TYCO International News

Patriot Scientific Corporation today announced that Tyco International Ltd. has purchased an MMP Portfolio license.

Reston-based ObjectVideo Inc., a video analysis software-maker, said Sony Corp. has signed an agreement to license its patented technology, and it has withdrawn its patent infringement complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Covidien offers an extensive healthcare product line that spans medical devices, medical supplies and pharmaceuticals.

Tyco International Ltd 's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by Zacks Investment Research in a research note issued to investors on Friday.

Tyco International Ltd 's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Nomura in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday.

The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended Dec. 30 , Tyco International met expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

More U.S.-listed multinational manufacturers reported market-beating quarterly profits and issued full-year forecasts that assume slightly faster growth later in the year than in the near-term. Makers of expensive capital equipment, which often have long lead times, can forecast results more than a few months ahead based on orders and other data, ... (more)

S&P 500 component TYCO International Ltd. reported its results for the first quarter.

JP Morgan says, "Adjusted EPS of $0.84 was ahead of our $0.78 . Segment profit beat our estimate by $0.04, led by Fire and Flow while Security was in line.

Tyco International Ltd is expected to post its Q1 EPS at $0.79 on revenue of $4.26 billion.

Textron Inc. : AAI Logistics & Technical Services, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron company, announced that the company has received an award from the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to provide logistics support and concurrency modifications for the B-1B Training System.

Tyco International is expected to report Q1 earnings before the market open on Tuesday, January 31 with a conference call scheduled for 8:00 am ET.

SimplexGrinnell, a Tyco International company and longtime leader in fire and life safety, announced the acquisition of privately held Certified Fire Protection, Inc., a leader in fire suppression in the greater Atlanta area for the past 20 years.

The consensus estimate is 79 cents per share, up 5.3% from a year ago when Tyco reported earnings of 75 cents per share.

Of course the earnings were great. We are in one of the worst economic periods since the 1930's so should we expect anything else? Wait, what?Among other big paydays: Apple's Tim Cook - $378 million, including $376 million in restricted stock after replacing the late Steve Jobs.

L. Dennis Kozlowski, former CEO of Tyco International, has been granted work release from a 25-year jail term.

L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former chief executive of Tyco International Ltd. who was convicted of financial crimes and sentenced to up to 25-years in prison, has been approved for a work release program in New York State, prison authorities said Friday.