Stocks on the Move: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), Asterias Biotherapeutics (NYSEMKT:AST), Valhi (NYSE:VHI)

CEVA Inc. (NASDAQ:CEVA) shares moved up 1.99% in last trading session and ended the day at $20.00. CEVA Gross Margin is 90.90% and its has a return on assets of 3.00%. CEVA Inc. (NASDAQ:CEVA) quarterly performance is -21.29%.

CEVA Inc. (NASDAQ:CEVA) and Spreadtrum Communications, a fabless semiconductor company in China with advanced technology in 2G, 3G, and 4G wireless communication standards, have announced the expansion of their long-term strategic partnership around Spreadtrum’s advanced LTE SoC smartphone platforms.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) shares advanced 3.18% in last trading session and ended the day at $32.80. YHOO Gross Margin is 58.20% and its has a return on assets of -9.30%. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) quarterly performance is -0.43%.

On 23 February, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) said that, Time Inc has been reaching out to bankers on pursuing a deal with Yahoo, according to the source, who wished to remain anonymous because they were not permitted to speak to the media.

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) ended the last trading day at $33.02. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.84% and price to cash ratio as 2.81. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) showed a weekly performance of 3.47%.

On 26 February, Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) said it would lay off an additional 5,000 workers due to the impact of sharply lower global crude prices on its businesses.

Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:AST) shares moved up 18.88% in last trading session and ended the day at $5.10. AST Gross Margin is 92.50% and its has a return on assets of -25.40%. Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:AST) quarterly performance is 7.37%.

On 29 February, Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:AST) announced the appointment of pharmaceutical industry veteran Stephen L. Cartt as President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. In addition, the Company announced the appointment of Don M. Bailey to its Board of Directors. Mr. Bailey, who previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. until its sale for $5.6 billion in 2014 to Mallinckrodt, plc, was named Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asterias.

Valhi, Inc. (NYSE:VHI) caters to the Basic Materials space. It has a net profit margin of -5.70% and weekly performance is 43.00%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up at $1.43. Valhi, Inc. (NYSE:VHI) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 14.80%.

Valhi, Inc. (NYSE:VHI) announced a quarterly dividend. Investors of record on Monday, March 7th will be given a dividend of 0.02 per share on Thursday, March 24th. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 3rd.