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Corning sees non-LCD operations driving growth

Corning sees non-LCD operations driving growth

Corning Inc. GLW -0.52% reiterated its long-term sales forecast, but said it will hit the target by growing businesses outside of its stalling liquid-crystal-display glass operation.

Aeropostale taps Hirtler-Garvey to chair board

Aeropostale taps Hirtler-Garvey to chair board

Aeropostale Inc. ARO +0.84% named Karin Hirtler-Garvey its chairman, succeeding Julian R. Geiger who has stepped down from the position.

Ardent Mines – ADNT.US

Ardent Mines – ADNT.US

Ardent Mines has positioned itself to develop low cost gold mining operations in Brazil, a mining friendly jurisdiction.

Fiserv earnings up 23% on higher revenue

Fiserv earnings up 23% on higher revenue

Fiserv Inc.’s FISV -1.16% fourth-quarter earnings rose 23% due to higher revenue in its main business segments.

Korea’s SK Telecom post 61% net-profit drop in Q4

Korea’s SK Telecom post 61% net-profit drop in Q4

SK Telecom Co. , South Korea’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers, said Thursday its fourth-quarter net profit fell 61% from a year earlier,…

Disney agrees to buy out India’s UTV Software

Disney agrees to buy out India’s UTV Software

Walt Disney Co. DIS -0.21% said it would buy a controlling interest in Indian entertainment company UTV Software Communications Ltd. , which it said would make Disney the country’s leading film studio.

Fortinet quarterly profit up 2.2% as billings jump

Fortinet quarterly profit up 2.2% as billings jump

Fortinet Inc.’s FTNT +8.72% fourth-quarter earnings climbed 2.2% as the network-security company again reported double-digit billings growth.

Ivanhoe Australia names UBS to find partner

Ivanhoe Australia names UBS to find partner

Ivanhoe Australia Ltd. said Tuesday it has hired UBS to help find a strategic partner for a string of Australian base metals projects, as it vies to secure long-term funding to bring them into production.

QuamTel (OTCBB: QUMI).

QuamTel (OTCBB: QUMI).

QuamTel was founded in January 1996 to deliver managed pre-paid global communication products and services. Through its subsidiaries WQN and DataJack,…

Ardent Mines Appoints Luciano de Freitas Borges as President

Ardent Mines Appoints Luciano de Freitas Borges as President

Ardent Mines Ltd. (OTCQB: ADNT) (the “Company” or “Ardent Mines”), a precious resources exploration, development,…

Samsung profit up 17% on record smartphone sales

Samsung profit up 17% on record smartphone sales

Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its fourth-quarter net profit rose 17% from a year earlier as record smartphone sales outweighed pressure from the firm’s other businesses,…

Teradyne earnings jump on tax benefit; shares up

Teradyne earnings jump on tax benefit; shares up

Teradyne Inc.’s TER +7.87% fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled on a large tax-provision benefit as the maker of chip-testing equipment,…

Princeton Security Technologies Inc( OTCQB:PSGY)

Princeton Security Technologies Inc( OTCQB:PSGY)

Princeton Security Technologies, Inc. is the holding company of Princeton Gamma-Tech Instruments, Inc. (PGTI). PGTI is a supplier of X-ray and gamma-ray detectors and spectroscopy systems, portable radioisotope identifiers, and portable chemical analyzers. The Company serves a broad customer base in scientific research, industrial materials analysis, and homeland security. The Company operates a full customer [...]

AGENT155 MEDIA CORP (AGMC:OTC)

AGENT155 MEDIA CORP (AGMC:OTC)

Agent155 Media Corp., a development stage company, engages in the distribution and marketing of drinking water treatment products and water activation products primarily in South America and Central America.

TransDigm to buy plane-seatbelt maker AmSafe

TransDigm to buy plane-seatbelt maker AmSafe

TransDigm Group Inc. TDG -0.14% agreed to buy seatbelt-maker AmSafe Global Holdings Inc. for about $750 million in cash, continuing the aerospace supplier’s recent streak of acquisitions.

Alliant Energy CEO to retire in March

Alliant Energy CEO to retire in March

Alliant Energy Corp. LNT -0.21% said Chairman and Chief Executive William D. Harvey would retire at the end of March and named its operating chief as his successor.

Samsung: Never reviewed plans to take over RIM

Samsung: Never reviewed plans to take over RIM

Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that it has never reviewed plans to take over Research In Motion Ltd. RIMM -5.55% ,…

Tokyo bourse to keep Olympus shares listed: report

Tokyo bourse to keep Olympus shares listed: report

The Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to keep shares of Olympus Corp. listed as it has concluded that the company’s accounting scandal did not have a significant effect on the stock market,…

Fortescue Metals iron ore shipments up 19%

Fortescue Metals iron ore shipments up 19%

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. shipped 14.8 million metric tons of iron ore during the final three months of last year, up 19% on the previous quarter to top earlier guidance of as much as 14 million tons,…

Samsung sets record investment budget for 2012

Samsung sets record investment budget for 2012

Samsung Group said Tuesday it will boost investment by 12% to a record KRW47.8 trillion (US$41.6 billion) this year.