi announced that Afrezza® (insulin human) Inhalation Powder, the only inhaled insulin, is now available by prescription in U.S. retail pharmacies nationwide. Afrezza is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to control high blood sugar in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ:MNKD) in last trading activity advanced 0.93% to close at $7.58. Company weekly performance is 16.62% while its quarterly performance stands at 31.14%. MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ:MNKD) is -33.97% away from its 52 week high.
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) says Russia is among the top three countries asking to have content removed from the social-media website. Within hours of that announcement, the Russian Federal Service for Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) had accused Twitter of violating Russian laws. Twitter’s “transparency report,” issued on February 9, showed 124 requests by a Russian government agency in 2014, a fourfold increase over 2013. On Tuesday shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) closed at $46.26. Company’s EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 73.33%.
TheStreet upgraded shares of HB Fuller Co. (NYSE:FUL) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report issued on Monday. HB Fuller Co. (NYSE:FUL) has 0.90% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 92.60%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $43.12.
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ) provided an update on its late-stage solar energy project pipeline. Currently, Canadian Solar’s total late-stage solar project pipeline stands at 1.4 GWp, unchanged from 1.4GWp in November of 2014, despite the completion of over 100 MWp of projects in Canada and in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2014. On Tuesday shares of Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ) closed at $27.13. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 18.60% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 10.00%.