News Breaks
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| 22:32 EDT |  | SHAW |
| theflyonthewall.com: | Shaw Group CEO bought $6.4M in stock this week, Barron's reports | | James Bernhard Jr., the founder and CEO of engineering and construction firm Shaw Group (SHAW), bought 250,000 shares for $6.4M, or about $25.70 per share. The buys were the first for any executive at the company in at least six years, according to InsiderScore.com, and it came after the company has struggled in recent weeks. Shaw shares lost 20% of their value in October alone. Bernhard owns about 2% of the company's shares. Shaw Group announced on Thursday morning that it had been awarded a contract to do engineering and procurement work on an ethylene plant in Turkey. Shares were up 8.5% on the day. Bernhard's buy represents a major change in sentiment at the company. Insiders at Shaw were aggressive sellers from 2005 through the middle of the summer of 2008, after which the stock collapsed and insiders moved to the sidelines. Reference Link :theflyonthewall.com |
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