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After a strong start to the year, the world's largest economy is set to slow as some of the effects of government spending cuts take hold, likely leaving the central bank's extraordinary stimulus in place into at least 2014.Still, the labor market is expected to continue healing this year, even after last month's disappointingly weak job gains, and the housing recovery should gain momentum. Both should help keep the economy from cooling too much.Economists in a Reuters poll taken after the latest job report ratcheted up their forecasts for first quarter growth to an annualized 3 percent from the 2 percent forecast last month.But that pace is not expected to last, slowing to 1.6 percent in the second quarter before picking up to 2 percent for the rest of the year.While the consensus for the first quarter is the highest since polling began for that period in October 2011, the second quarter expectation in the poll is the lowest."We are expecting growth to slow but I wouldn't throw this i...
Activist investor Carl Icahn urged shareholders of Oshkosh Corp on Thursday to accept his $32.50-per-share bid for any and all outstanding shares of the company befo...
Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move hi...
The board of Oshkosh Corp. unanimously rejected investor Carl Icahn's $32.50-a-share cash tender offer and in turn adopted a shareholder rights plan, the company sai...
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn stood by his $32.50-a-share offer for heavy-duty truck maker Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) and said that he will announce a full slate of nomine...
Carl Icahn has asked Oshkosh Corp.'s (OSK) shareholders to sell their shares to him or vote for his slate of directors to replace the existing board.With a 9.5% stak...
Activist investor Carl Icahn named the first of a slate of directors he wants elected to the board of Oshkosh Corp , picking the former chief executive of the JLG ae...
Activist investor Carl Icahn offered to buy all the outstanding shares of Oshkosh Corp Thursday for a 21-percent premium to the U.S. truckmaker's closing price on We...
Truck maker Oshkosh Corp advised its shareholders on Thursday to take no action related to activist investor Carl Icahn's offer to buy all outstanding shares in the ...
Carl Icahn offered to buy the rest of Oshkosh Corp. (OSK) that he doesn't already own in a deal that values the heavy-duty vehicle maker at about $3 billion and said...
Shares of Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) soared nearly 15% to a 52-week high Thursday after billionaire investor Carl Icahn offered to buy the emergency vehicle maker for $32.50...
Activist investor Carl Icahn on Thursday offered to buy all outstanding shares of U.S. truckmaker Oshkosh Corp for $32.50, a 21 percent premium to their Wednesday cl...
Activist investor Carl Icahn on Thursday offered to buy all outstanding shares of U.S. truckmaker Oshkosh Corp for $32.50, a 21 percent premium to their Wednesday cl...
Truck and military vehicle maker Oshkosh Corp said it will cut about 900 jobs in its defense business due to budget cuts.The company said it would reduce its workfor...
Truck maker Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) said Tuesday afternoon it plans to cut a total of 900 positions in its defense division starting in June, citing a decline in producti...
Truck and engine maker Navistar International Corp appointed Chief Operating Officer Troy Clarke as its chief executive, replacing interim CEO Lewis Campbell who cam...
The U.S. stock market continued to climb amid low volatility conditions on Friday. Investors remain focused on quarterly earnings reports with a wide number of stock...
Oshkosh Corp. shares jumped as much as 13% at the open Friday after the specialty and custom truck maker posted a 20% higher fourth-quarter results and raised its fu...
Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday abandoned his effort to acquire control of U.S. truck and military vehicle maker Oshkosh Corp after shareholders tendered few...
Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday abandoned his effort to acquire control of U.S. truck and military vehicle maker Oshkosh Corp after shareholders tendered few...
