Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) on Thursday announced the settlement of its outstanding litigation and arbitration proceedings with Tessera, Inc., a unit of Tessera Technologies, Inc. On Thursday shares of Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) closed at $6.48. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 2.10% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 16.84%.
STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:STAA) was downgraded by Zacks from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note issued on Friday. They currently have a $8.80 price objective on the stock. Zacks‘s price objective points to a potential downside of 4.45% from the stock’s previous close. STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:STAA) in last trading activity moved down -7.40% to close at $7.88. Company weekly performance is -11.76% while its quarterly performance stands at -31.48%. STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:STAA) is -60.08% away from its 52 week high.
JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2014. Traffic in December increased 5.6 percent from December 2013, on a capacity increase of 7.2 percent. On last trading day JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) increased 0.55% to close at $14.75. Its volatility for the week is 3.94% while volatility for the month is 3.34%. JBLU’s sales growth for past 5 years was 9.90% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 27.80%. JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) monthly performance is -1.27%.
On Jan. 12, Green Dot Corporation (NYSE:GDOT) announced that it will host a conference call to discuss fourth quarter 2014 financial results on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 5:00pm ET. Green Dot Corporation (NYSE:GDOT) has 2.30% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 62.80%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $18.91.
On Jan. 9, First Busey Corporation (NASDAQ:BUSE) announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Herget Financial Corp. (“Herget Financial”), the holding company for Herget Bank, National Association (“Herget”). Under the terms of the definitive agreement, First Busey acquired 100% of Herget Financial’s outstanding common stock for aggregate cash consideration of $34.1 million. On last trading day First Busey Corporation (NASDAQ:BUSE) moved down -1.77% to close at $6.09. Its volatility for the week is 2.92% while volatility for the month is 2.80%. BUSE’s sales growth for past 5 years was -13.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 17.90%. First Busey Corporation (NASDAQ:BUSE) monthly performance is -3.79%.