During Wednesday’s trade, Shares of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), surged 39.95% to $0.2140.
Ascent Solar Technologies, declared today the Company was awarded a Plan 56 contract, starting December 15th, 2015, by the General Services Administration (GSA), the procurement division of the United States Federal Government.
The contract enables Federal customers, counting all four branches of the U.S. Military, Federal Agencies and others, to easily purchase a range of Ascent Solar products counting: the MilPak E and EnerPlex products such as the Kickr IV and Kickr II.
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a development stage company, designs and manufactures photovoltaic integrated consumer electronics; and portable power applications for commercial and military users.
Shares of St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE:STJ), inclined 0.79% to $63.47, during its current trading session.
St. Jude Medical, today declared CE Mark approval for magnetic resonance (MR) conditional labeling for the company’s presently approved Quadra Assura™ Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CRT-D). The Quadra Assura™ CRT-D and Quadra Assura MP™ CRT-D with MultiPoint™ Pacing are now approved for use with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning systems with strength up to 1.5 Tesla (measurement for the strength of a magnetic field).
St. Jude Medical, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for cardiac rhythm administration, cardiovascular, and atrial fibrillation therapy areas worldwide. It operates in two divisions, Implantable Electronic Systems, and Cardiovascular and Ablation Technologies.
Finally, Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE), lost -1.02%, and is now trading at $41.73.
The board of directors of Nucor Corporation (NUE) raised the regular quarterly cash dividend on Nucor’s common stock to $0.375. This cash dividend is payable on February 11, 2016, to stockholders of record on December 31, 2015, and is Nucor’s 171st successive quarterly cash dividend.
Nucor has raised its regular, or base, dividend for 43 successive years – every year since it first began paying dividends in 1973. Reflecting the Nucor team’s success in building our company’s long-term earnings power, the base quarterly dividend has raised five-fold over the past ten years. Over this same period, Nucor has returned about $6.7 billion in capital to its stockholders in the form of base dividends, supplemental dividends and share repurchases.
Nucor Corporation manufactures and sells steel and steel products in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Steel Mills, Steel Products, and Raw Materials. The Steel Mills segment produces and distributes hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized sheet steel products; plate steel products; structural steel products comprising wide-flange beams, beam blanks, H-pilings, and sheet pilings; and bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing bars, merchant bars, and special bar quality products.
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