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...Mr Smith said the two fastest-growing groups of new gun owners are women and African-Americans....
...Mr Biden had been planning to expand Obamacare, giving Americans a public option for health insurance....
...“We’ve been actually working on our insurance here for a couple of months because the insurance market has tightened up with regard to firearms,” Mr Buchanan told analysts on Thursday....
...Here the gun was a Colt or a Smith & Wesson, the girl was a femme fatale; Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall, Ida Lupino, Lizabeth Scott, Susan Hayward or one of their ilk....
...For that, Mr Kasargod-Staub blames BlackRock and Vanguard. Both hold substantial stakes in gunmakers via passive index funds....
...But such brutal figures have hardly affected two of the country’s largest and publicly traded gun makers, Sturm Ruger and American Outdoor Brands, owner of Smith & Wesson guns....
...Mr Debney said revenue growth in the firearms segment reflected demand for M&P-branded firearms and a continued benefit from promotions....
...The owner of gun maker Smith & Wesson posted better than expected earnings and revenue for the period....
...“That pistol has been extremely well received by our consumers and continues to gain momentum,” Mr Debney said in a statement....
...American Outdoor Brands, the owner of Smith & Wesson, rose 1.1 per cent. Sturm, Ruger & Co. was up 2 per cent....
...In their letter to Mr Clayton, however, the group of investors said most public companies did not receive any shareholder proposals....
...Norway’s $1.1tn oil fund cut its stake in American Outdoor Brands — formerly known as Smith & Wesson — by almost 90 per cent during last year....
...Shares in Sturm Ruger & Co, the largest US gunmaker, have fallen more than 20 per cent since the president took office, while American Outdoor Brands, the owner of Smith & Wesson, is down 60 per cent....
...Gunmaker stocks declined on Friday after Smith & Wesson parent American Outdoor Brands cut its earnings forecasts for the year following a sharp drop in quarterly sales....
...Gunmaker shares advanced on Thursday after an analyst at Lake Tree upgraded shares of Smith & Wesson’s parent company and said he saw the firearms industry “bottoming following a tough 18-month period”....
...Still, Mr Geisler said: “I am confident this regrouping ensures that Remington will continue as both a strong company and an indelible part of our national heritage.”...
...Mr Justice Bodey, formerly a judge in the family division, describing how people have been forced to represent themselves at family court hearings, says: “I find it shaming that in this country, with its...
...Mr Debney said the third-quarter results “reflected a continuation of challenging market conditions in the consumer market for firearms.”...
...If anyone tried to push my Dad around after a high school shooting I’d have turned up with a Smith and Wesson.” This was followed a day later by: “Macaulay Culkin would make a great third son....
...After November 8, shares in American Outdoor, formerly Smith & Wesson, have fallen by half while Sturm Ruger fell by a quarter....
...This means they invest in companies such as American Outdoor Brands, formerly known as Smith & Wesson, and Sturm Ruger because they are constituents of an index, rather than based on the investment case....
...AOB, formerly known as Smith & Wesson, fell as much as 8.3 per cent on Friday before trimming its losses to trade down more than 5 per cent as of pixel time....
...The industry outlook changed with Mr Trump’s victory on November 8. While the election result buoyed the broader stock market, shares in gunmakers such as Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger plunged....
...Shares in Sturm Ruger & Company gained 5.6 per cent in ahead of the bell, while Smith & Wesson climbed nearly 7 per cent....
...Sturm, Ruger & Co shares rose 8.5 per cent to $62.29 while shares in Smith & Wesson gained 6.9 per cent to $22.88....
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