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(Adds Vitacost.com, Veeco Instruments, Bruker and Prospect
Medical Holdings; updates share movement)
Aug 16 (BestGrowthStock) – Some U.S. small and midcap stocks on the
move on Monday:
VITACOST.COM (VITC.O: ), $7.32, down 12 pct
The online health supplement retailer said its chief
executive had quit, and the company appointed an interim CEO
till a replacement is named. [ID:nSGE67F0J6]
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC (VECO.O: ), $32.35, up 3 pct
BRUKER CORP (BRKR.O: ), $13.66, up 5 pct
Veeco Instruments agreed to sell its metrology business to
scientific instrument maker Bruker for $229 million in cash.
[ID:nSGE67F0IX]
PROSPECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS (PZZ.O: ), $8.40, up 37 pct
The company said it agreed to be acquired by an entity
sponsored by Leonard Green & Partners for a total deal value of
about $363 million.
SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL (SYUT.O: ), $14.76, up 20 pct
China’s health ministry said on Sunday that it had found no
evidence of contamination in milk powder made by Synutra.
[ID:nTOE67E00J]
STRAYER EDUCATION INC (STRA.O: ), $174.80, down 13 pct
The company said data released related to its Strayer
University by the Department of Education regarding the
proposed gainful employment regulation was significantly at
odds with its own analysis, and this would lead to strong
implications. [ID:nSGE67F0GA]
RESCARE Inc (RSCR.O: ), $12.25, up 21 pct
The company said it received a takeover proposal from
Canadian private-equity firm Onex Corp (OCX.TO: ) [ID:nSGE67F0I0]
SYSCO CORP (SYY.N: ), $29, down 3 pct
The food distributor’s quarterly profit rose 7 percent,
helped by case volume growth and food cost inflation.
[ID:nSGE67F0FG]
FLIR Systems Inc (FLIR.O: ), $26.96, up 1 pct
ICx Technologies Inc (ICXT.O: ), $7.56, up 12 pct
FLIR Systems said it agreed to buy ICx Technologies for
$274 million in cash to expand into the sensing technology
markets for defense and homeland security. [ID:nSGE67F0IN]
(Compiled by Santosh Nadgir in Bangalore)
HEADLINE STOCKS-U.S. small/midcap stocks on the move on Aug 16
