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Stock Highlights : CSX Corp. (NYSE:CSX), Encana Corporation (NYSE:ECA), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH), Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE:BPI)

Stock Highlights : CSX Corp. (NYSE:CSX), Encana Corporation (NYSE:ECA), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH), Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE:BPI)
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Charles Donlon
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October 23, 2014
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CSX Corporation (NYSE:CSX), the transportation giant, is deep into the planning process for its Pittsburgh Intermodal Rail Terminal. When completed, the project will provide Western Pennsylvania companies with a direct freight rail link to the Midwest and beyond. CSX Corp. (NYSE:CSX) in last trading activity fell -0.64% to close at $33.98. Company weekly performance is 3.03% while its quarterly performance stands at 9.83%. CSX Corp. (NYSE:CSX) is -1.28% away from its 52 week high. Shares of Encana Corp. (NSYE:ECA) have earned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the fourteen brokerages that are currently covering the company. On last trading day Encana Corporation (NYSE:ECA) fell -5.45% to close at $18.05. Its volatility for the week is 3.92% while volatility for the month is 3.48%. ECA's sales growth for past 5 years was -22.60% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -48.30%. Encana Corporation (NYSE:ECA) monthly performance is -15.73%. Microsoft may be trying to compete with International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) in the emerging market for machine learning-based intelligence but like all rivals, these two with a storied past together have their share of mutual interests even as they tout competing public enterprise clouds. Hence the two are the latest to forge a cloud compatibility partnership. International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) in last trading activity decreased -0.88% to close at $161.79. Company weekly performance is -10.98% while its quarterly performance stands at -17.13%. International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) is -18.31% away from its 52 week high.Ashland Specialty Ingredients, the commercial unit of Ashland Inc (NYSE: ASH), has opened a new pharma center in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, which will focus on drug development and bioavailability enhancement. Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH) has 0.30% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 86.50%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $104.28. A California federal judge on Friday said Bridgepoint Education Inc. (NYSE:BPI)'s approval of a 2013 tender offer with Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII LP was based on "classic business judgment," tossing a shareholder derivative suit claiming the offer allowed Warburg to unfairly rake in nearly $250 million in profits via a share buyback. On Wednesday shares of Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE:BPI) closed at $11.75. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was 28.00% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 15.00%.

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