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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.

Newmont reportedly in coal ops sale talks

Newmont reportedly in coal ops sale talks

Newmont Mining Corp. NEM -0.03% is in final talks with two overseas parties on the sale of Australian assets containing more than 1.2 billion metric tons of thermal coal, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.

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.

Brekford Corp. (OTCQB:BFDI)

Brekford Corp. (OTCQB:BFDI)

Brekford Corp. (OTCQB:BFDI) is a technology services provider of mobile computer and video systems through its vehicle upfitting services to homeland security agencies and federal,…

Origin Energy gas, oil revenue up on higher prices

Origin Energy gas, oil revenue up on higher prices

Origin Energy Ltd. on Tuesday reported a 5% rise in first-half revenue from its oil and gas operations after lower production was offset by higher commodity prices.

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,…

Olympus plans to report April-Dec. results Feb. 13

Olympus plans to report April-Dec. results Feb. 13

Scandal-hit Olympus Corp. said Friday it will release its earnings results for the April to December period on Feb. 13, a day before a legal deadline for listed firms to submit their accounts.

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 [...]

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.

Plexus earnings fall 29% on weaker sales

Plexus earnings fall 29% on weaker sales

Plexus Corp.’s PLXS +1.81% fiscal first-quarter earnings fell a less-than-feared 29% as strength in the manufacturing services company’s engineering business helped damp the effect of lower sales.

Xilinx’s net falls 17% on wireless weakness

Xilinx’s net falls 17% on wireless weakness

Xilinx Inc.’s XLNX +7.17% fiscal third-quarter profit fell 17% on weaker revenue from the chip maker’s communications customers, though its earnings per share topped analysts’ estimates.

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.

BankUnited working with Goldman on possible sale

BankUnited working with Goldman on possible sale

Florida-based BankUnited Inc. BKU +3.23% has hired Goldman Sachs Group GS +0.13% to help explore a possible sale,…