Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is now looking to deploy this cash to good effect in order to achieve a better return on investments. Yahoo has already committed to returning half of the cash proceeds that it received by selling its stake in Alibaba to shareholders through a buyback or dividends. Yahoo has a number of options to deploy the remaining cash. Last month, Starboard sent a letter to Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, asking her to consider acquiring AOL (AOL) with the remaining cash balance. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) in last trading activity fell -0.40% to close at $37.82. Company weekly performance is -7.94% while its quarterly performance stands at 13.88%. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is -14.06% away from its 52 week high.J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) has named a Home Depot executive as its next CEO. The department store operator said Monday that Marvin Ellison, currently executive vice president of stores at Home Depot Inc., will become president in November and CEO next August. On last trading day J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) fell -0.98% to close at $7.09. Its volatility for the week is 7.15% while volatility for the month is 5.96%. JCP's sales growth for past 5 years was -8.50% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -33.20%. J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) monthly performance is -34.95%.Acme United Corp. (NYSE:ACU) COO Brian S. Olschan unloaded 5,100 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.74, for a total transaction of $85,374.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 39,576 shares in the company, valued at approximately $662,502. On last trading day Acme United Corp. (NYSEMKT:ACU) fell -0.18% to close at $16.82. Its volatility for the week is 1.49% while volatility for the month is 1.30%. ACU's sales growth for past 5 years was 5.50% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -0.30%. Acme United Corp. (NYSEMKT:ACU) monthly performance is -0.94%.Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE:LUK) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $2.85 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.91 billion. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE:LUK) has 4.50% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 64.30%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $21.84.Alliant Energy Corp. (NYSE:LNT) has been named as a Top 10 dividend paying utility stock, according to Dividend Channel , which published its weekly ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among utilities, LNT shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. On Wednesday shares of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) closed at $57.56. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was -2.20% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 4.70%.
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