International Business News - System http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif An analyst on Wednesday downgraded NCI Building Systems Inc., which makes metal building products, because of a deteriorating outlook for nonresidential construction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/ahead-of-the-bell-nci-building-systems-downgraded.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:58:23 EDT An analyst downgraded shares of Total System Services Inc. Tuesday, noting the risk recent bank consolidations pose to the outsourced payment services provider's customer portfolio, as well as general economic weakness. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/ahead-of-the-bell-total-system-services.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:27:06 EDT Total System Services Inc. said its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 7 cents. The provider of outsourced payment services said the dividend is payable Oct. 1 to shareholders of record Sept. 18. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/total-system-services-declares-7-cent-dividend.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:00:09 EDT Shares in beleaguered Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. again closed below the required $1 threshold Thursday, a week after Nasdaq warned the company to boost its share price or be delisted. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/spanish-broadcasting-system-on-verge-of-delisting.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:20:24 EDT Sentencing is set for Dec. 5 for a former southern Illinois health system chief who admits he failed to pay more than $1.7 million in federal employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/sentencing-set-for-former-health-care-system-chief.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:54:06 EDT Investors will be able to access financial disclosures from all U.S. public companies and mutual funds in an interactive format within two years, as regulators replace a 1980s-vintage, text-based reporting system with an Internet-based platform. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/all-sec-financial-data-to-be-interactive.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:26:16 EDT Total System Services Inc. shares plunged more than 20 percent on Thursday after the electronic payment processing provider lowered full-year guidance, citing market turmoil triggered by the credit crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/total-system-services-plunges-on-guidance-cut.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:08:09 EDT Trucking company Ryder System Inc. on Wednesday narrowed its full-year earnings prediction and issued a third-quarter forecast within the range of what Wall Street is expecting. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/ryder-narrows-08-outlook-issues-3q-forecast.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:46:07 EDT Trucking company Ryder System Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter earnings slipped 3 percent, mostly due to a one-time charge related to tax adjustments in its Brazilian supply chain solutions business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/ryder-system-2q-profit-slips-3-percent-on-charge.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:24:28 EDT Trucking and logistics company Landstar System Inc. said Wednesday its board of directors raised the limit of a stock buyback program by 2 million shares. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/landstar-system-board-boosts-buyback-program.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:03:37 EDT Landstar System Inc., a trucking and logistics company, said Wednesday its board of directors raised the company's quarterly dividend by 7 percent, to 4 cents per share. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/landstar-system-board-raises-quarterly-dividend.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:58:27 EDT Landstar System Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit rose less than 1 percent, as higher purchased transportation costs ate away at revenue gains. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/landstar-system-2q-profit-nearly-flat-on-costs.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:53:52 EDT Trucking and logistics management company Ryder System Inc. said Monday it has elected former Caterpillar Inc. executive James S. Beard to its board of directors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/ryder-elects-former-caterpillar-executive-to-board.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:36:05 EDT Ryder System Inc. on Thursday said its board declared a quarterly dividend of 23 cents. The transportation management company said the dividend is payable Sept. 12 to shareholders of record Aug. 18. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/ryder-system-declares-quarterly-dividend.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:56:21 EDT Shares of Columbia Banking System Inc. lost nearly half of their value Thursday after the company said it expects to make a provision for loan losses of $15.4 million in the second quarter, news that led two analysts to slash ratings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/columbia-banking-shares-slide-on-loan-provision.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:18:43 EDT The executive vice president and chief human resources officer of trucking and supply chain management company Ryder System Inc. sold 1,788 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/ryder-system-executive-vice-president-sells-shares.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:16:16 EDT When viewed from the rest of the galaxy, the edge of our solar system appears slightly dented as if a giant hand is pushing one edge of it inward, far-traveling NASA probes reveal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/space-probes-show-solar-system-dented-not-round.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:07:28 EDT An analyst upgraded Landstar System Inc. to "Buy" from "Hold" Thursday, saying a recent stock price slip gives investors an opportunity to take advantage of the company's projected growth as freight demand stabilizes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/landstar-system-jumps-after-upgrade-to-buy.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:46:08 EDT The vice president and chief information officer at trucking company Landstar System Inc. exercised options for 3,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/landstar-system-executive-exercises-options.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:44:15 EDT A director at trucking company Landstar System Inc. sold 29,265 shares of common stock, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/landstar-system-director-sells-29-265-shares.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:40:45 EDT