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Stock Runners: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE), Rogers (NYSE:ROG)

Stock Runners: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE), Rogers  (NYSE:ROG)
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Charles Donlon
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October 14, 2014
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE:BABA), which launched a headline-grabbing $25 billion IPO last month, has obviously had an easy time raising money in the U.S., but it had a tougher go of it this week registering one. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) in last trading activity moved down -0.88% to close at $85.12. Company weekly performance is -3.61%. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) is -14.62% away from its 52 week high.Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) presently has an excellent rank, in the top 25% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most “interesting” ideas that merit further research by investors. On last trading day Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) moved down -4.61% to close at $18.92. Its volatility for the week is 4.09% while volatility for the month is 2.57%. AMAT's sales growth for past 5 years was -1.60% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -21.40%. Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) monthly performance is -15.18%.Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has revealed it will add 850 hourly jobs at its Dearborn, Michigan plant. This will help support the launch of the redesigned, aluminum-intensive 2015 F-150 pickup truck. The U.S automaker said the new jobs will be divided among three facilities. The truck assembly plant will have more than 500 more jobs, nearly 300 for the stamping factory and more than 50 at the diversified operations. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) in last trading activity decreased -1.81% to close at $13.54. Company weekly performance is -6.75% while its quarterly performance stands at -22.81%. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is -25.28% away from its 52 week high.Somewhere in China, the Middle East, Latin America or who knows where else, somebody is uncrating a product made in Tennessee. It might be a water well drill rig in Africa or an oil rig in Kazakhstan, either of them manufactured by Loudon-based GEFCO. GEFCO is owned by Chattanooga-based Astec Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE), which wants as much as 50 percent of its total sales to be in exports, Liford said. “The products we build are important for all sorts of companies in developing countries. Our fracking products manufactured here have been more of a domestic success,” Liford said. Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE) has 10.40% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 78.50%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $34.84.Rogers Corporation's (NYSE:ROG) Advanced Circuit Materials Division, a global leader in Microwave Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Materials, recently introduced rolled copper cladding options with its RO3003™, RO3035™ and RO3203™ low dielectric constant laminate materials. Smooth rolled copper, paired with the very low dielectric loss of the RO3000® PTFE-ceramic resin system, results in high frequency circuit materials with best-in-class insertion loss. On Monday shares of Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) closed at $51.77. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was 8.00% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 13.50%.

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