News Buzz: Halliburton (HAL), Metlife (MET), The Dow Chemical (DOW), Brocade Communications Systems (BRCD)

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) COO Jeffrey Allen Miller sold 18,756 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.00, for a total transaction of $1,087,848.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 223,712 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,975,296. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) showed weekly performance of 3.94%.

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET) (MetLife) announced that Wayne Daniel has been appointed Vice President, U.S. Pensions, in MetLife’s Corporate Benefit Funding division. Daniel will report to Robin Lenna, Executive Vice President and head of Corporate Benefit Funding at MetLife. Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) on last trade day closed at $54.27.

A plan to construct a CVS pharmacy in Midland would bring a preferred pharmacy for The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW)’s health plans to Dow’s hometown while redeveloping a triangle-shaped piece of land formed by Saginaw Road, Eastlawn Avenue and Washington Street. The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) shares after opening at $50.41 on last trading day attained maximum price of $50.96 and then ended up on $50.64 by increasing 0.96%.

Brocade Communications Systems (NASDAQ:BRCD) VP Ken Cheng unloaded 15,000 shares of Brocade Communications Systems stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.35, for a total transaction of $155,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 292,625 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,028,669. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRCD)’s stock on March 25, 2014 reported a increase of 2.00% to the closing price of $10.46.