May 6- Alliant Techsystems Inc:. *Barclays raises target price to $70 from $63; rating underweight. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 3- Alliant Techsystems Inc:. *Credit Suisse raises target price to $75 from $64; rating neutral. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 3- Alliant Techsystems Inc:. *Jefferies raises price target to $75 from $65; rating hold. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 3- Alliant Techsystems Inc:. *RBC raises price target to $71 from $58; rating underperform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 3- Alliant Techsystems Inc:. *JP Morgan raises price target to $86 from $82; rating overweight. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
CHICAGO, April 26 Credit metrics of speculative grade issuers have stabilized and show signs of plateauing, according to Fitch Ratings' in its latest installment of the' Leveraged Finance Stats Quarterly- Fourth Quarter 2012.' Fitch does not view the incremental leverage experience in the fourth quarter and expected in the first quarter to be either outside of expected rating levels or indicative of a deteriorating credit environment.
The move affects about $5 million in investments in Smith& Wesson Holding Corp and Sturm, Ruger& Co at the $254 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System, best known at Calpers.
NEW YORK, Feb 15- New York City's teacher pension fund has sold its stocks of publicly traded firearms manufacturers, becoming the largest U.S. public pension fund to do so in response to the school shootings in Connecticut, the city's top financial officer said.
Dec 7- Canadian authorities approved the acquisition of Nexen Inc by China's CNOOC Ltd on Friday and the purchase of Progress Energy Resources by Malaysia's Petronas after months of anxiety over the fate of foreign investments in Canadian resources.