Archive for July 1st, 2009

Premarket Alert: LDK Solar (LDK)

LDK Solar Co. (NYSE: LDK) shares are active, up about 3 percent on more than 5,000 shares in very early premarket trading after the company announced plans to build five photo-voltaic plants in Italy’s Apulia region. With help from private systems integrator SAEM Srl, LDK solar will build five one-megawatt plants. Construction will start in [...]

Premarket Alert: Watch defense contractors on contract news (OSK, FRPT, BAESY, GD, NAV)

Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK) shares are up more than 20 percent in early premarket trading after the company was awarded a $1.06 billion fixed-price contract to from the U.S. Army for 2,244 MRAP mine-resistant All-Terrain Vehicles for use in Afghanistan. The Pentagon could order thousands more of the vehicles. Other stocks to watch today on [...]