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Trending Tickers : The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB), Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU), Universal Technical Institute(NYSE:UTI), EIG

Trending Tickers : The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB), Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU), Universal Technical Institute(NYSE:UTI), EIG
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Charles Donlon
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October 23, 2014
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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) launched the "Silly Symphonies" in 1929 with this plotless graveyard romp. Eighty-five years later (!), the antics of the rubbery skeletons still get laughs. Disney has issued the film in its first “Silly Symphonies” collection. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) in last trading activity fell -0.50% to close at $87.10. Company weekly performance is 6.12% while its quarterly performance stands at 0.35%. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) is -4.50% away from its 52 week high. US biotech firm Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) saw its share price plunge 7% to $303.51, after its posted third-quarter 2014 financial results, despite revealing that net income of $856.9 million (a year-on-year-leap of 76%), or $3.62 per share, beat consensus analysts’ forecasts of $3.43 per share. On last trading day Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) fell -5.42% to close at $309.07. Its volatility for the week is 4.84% while volatility for the month is 3.61%. BIIB's sales growth for past 5 years was 11.10% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 24.10%. Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) monthly performance is -6.97%. Alcatel-Lucent (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) has signed a binding agreement to acquire Optoplan, a provider of 4D permanent reservoir monitoring solutions used in offshore oil and gas production, from Sercel, part of the CGG Group. Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) in last trading activity fell -1.19% to close at $2.49. Company weekly performance is 2.05% while its quarterly performance stands at -34.13%. Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) is -46.79% away from its 52 week high. Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) SVP Bryce H. Peterson sold 10,017 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.13, for a total transaction of $101,472.21. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 42,365 shares in the company, valued at approximately $429,157. Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (NYSE:UTI) has 3.50% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 82.60%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $10.97. Employers Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EIG), America's small business insurance specialist®, today announced that Ranney Pageler, vice president of fraud investigations, has been named chair of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) Fraud Committee. Pageler will serve a two-year term in this role. On Wednesday shares of Employers Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EIG) closed at $19.46. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was 12.80% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 10.00%.

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