Shares of some top machinery companies were mixed at the close of trading: Caterpillar rose $.89 or 1.0 percent, to $87.67. Deere & Co. fell $2.42 or 2.7 percent, to $86.97. Manitowoc rose $.70 or 3.7 ...

Shares of some top aerospace companies were up at the close of trading: Boeing rose $2.34 or 2.4 percent, to $98.92. Lockheed Martin Corp. rose $2.41 or 2.3 percent, to $106.41. Northrop Grumman Corp. ...

By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc's (CAT.N) deal to cut the purchase price of a Chinese mining-equipment maker it bought last year ends an embarrassing episode that overshadowed ...

FLIR received two orders for the Electro-Optical Sensor System which are expected to be carried out at FLIR's Billerica, Mass. facility.

Headwaters has entered into a technology alliance with Axens for heavy oil upgradation.

Shares of some top machinery companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Caterpillar rose $.85 or 1.0 percent, to $87.63. Deere & Co. fell $2.16 or 2.4 percent, to $87.23. Manitowoc rose $.72 or 3.8 percent, to $19.77. ...

Shares of some top aerospace companies are up at 1 p.m.: Boeing rose $2.21 or 2.3 percent, to $98.79. Lockheed Martin Corp. rose $1.59 or 1.5 percent, to $105.59. Northrop Grumman Corp. rose $2.74 or 3.5 ...

UOP LLC, a subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc. , recently won a contract from Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC to provide C3 Oleflex process technology for one of its propylene production ...

Shares in companies that do defense contracting work rose across the board Friday on the heels of a huge stock buyback program announced by Northrop Grumman, sending it and others to all-time highs. Northrop ...

Shares of some top machinery companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Caterpillar rose $.63 or .7 percent, to $87.41. Deere & Co. fell $1.34 or 1.5 percent, to $88.05. Manitowoc rose $.77 or 4.0 percent, to $19.82. ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday ordered some of India's biggest cement manufacturers to pay 6 billion rupees in fees while it hears their appeal against a penalty ...

Shares of some top aerospace companies are up at 10 a.m.: Boeing rose $2.03 or 2.1 percent, to $98.61. Lockheed Martin Corp. rose $1.60 or 1.5 percent, to $105.60. Northrop Grumman Corp. rose $2.89 or ...

Caterpillar will pay $135 million less for a Chinese mining equipment company after uncovering dodgy accounting practices that inflated its value. Caterpillar announced a non-cash $580 million charge earlier ...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. is upgraded to Strong Buy.

The board of directors of Northrop Grumman Corporation gives approval to repurchase of the company's common stock worth $4 billion.

Donaldson, which makes filtration systems, posted a 2 percent decline in third-quarter net income as original equipment manufacturers trimmed production . The Minneapolis company said that it doesn't expect ...

Stocks are more overvalued and more overbought than a week ago, but still without confirming a market top.

REUTERS - Shares in cement companies such as Ambuja Cements Ltd (ABUJ.NS) gain on hopes a regulatory tribunal may rule in their favour as they challenge price collusions charges from the Competition Commission ...

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. said Thursday that its board approved the repurchase of another $4 billion in stock, and it plans to buy back a quarter of its outstanding shares by the end of ...

On May 15, we upgraded our recommendation on DHI from Neutral to Outperform following solid results in the second quarter of fiscal 2013

We maintained our underperform recommendation on Caterpillar Inc.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has increased its quarterly dividend by 11% bringing the annualized payout to $2.44 per share from $2.20 per share earlier.

TransDigm hit an all-time high of $155.97 on May 15, 2013.

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. hits its 52-week high on May 15, 2013.

TransDigm Group will acquire aerospace hydraulic and fuel systems components maker Arkwin Industries for $286 million.

Erickson Air-Crane Inc. is upgraded to Strong Buy.

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U.S. homebuilders have been on a tear, up over 400% since their lows in 2009. However, cracks are beginning to surface as lumber prices fall 20% in under two months. Is lumber warning of a slowdown in ...

We maintained our long-term Neutral recommendation on aerospace and defense major Lockheed Martin Corporation on May 10, 2013.

Ball Corp.'s unit has won a contract to build air quality sensor for KARI.

Zacks Investment Research downgraded Barnes Group Inc.to a Zacks Rank #5 on May 11, 2013.

Deere reported record second quarter fiscal 2013 earnings of $2.76 per share

Shares of Masco reached a 52-week high of $22.23 on May 14, 2013 gaining momentum from the improving sales trends in North America

Shares of Pulte reached a 52-week high of $24.26 on May 14 gaining momentum from solid first-quarter 2013 results announced on Apr 25.

On May 14, 2013, shares of General Dynamics Corporation hit a 52-week high of $77.00.

Stock futures dipped Wednesday as another nation in Europe sank into recession and the economic contraction for the entire European Union stretched into its sixth straight quarter. With France's second ...

Pall Corporation hit an all-time high on May 14 with a price of $69.58, beating its previous high of $69.17 attained on March 8

The Boeing Company has finalized an important order with Turkish Airlines for 70 Boeing single-aisle 737 aircrafts.

Northrop Grumman Corp. said Wednesday that its board increased the defense contractor's quarterly cash dividend by 6 cents, or 11 percent, to 61 cents. The dividend will be paid on June 12 to shareholders ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Boeing Co will complete fixing the batteries in all 50 of its high-tech 787 Dreamliner jets by the end of this month, Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president for sales in Asia Pacific, ...

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ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Holcim and HeidelbergCement said on Wednesday a long winter in Europe and North America contributed to a fall in first-quarter sales, putting more pressure on the cement makers' ...

The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average Tuesday closed above 15,000 for the first time as investor optimism about the US economy bolstered equities like Caterpillar. The Dow jumped 87.31 (0.58 percent) ...

A Taiwanese businessman long suspected of ties to North Korea and his Illinois-based son have been charged in Chicago with seeking to bypass a U.S. ban on the export of weapons machinery to the hard-line ...

Brazil said Monday it was confident about the outcome of the contest between its candidate and his Mexican rival to lead the World Trade Organization. "We are awaiting with confidence" the runoff ...

Siemens reported second quarter fiscal 2013 net income of $1.36 billion or $1.56 per share compared to $1.24 billion or $1.35 per share in the year-earlier quarter.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Improving first-quarter results from some of China's biggest steel and cement firms suggest that Beijing's economic recovery plan may be starting to filter through into corporate ...

With excellent results, improved guidance and soaring estimates, this wood products company looks like a solid growth story.