Company News for July 12, 2011 - Corporate Summary

•    Alcoa

posted Q2 EPS of $0.32, lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimates of $0.34 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 27% year-over-year to $6.59 billion

•    Swiss chemicals company Lonza Group

will buy biocide firm Arch Chemicals, Inc.

in deal valued at $1.4 billion. Following this development, shares of Arch Chemical gained 12.33%

•    Share prices of Chinese electric motor vehicle maker Kandi Technologies Corp.

increased 19.68% to close at $2.19 after the company signed an agreement with Hangzhou Electric Vehicle Service Co. The deal will enable the companies to work together on a municipal government electric-vehicle pilot program

•    Reports on Friday said doctors in Sweden have successfully replaced a cancer patient's trachea using stem cells. Reacting to the news, shares of stem cell research company Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. 

gained 9.61%

•    Concerns surrounding the debt situations in Europe and the United States pulled down shares of financial giants Citigroup Inc.

by 1.36%

•    Shares of News Corp. 

declined by 7.58%, making it one of the poorest performers of the day for the S&P 500 Index. The shares of the media company fell after allegations of phone hacking which will become a major hurdle in its bid to acquire British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC

•    Shareholders of NYSE Euronext

gave the green signal to the company's plan to merge with  Deutsche Boerse AG. However, according to reports the deal could face regulatory obstacles

•    Internet search engine company Local.com

said it has acquired California-based Screamin' Media Group for around $12 million in cash, stock and debt. Local.com helps users to find local business and services on the web

•    Analysts at Deutsche Bank

downgraded Alcatel Lucent ADR 

  to "Hold" rating from "Buy" rating  in a research note to investors

•    Analysts at Jefferies initiated coverage on shares of Dell

with a "Hold" rating and a target price of $17 on the shares of the company