On 27 AUG Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) announced the first implants in a clinical trial that will compare patient and healthcare system outcomes – including patient mortality and hospitalizations – in heart failure patients who have cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices with the AdaptivCRT(R) feature enabled versus patients receiving standard CRT. The AdaptResponse trial will assess the superiority of the AdaptivCRT algorithm, which preserves normal heart rhythms and automatically adjusts to patients’ needs to customize therapy; it is expected to be the largest trial of CRT to date, enrolling approximately 3,000 patients worldwide. Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT)’s stock on 03 September traded at beginning with a price of $64.00 and when day-trade ended the stock finally advanced 0.63% to end at $64.31. Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT)’s showed weekly performance of 1.24%.
On 27 AUG 8×8 Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) announced that it has been awarded a new patent related to its communications technologies. 8×8 Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) on Wednesday closed at $7.72. Stock institutional ownership is 65.60% while insider ownership includes 1.50%. 8×8 Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -1.60%.
On 14 AUG THT Heat Transfer Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:THTI) announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. Sales revenue for the second quarter of 2014 was US$12.7 million, a 16.5% increase from US$10.9 million during the same period of 2013. The increase was primarily attributable to higher sales revenue from heat exchange units and plate heat exchangers. Sales volume of heat exchange products totaled 617 units in the second quarter of 2014, an increase of 18 units from 599 units in the same period of 2013. The increase was due to increased demand for our products in consequence of more projects and economic recovery of China in the second quarter of 2014 compared with previous years. THT Heat Transfer Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:THTI)’s shares on Wednesday traded in the range of 1.38 – 1.41and ended up on $1.38. THT Heat Transfer Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:THTI) distance from 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) is 16.72%. THTI’s sales growth for past 5 years was 17.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -5.60%.
Crown Media Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWN)’s stock on 03 September decreased -2.05% to the closing price of $3.35. Its fifty two weeks range is $2.80 – 3.98. The total market capitalization recorded $1.205B. Crown Media Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWN) monthly performance is -4.29%.
On 18 AUG The Eastern Company (NASDAQ:EML) said that it will begin trading ex-dividend. A cash dividend payment of $0.15 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 15, 2014. Shareholders who purchased EML stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 36.36% increase over the prior quarter. At the current stock price of $15.67, the dividend yield is 3.83%. The Eastern Company (NASDAQ:EML) on Wednesday closed at $15.81. Stock institutional ownership is 57.70% while insider ownership includes 1.10%. The Eastern Company (NASDAQ:EML) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 0.77%.