In a Texas-sized mega deal, oil field services giant Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) announced Monday it would acquire rival Baker Hughes in a $34.6 billion cash and stock deal. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) in last trading activity moved down -10.62% to close at $49.23. Company weekly performance is -8.20% while its quarterly performance stands at -28.26%. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) is -33.62% away from its 52 week high.
Massachusetts-based EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world’s largest information management firm, is pushing Thailand to become its hub to train data-science professionals. A survey by IT research firm Gartner Inc said demand for big data and data-sciencerelated jobs in Asia would be about 960,000 out of a total of 4.4 million jobs globally next year .On last trading day EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) increased 1.10% to close at $30.38. Its volatility for the week is 1.78% while volatility for the month is 1.80%. EMC’s sales growth for past 5 years was 9.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 17.00%. EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) monthly performance is 12.06%.
On November 3, Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) the holding company of Valley National Bank, announced that its merger with 1st United Bancorp, Inc. (“1st United”) (Nasdaq: FUBC) was completed effective November 1, 2014. On last trading day Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) moved down -0.31% to close at $9.80. Its volatility for the week is 1.07% while volatility for the month is 1.56%. VLY’s sales growth for past 5 years was -3.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 3.00%. Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) monthly performance is 4.81%.
On November 12, NCI Building Systems Inc. (NYSE:NCS) announced that it has agreed to acquire Pittsburgh-based CENTRIA for approximately $245 million. On completion, the acquisition will be accretive to NCI’s earnings from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015. NCI Building Systems Inc. (NYSE:NCS) has 1.33% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 98.20%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $18.45.
Cadiz Inc (NASDAQ:CDZI) Director Geoffrey T. Grant purchased 7,200 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 12th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $10.66 per share, for a total transaction of $76,752.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 109,622 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,168,571. On Monday shares of Cadiz Inc. (NASDAQ:CDZI) closed at $10.76. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -21.40%.