Shares of some top tools and appliances companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: General Electric Co. fell $.22 or .9 percent, to $23.64. Snap-On fell $.70 or .8 percent, to $90.06. Stanley Works fell $2.04 or 2.5 ...

A look at the 50 highest-paid CEOs of 2012, as calculated by executive pay research firm Equilar. 1. Leslie Moonves, CBS, $60.3 million, down 12 percent 2. David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $49.9 ...

Shares of some top tools and appliances companies are down at 10 a.m.: General Electric Co. fell $.35 or 1.4 percent, to $23.52. Snap-On fell $.80 or .9 percent, to $89.96. Stanley Works fell $1.58 or ...

Shares in Bank of Ayudhya Pcl rose after a local newspaper cited a financial market source as saying that Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) had offered to acquire General Electric's stake in ...

By Jim Finkle REUTERS - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around the country that were not password protected. A ...

By Jim Finkle (Reuters) - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around the country that were not password protected. ...

3M Company (MMM) expanded its product line with Scotch Recycled Corrugate Tape 3072, an industrial tape used in packaging corrugated boxes.

An unintended consequence of a Senate hearing might be companies deciding to take advantage of the same loopholes as Apple.

The CEO of aerospace giant United Technologies Corp. is optimistic about an improving economy and airline industry. CEO Louis Chenevert told analysts Tuesday that airline profitability looks better for ...

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell is joining officials with GE Aviation to tout the addition of about 70 jobs at the company's Newark plant. GE Aviation, a unit of General Electric Co., says it plans to add 70 ...

GE Capital has recently announced that its Board of Directors has approved a proposal to pay a dividend of $6.5 billion in 2013 to its parent.

PPG Industries has closed its acquisition of specific assets of Deft Incorporated.

GE Healthcare is investing $17 million in a Florence, S.C. plant that will turn helium gas into supercool liquid needed for medical imaging. The company, which is a unit of General Electric Co., announced ...

PPG Industries reached a new 52-week high of $158.89 on May 17.

(Reuters) - GE Capital Corp's board has approved a plan to pay $6.5 billion in dividends, including a special dividend of $4.5 billion, to parent General Electric Co (GE.N) in 2013. "This announcement ...

United Technologies Corp. (UTX) recently divested the power system unit division of Pratt & Whitney to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ("MHI") for an undisclosed amount.

General Electric Co. said Monday that it will receive $6.5 billion in dividends from its finance arm this year as the conglomerate works on reducing the size of its GE Capital financial arm. GE Capital ...

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Haverty Furniture, Silver Wheaton, Duke Realty, Jones Lang LaSalle and General Electric

(Reuters) - GE Capital Corp's board has approved a plan to pay $6.5 billion (4.2 billion pounds) in dividends and a further $4.5 billion in special dividends to parent General Electric Co (GE.N) in 2013. ...

(Corrects third from last paragraph to show Renault took a stake in Nissan) By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained ...

Duke Realty announced the decision of its Chief Financial Officer, Christie B. Kelly to quit her post and join Jones Lang as the new CFO.

Textron receives an $85.0 million foreign military sales contract from the Department of Defense.

General Electric Company recently signed an agreement with Green Waste Energy, a privately-held U.S.-based developer of Advanced Recycling and Energy Conversion plants, to supply Jenbacher J620 gas engines ...

By Nadia Damouni, David Henry and Ross Kerber REUTERS - For years, JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon and other executives have hand-picked new directors, in a practice that is now ...

By Nadia Damouni, David Henry and Ross Kerber (Reuters) - For years, JPMorgan Chase & Co Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon and other executives have hand-picked new directors, in a practice that is now unusual ...

Snap-on recently announced that it has acquired Challenger Lifts, Inc. in an all-cash transaction for about $38 million.

As expected, MedTech mergers and acquisitions are heating up in 2013.

3M has recently announced a dividend of 63.5 cents per share or $2.54 on an annualized basis for second quarter 2013.

Aerospace conglomerate United Technologies Corp. says it's donated $3 million to establish an endowed professorship at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven Lieping Chen will be the first United Technologies ...

Valspar's second quarter earnings topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate on a recovery in its paint business.

Sikorsky recently received the Type Certification by Mexico's civil aviation authority for its S-76D helicopters.

Honeywell International Inc. recently secured a three-year maintenance and training contract worth $72.4 million from the U.S. Army

May 14 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Tuesday: * Brazil's state-controlled oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA launched an $11 billion international ...

Hess Corp. says it is willing to add two of Elliot Capital Management's nominees to its board after they agreed to forgo compensation from the hedge fund. But Elliot Management says the Hess move is a ...

Orion recently received a contract to dredge 2 million cubic yards of soil on Houston Ship Channel for about $9 million.

Shares of Raytheon Company reached a 52-week high of $64.27 on May 10.

Hess Corporation announced the imminent separation of the two key management posts of chairman and chief executive officer.

With days to go before Hess Corp.'s annual shareholder meeting, activist shareholder Elliot Capital Management's nominees to the energy company's board said they will forgo certain compensation that they ...

BREAKUP: Under pressure from some of its shareholders, Hess Corp. said it will split the positions of CEO and chairman. THE EXECUTIVES: John Hess, son of the company founder, will hold on to the CEO title, ...

Hess Corp. will split the positions of CEO and chairman as it fights off a campaign by a major shareholder for a change in leadership at the New York energy company. John Hess, son of the company founder, ...

Earnings for the quarter came in at $2.82 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.77 by 1.8%.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd forecast an 18.5 percent jump in operating profit for this fiscal year, in line with expectations, as the electronics conglomerate reaps the benefits of a weaker yen while ...

NextEra Energy set to purchase 59 of General Electric's latest high-tech wind turbines.

GE Transportation, a division of General Electric Company , recently signed an agreement with Aurizon to implement a rail network planning and optimization solution plan that will help trains to move faster ...

URS Corp. reported first-quarter 2013 recurring earnings per share of 96 cents a share, 14.3% below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.12 a share.

Renewable energy is now at price parity with other forms of electrical power. The world has changed.

Benchmarks chalked up further gains on the back of investor optimism

By Dena Aubin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Large U.S. companies boosted their offshore earnings by 15 percent last year to a record $1.9 trillion, avoiding hefty tax bills by keeping the profits abroad, according ...