SkyPeople Fruit Juice Inc (NASDAQ:SPU) shares surged in Friday's morning session, putting the stock on track to trade above a dollar again in the regular session, after the producer of fruit juice concentrates and other fruit-related products in China reported a 51% jump in Q3 earnings as revenue soared 79%. SPU trades in a 52-week range of $0.84 to $2.11. Net income attributable to the company climbed to $4.6 million, or $0.17 per share, from $3.0 million, or $0.11 per share. Revenue jumped to $34.8 million from $19.5 million a year earlier. Analyst estimates weren't available for comparison via Capital IQ."We are very pleased to report these strong financial results, highlighted by a balanced contribution to revenue among our core products due to the general availability of fresh fruit raw materials during the quarter," said CEO Hongke Xue. Xue said SkyPeople Fruit Juice Inc (NASDAQ:SPU) now sells its fruit juice beverages to more than 20,000 retail stores in some 20 provinces in China, and he expects those numbers to rise in the quarter ahead. He added: "China's rising incomes, we believe, are speeding the transition in consumer tastes toward healthy living, including the increased consumption of high-quality fruit juice beverages. We are therefore well positioned to capitalize on this trend and to continue to capture additional market share."Chanticleer Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:HOTR) shares rose Friday, after the owner and operator of restaurant brands posted a narrower Q3 loss on a nearly six-fold surge in revenue. Shares were up 4.4% at $1.88 recently, although they are still near the low end of their 52-week range of $1.71 to $5.84. Chanticleer Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:HOTR), which is a franchisee owner of Hooters restaurants in Australia, England, South Africa, Hungary, and Brazil, in addition to owning American Roadside Burgers and Spoon Bar & Kitchen, posted a Q3 net loss attributable to the company of $551,440, or $0.08 per share, compared with the prior-year period's loss of $1.4 million, or $0.38 per share. On an adjusted basis, its EBITDA improved to $509,805 in Q3 from a loss of $455,601 in the comparable period in 2013.The narrower loss came as revenue soared to $9.6 million from $1.6 million in the same quarter last year. No analyst estimates were available for comparison. The company said it believes Q4 2014 restaurant and gaming revenue will increase based on historical seasonality in Australia and South Africa, a full quarter of revenue from its Burger Co. acquisition, and partial period revenue related to the opening of its seventh Just Fresh and its third Hooters South Africa location in Johannesburg.Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) said it has received a $210 million contract to continue sustaining the U.S. Air Force's Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System fleet. The aerospace and electronics company said it is responsible for the logistics, engineering, training, mission support, supply chain and depot maintenance support of the Joint STARS fleet at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, as well as at forward operating locations throughout the world. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is trading in a 52-week range between $107.21 and $139.47.
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