Syntel (SYNT) recently declared a regular quarterly dividend of 6 cents per share, which translates into an industry-leading yield of 0.6%. The company also reported third-quarter earnings of 73 cents per share, eclipsing last year's 54 cents and topping the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 24%.

Company Description

Syntel Inc. provides information technology and knowledge process outsourcing services worldwide. In describing its business, the company explains that it delivers flexible, custom Information Technology and Business Process outsourcing solutions that improve quality and reduce costs. Syntel serves the financial services, healthcare, insurance, automotive and retail industries among others.

Solid Income

The company recently declared a regular quarterly dividend of 6 cents per share, noting that it is payable on January 14 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 31.

The 6-cent dividend translates into an industry-leading yield of 0.6%.

Strong Third Quarter

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Tuesday September 15, 2009

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PACCAR’s (NASDAQ:PCAR) Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of nine cents ($.09) per share, payable December 7, 2009 to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2009, according to Mark C. Pigott, PACCAR chairman and chief executive officer.

Today CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR), announced the promotion of Tony Hadzi, currently Senior Vice President, to corporate Executive Vice President. Operationally, Hadzi continues to be President of CIBER’s Custom Solutions Division, which is responsible in the U.S. for all application software solutions for commercial clients and state &

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Friday September 4, 2009

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Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 6.7 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in August 2009, a 1.0 percent increase from the 6.6 billion RPMs flown in August 2008. Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased 6.1 percent to 8.3 billion from the August 2008 level of 8.9 billion. The load factor for the month was 80.2 percent, compared to 74.6 percent for the same period last year. For August 2009, passenger revenue per ASM is estimated to have decreased in the five to six percent range as compared to August 2008.

Phoenix

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London-based Acergy S.A. (ACGY) is a leading oilfield contractor engaged in the designing, procurement, building, installation and servicing of a range of offshore surface and sub-surface equipment for the oil and gas industry.

In recent times, the company has been successfully pursing a strategic shift towards the relatively high-margin deepwater markets (engineering and construction) that have braved commodity pricing and credit market turmoil. Deepwater drilling and subsequent construction activities are expected to get a further boost from the arrival of a large number of newbuild rigs in the coming years.

Acergy is one of only four companies providing a wide range of offshore services globally. As such, it remains well positioned to capitalize on the positive outlook for demand in subsea engineering and construction services over the coming years.

Acergy has been relatively untouched by the economic downturn so far, as more than 90% of its contracts are

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London-based Acergy S.A. (ACGY) is a leading oilfield contractor engaged in the designing, procurement, building, installation and servicing of a range of offshore surface and sub-surface equipment for the oil and gas industry. In recent times, the company has been successfully pursing a strategic shift towards the relatively high-margin deepwater markets (engineering and construction) that have withstood the commodity price and credit market turmoil. Deepwater drilling and the subsequent construction activities are expected to get a further boost from the arrival of a large number of newbuild rigs in the next few years. Acergy is one of only four global companies capable of providing a wide range of offshore services on a worldwide basis. As such, it remains well positioned to capitalize on the positive outlook for subsea engineering and construction services demand over the coming years. To date, Acergy has remained relatively unscathed from ...

DVR, Cal Dive International Inc.

HIG, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

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DrStockPick Watch List! for Thursday July 30, 2009

 

My Picks for Thursday July 30, 2009 are:

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DVR, Cal Dive International Inc.

DVR has provided manned diving services on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) since 1975. With recent acquisitions of certain assets from Acergy and Torch, Inc. in 2005, and Horizon Offshore in 2007, DVR has grown into one of the largest marine diving contracting company’s in the world.

DVR owns and operates the largest DSV fleet, the largest diving corps and the largest array of diving equipment in the world; as well as recently acquired conventional pipelay

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