Virginia-based management consulting company DRT Strategies has appointed Dave Cogar as its new president. Cogar joined the company in February and has brought more than 25 years of experience as a P&L executive in line with CEO Susan Kidd’s goals to recruit and position senior leaders to support the company’s gro...
The GovCon Index descended into narrow range in a choppy afternoon trading session Thursday and closed at a nominal decline of 0.093 points to 75.306 as U.S. investors paused to gauge markets’ rally over Tuesday and Wednesday. Financial shares posted a fifth-straight positive day on earnings from banks that exceeded Wall Street&...
The GovCon Index tumbled for a third consecutive session Tuesday at 0.294 points to 73.895 as U.S. investors weighed new economic data that showed mixed pictures for the domestic economy and remarks from International Monetary Fund leader Christine Lagarde that a global recovery is surrounded by political risk and instabilit...
The GovCon Index posted a gain of 0.348 points to 74.380 in a reflection of overall positive movement in U.S. markets Friday on March jobs figures that exceeded some economists’ expectations and new manufacturing data that showed some recovery in that sector. Both the Index and S&P 500 composite index held downward in the first hour-a...
The GovCon Index entered the final week of trade for the first quarter with a modest gain of 0.175 points to 72.953 in choppy trade for U.S. markets as stocks struggled to gain clear direction. Monday represented Montreal-based aerospace and defense contractor CAE‘s (NYSE: CAE) first day as a GovCon Index-listed stock to replace Heal...
The GovCon Index tumbled from a positive open and failed to climb back into a gain Thursday with a decline of 0.185 points to 72.857 as markets reacted to the European Central Bank’s series of interest rate and stimulus announcements earlier in the day and lower oil prices. U.S. stocks entered volatility mid-morning with the S&a...
The GovCon Index held lower throughout the trading session Tuesday and closed at a decline of 1.071 percent to 72.599 on earnings misses from two GCI stocks and investor reaction to oil price declines and new trade data out of China. ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) dropped 8.37 percent a day after the consulting services company post...
ICF International (NASDAQ: ICFI) — one of 30 companies listed on Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported 2015 and fourth quarter earnings and revenue below Wall Street’s forecasts on a strong U.S. dollar that impacted commercial and international government sales. The Fairfax, Virginia-based consulting servic...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2016 ” ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) will provide financial, analytic and communications services to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s HIV/AIDS prevention program under a $34.6 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the award covers collec...
The GovCon Index fell into a decline over the final two hours of trade Monday to end the full session at a loss of 0.351 points to 72.136 but still end February at a gain for the month. The Index rose 0.329 points in February as investors continued to welcome additional earnings reports from some government contractors ...
