Stocks Active in News: Wave Systems (NASDAQ:WAVX), BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE:BHP), Alcatel Lucent SA (NYSE:ALU), Nuance Communications (NASDAQ:NUAN), KOC HOLDINGS AS (OTCMKTS:KHOLY)

SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) in partnership with Wave systems Corp. (NASDAQ:WAVX) recently unveiled its latest X300s SSD, thereby enhancing its solid state drive (SSD) portfolio. The newly-launched SSD will cater to the needs of emerging IT enterprises, secure data and enhance the performance of data centers and client computing devices. Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ:WAVX) net profit margin is -83.20% and weekly performance is 18.44%. On last trading day company shares ended up $1.67. Analysts mean target price for the company is $1.76. Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ:WAVX) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 44.56%.

BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE:BHP) was downgraded by stock analysts at Liberum Capital from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report issued on Wednesday. BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) shares advanced 0.80% in last trading session and ended the day on $69.01. BHP return on assets is 17.80%.BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) quarterly performance is -0.53%.

Alcatel-Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) plans to open a Bell Labs research center, like the Nobel-prize-winning one in Murray Hill, N.J., outside Tel Aviv to help the French network-equipment maker advance in cloud technology against competitors including Ericsson and Nokia. Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) shares moved up 1.57% in last trading session and was closed at $3.89, while trading in range of $3.87 – $3.92. Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) year to date (YTD) performance is -11.59%.

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) announced that Oracle® has selected Nuance voice and language offerings for a broad set of Oracle mobile apps. Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) ended the last trading day at $15.53. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.74% and price to cash ratio as 6.38.Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) showed a positive weekly performance of 1.64%.

Koc Holding AS (OTCMKTS:KHOLY) Turkey’s biggest industrial group said on 12 may this year’s first quarter profits rose 24 percent to 562 million Turkish Lira (US$270 million) compared to the same period last year. On last trading day company shares ended up $23.35.

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