Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) Closed at $51.97, Today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the University of Oklahoma (OU) to provide design and construction phase services for its Utility Plant No. 4 project.
Officials did not disclose the contract value, yet estimate construction cost at $60 million. Jacobs is providing engineering and architectural design and construction administration services for a new combined chilled water, steam and electricity production plant, to be located in the heart of the OU Norman campus and designed to meet the new utility demands stemming from campus growth.
What They Do: Jacobs, with over 57,000 employees and revenues exceeding $11.0 billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services globally.
How They Trade: JEC has a 52 week high of $98.31. and a 52 week low of $26.00.
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) Closed at $46.17. Today announced the government of India has selected Boeing to provide eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft to the Indian navy. The P-8I is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing is developing for the U.S. Navy.
India is the first international customer for the P-8. Boeing will deliver the first P-8I within 48 months of the contract signing, and the remaining seven by 2015.
What They Do: Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32.1 billion business with 71,000 employees worldwide.
How They Trade: BA has a 52 week high of $88.29 and a 52 week low of $36.17.
American Superconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: AMSC) Closed at $17.45. Today announced that it has received its first order for a D-VAR system to meet dynamic reactive compensation requirements for a 220 kilovolt (kV) power transmission grid in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China. Reactive power compensation is necessary to stabilize voltage, relieve power grid congestion, improve electrical efficiency, and prevent blackouts in power grids.
What They Do: AMSC is a leading energy technologies company offering an array of solutions based on two proprietary technologies: programmable power electronic converters and high temperature superconductor (HTS) wires. The company’s products, services and system-level solutions enable cleaner, more efficient and more reliable generation, delivery and use of electric power.
How They Trade: AMSC has a 52 week high of $47.53 and a 52 week low of $8.22.
TradeStation Group (Nasdaq: TRAD) Closed at $6.46. Today announcedthe following business metrics for the month ended December 31, 2008. 94,030 Daily Average Revenue Trades, Total client assets of $1.6 billion, Average equities client credit balances of $672 million, Average equities client margin balances of $30 million. Year over year, TradeStation's DARTs increased 22%, total client assets decreased 11%, average equities client credit balances increased 12%, and average equities client margin balances decreased 70%.
What They Do: TradeStation Group through its principal operating subsidiary, TradeStation Securities, Inc., offers the TradeStation platform to the active trader and certain institutional trader markets. TradeStation is an electronic trading platform that offers state-of-the-art electronic order execution and enables clients to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate their own custom Equities, Options, Futures and Forex trading strategies.
How They Trade: TRAD has a 52 week high of $13.21 and a 52 week low of $4.89.
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