Sterling Bancorp (STL) and Hudson Valley Holding Corp. (NYSE:HVB) have signed into a definitive merger contract in a stock-for-stock transaction worth at $539M, based on the closing price of Sterling Bancorp common stock on November 4, 2014. On the other consideration, Hudson Valley Holding Corp. (NYSE:HVB) begun last trade with a price of $25.40 and throughout the trading session climbed at $25.94. The day-trade ended with an advance of 10.41% to closed at $25.04.Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) released that it has purchased Blackbird Technologies, a leading provider of persistent surveillance, secure tactical communications and cybersecurity solutions to the Intelligence Community and special operations market. Shares of Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) opened at $105.46 with 308.37 million outstanding shares and hit to its highest price of $105.73 during the day and finally closed at $104.14 by scoring -0.91%. In the whole session, it traded on volume of 2.21 Million shares, which turned higher than its average volume.Actavis plc (NYSE:ACT) released that it planned retirement of R. Todd Joyce in early 2015. The firm has engaged a leading executive search firm to identify a successor. To ensure a smooth transition, the firm reported that Mr. Joyce will continue as the Company's CFO until a successor is named. Actavis plc (NYSE:ACT) stock hit highest price at $254.41, beginning with a price of $251.98 to the closed at 247.91 by a gain of 1.06% with a day range of $244.14-$254.41. The total market capitalization remained 65.513 Billion, total volume of 3.24 Million shares held in the session was surprisingly higher than its average volume of 2279.93 shares.
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