Cognizant Technology Solutions News

This week, I will run you through the most important buyback announcements for the week of May 7 till May 11, which turned out to be a reasonably active week in terms of buyback activity.

In a previous article related to Cognizant Technology Solutions posted on April 19, 2012, a protected covered call was considered for the company.

New York: Oil major Exxon Mobil has toppled Wal-Mart to become the biggest American corporation in the Fortune magazine's list of top 500 US companies that also features as many as six entities led by Indian-origin individuals.

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On Monday, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation Class A reported its first quarter earnings and discussed the following topics in its earnings conference call.

Shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions were up 5.8% to $59.55 after Robert Baird upgraded the stock to outperform.

Jobs Commodities Automobiles Insurance Real Estate Travel & Tourism Health & Pharma Lifestyle Media Power Telecom Infotech Retail Infrastructure Editor's Picks New Delhi: US-based software services firm Cognizant Technology Solutions today posted 17 per cent rise in net profit at USD 243.7 million for January-March, 2012.

Uncle Sam is getting paperwork together to dump $5 billion of shares in American International Group Inc.

TEANECK, N.J., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation , a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, today announced its first quarter 2012 financial results.

Wall Street is optimistic about Cognizant Technology , which is slated to report its first quarter results on Monday, May 7, 2012.