Boston, MA 04/03/2014 (wallstreetpr) – The CEO of AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) is heading to Washington D.C. to receive a major honor. Mr. Mike Jackson, a man who has had a rare life transition will be recognized with the Horatio Alger Award, becoming among a selection of twelve people to be recognized this year. From a mechanical assistant, Mr. Jackson was unbowed in pursuing his passion to the point of reaching the pinnacle of his career as the CEO of the leading auto dealer in the U.S. Talk about the biggest auto dealer and AutoNation recently issued encouraging sales reports for its March operations, defying the poor weather that kept many customers away from showroom floors. Moreover, AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN)’s officially announced the end of epic winter and said that they hope the months ahead will be more rewarding and perhaps compensate for the poor sales at the height of winter weather.
The growing optimism in banking and financial services industry helped to propel shares of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE:CFR) to a new 52-week high in the last session. Investors are taking analyst sentiments into strides and analysts can be seen being optimistic about the prospects of CFR. Sterne Agree analysts upgraded the stock to neutral from underperform and planted stock price target of $74. The analysts cited the attractive valuation of the stock as informing their latest rating adjustment in Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE:CFR). Also, analysts at TheStreet recommend the stock for a buy, citing various strength areas which include but not limited to impressive growth of revenue, increasing profit margins, expanding net income and solid cash flow. Thus, if analyst sentiment is anything to go by, investors can catch the stock now and gain from the anticipated big growth.
After sort of a lull, the storm of business seems to be coming the way of Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:HOLI). The provider of automation technology has announced that its applications have been adopted in the latest nuclear reactor in China. The company stated that Yangjiang Nuclear Power successfully applied its controls technology in a plant which when online March 26. Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:HOLI) is looking to more business as demand for technology automation arises in various industries around the world.
