Buybacks

Toward the end of trading Friday, the Dow traded up 1.42 percent to 16,346.40 while the NASDAQ surged 0.93 percent to 4,256.52. The S&P also rose, gaining 1.14 percent to 1,883.96. Leading and Lagging Sectors Industrials shares jumped by 1.53 percent on Friday. Top gainers in the sector...

Hewlett-Packard Company's (NYSE: HPQ) could be set to buyback $800 million in shares over the next two weeks, an analyst said Thursday. The company said Wednesday it will resume share repurchases after putting them on hold since July to focus on a potential merger. Brean Capital's...

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) on Wednesday announced it will resume its buyback program under the current authorization. The program had previously been suspended due to the company's possession of "material non-public information." The company intends on returning at least...

Wolseley PLC (OTC: WOSYY) reported a gain in its fiscal year 2014 profit and announced its palns to lift its dividend by a quarter. It also announced a £250 million ($409.5 million) share buyback programme. Wolseley posted a net profit of GBP504 million for the year, versus a year-ago profit of...

ty Holding Company, “the Company” (NASDAQ: CHCO), a $3.4 billion bank holding company headquartered in Charleston, today announced that the board authorized the Company to buy back up to 1,000,000 of its common shares (approximately 7% of outstanding shares) in open market transactions at prices...

Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced that the Board of Directors approved a $300 million authorization to repurchase the Company's outstanding common stock beginning in January 2015. This new authorization follows the Company's previously authorized share repurchase program,...

Midway through trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.53 percent to 17,247.34 while the NASDAQ surged 0.54 percent to 4,586.60. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.44 percent to 2,010.27. Leading and Lagging Sectors In trading on Thursday, financial shares were relative leaders, up on the day by...

Edgewater Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDGW), a leading consulting firm that brings a blend of classic and product-based consulting services to its clients, announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has approved an extension of the company's stock repurchase program (the "Repurchase Program...

Prudential Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: PBIP) announced that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved the Company's first stock repurchase program covering up to 950,000 shares or approximately 10% of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The shares may be...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) will soon start playing catch-up with other large-cap tech companies in the rate at which it returns capital to shareholders in the form of dividends and buybacks, an analyst said Tuesday. Citi's Walter H. Pritchard expects the company to boost its...

Flextronics International Ltd (NASDAQ: FLEX) obtained shareholder approval to buy back up to 20 percent of its shares for up to $500 million, the company said Tuesday. The San Jose company, which provides supply chain services to the electronics industry, said it has purchased $1.7 billion of...

21Vianet Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNET) ("21Vianet" or the "Company"), the largest carrier-neutral Internet data center services provider in China, today announced that its board of directors has authorized a US$5 million share repurchase program. 21Vianet's board of directors has authorized, but not...

United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) on Wednesday boosted its plans for buying back shares in the current year to $1.35 billion from its previous $1.25 billion plan. The aerospace and building technology company's shares have dropped more than five percent during the past six months. Also...

Youku Tudou Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company ("Youku Tudou" or the "Company"), today announced that the board of the Company has approved a new share repurchase program whereby Youku Tudou may purchase its own American depositary shares ("ADSs") with an aggregate value...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Tiffany & Co (NYSE: TIF) to report its Q2 earnings at $0.85 per share on revenue of $987.88 million. Tiffany shares rose 0.92% to $101.70 in after-hours trading. Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) reported in-line...