Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is letting customers exchange gift cards from more than 200 retailers, airlines and restaurants for a Wal-Mart card. The cards don’t expire and can be used in stores and online. The exchange may send more shoppers to the website of the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) in last trading activity advanced 0.56% to close at $86.91. Company weekly performance is 1.13% while its quarterly performance stands at 14.25%. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is -0.78% away from its 52 week high.
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS) announced on 1st December that it has repaid all remaining principal and interest of its 5% Convertible Notes due 2014, in accordance with the terms of the notes and the indenture governing the notes.On last trading day DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS) fell -0.83% to close at $1.19. Its volatility for the week is 13.10% while volatility for the month is 11.26%. DRYS’s sales growth for past 5 years was 6.70% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 41.00%. DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS) monthly performance is -17.93%.
Shares of First Busey Corporation (NASDAQ:BUSE) were the target of a significant increase in short interest in November. As of November 28th, there was short interest totalling 2,124,804 shares, an increase of 22.3% from the November 14th total of 1,737,510 shares, American Banking News reports. On last trading day First Busey Corporation (NASDAQ:BUSE) advanced 1.23% to close at $6.57. Its volatility for the week is 3.16% while volatility for the month is 3.00%. 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 -0.61%.
Bismarck, ND-based MDU Resources Group Inc. (NYSE:MDU) on 19 December has placed on hold its plans for building a major natural gas pipeline to carry associated gas supplies from the Bakken oil boom. Dakota Pipeline is slated to be a $650 million project and had been aimed at a late 2017 start-up date. MDU Resources Group Inc. (NYSE:MDU) has 0.40% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 59.70%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $23.66.
Deutsche Bank cut shares of Yanzhou Coal Mining Co Ltd (NYSE:YZC) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research report sent to investors on Monday morning, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. On Friday shares of Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (NYSE:YZC) closed at $8.55. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 17.40% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 5.00%.