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Top Wall Street Stories: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS), Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT), Ecolab (NYSE:ECL), Rocky Mountain Chocolate (NASDAQ:RMCF)

Top Wall Street Stories: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS), Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT), Ecolab (NYSE:ECL), Rocky Mountain Chocolate  (NASDAQ:RMCF)
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Blake Magnuson
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October 17, 2014
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The BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) Passport has received more good press than bad since its launch a few weeks back. This has given investors a reason to be excited about the future. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) in last trading activity advanced 2.09% to close at $9.30. Company weekly performance is 2.20% while its quarterly performance stands at -7.37%. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) is -20.17% away from its 52 week high.Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corporation (NYSE:LVS) has reported net revenue of $3.5bn for the third quarter of 2014, of which more than 85 per cent was generated from its operations in Asia. On last trading day Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) advanced 6.18% to close at $64.05. Its volatility for the week is 4.79% while volatility for the month is 3.27%. LVS's sales growth for past 5 years was 25.70% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 50.90%. Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) monthly performance is 2.68%.Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT) announced today net earnings attributable to Cytec for the third quarter of 2014 of $53.6 million or $0.73 per diluted share. Net sales from continuing operations were $507 million. Earnings from continuing operations were $53.8 million or $0.73 per diluted share. Loss from discontinued operations was $0.2 million or $0.00 per diluted share. Included in the quarter for continuing operations are special items of $0.4 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, which is outlined further in this release. Excluding these special items, earnings from continuing operations were $54.2 million or $0.74 per diluted share.On last trading day Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT) advanced 1.10% to close at $43.95. Its volatility for the week is 2.82% while volatility for the month is 1.97%. CYT's sales growth for past 5 years was -9.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 31.70%. Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT) monthly performance is -12.87%.Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) revealed that its subsidiary Nalco Champion has opened a 106,000-square-meter plant in Jurong Island, Singapore. The new plant will supply chemistry solutions for oil and gas companies in the Eastern Hemisphere. Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) has 0.30% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 85.50%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $105.39.Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMCF) (the "Company") on 14 October 2014 reported its operating results for the second quarter and first half of FY2015 (the three and six months ended August 31, 2014). Net income attributable to RMCF shareholders totaled $877,356, or $0.14 per basic share and diluted share, in the three months ended August 31, 2014, compared with net income attributable to RMCF shareholders of $1,027,784, or $0.17 per basic share and $0.16 per diluted share, in the three months ended August 31, 2013. Adjusted diluted earnings per share, a non-GAAP measure defined later in this release, improved 25.0 percent to $0.20 in the quarter ended August 31, 2014, compared with $0.16 in the quarter ended August 31, 2013. Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure defined later in this release, increased 29.6 percent to $2,551,000 in the quarter ended August 31, 2014, versus $1,968,000 in the quarter ended August 31, 2013. U-Swirl reported net income of $86,678 in the three months ended August 31, 2014, compared with net income of $159,792 in the same period of the prior year.On Thursday shares of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc. (NASDAQ:RMCF) closed at $11.93. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was 6.60%.

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