Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has announced that up to 500 of its lowest-paid factory workers will receive a 48 percent pay raise to $28.50 an hour. Only 20 percent of its employees can be in the lowest tier, so Ford had to raise wages to hire 1,550 workers to make pickup trucks in Missouri and Michigan. On Wednesday shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) closed at $16.25. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 0.50% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 13.10%.
Janssen, a UK-based subsidiary of US health care giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is disappointed with the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) decision published today, which does not recommend the use of Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) with prednisone or prednisolone for the treatment of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer in adult men who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic after failure of androgen deprivation therapy in whom chemotherapy is not yet clinically indicated. On Wednesday shares of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) closed at $100.38. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 3.70% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 5.82%.
On February 5, 2015, the agreement pursuant to which Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) was going to acquire Courier Corporation (“Courier”) was terminated. Under the terms of the agreement signed with Courier on January 16, 2015, Quad/Graphics would have paid Courier shareholders the equivalent of a total purchase price of $20.50 per share. On last trading day Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) moved up 0.37% to close at $21.58. Its volatility for the week is 3.45% while volatility for the month is 2.94%. QUAD’s sales growth for past 5 years was 16.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -29.30%. Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) monthly performance is -1.95%.
It was reported on 9 February 2015, that Radiant Logistics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: RLGT), a domestic and international freight forwarding and logistics services company, will host a conference call on Friday, February 13, at 4:00 PM Eastern to discuss the Company’s financial results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. Radiant Logistics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:RLGT) has 3.80% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 10.90%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $4.53.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) elected Mark C. McKinley to the board of directors as an independent director, the company said Feb. 11. The role became effective that day, and he also became a member of the board’s audit committee. On last trading day Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) moved up 1.51% to close at $85.61. Its volatility for the week is 2.90% while volatility for the month is 3.41%. APC’s sales growth for past 5 years was 15.50% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -65.30%. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) monthly performance is 14.07%.