Long Island stocks on move
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Globecomm Systems
(GCOM)
Hauppauge
$14.71 (week's change: +8.9%)
52-week return: +80.5%
Shares approached a four-year high after rival satellite communications provider EMS was bought by Honeywell. GCOM has reportedly hired advisers to assist in selling the company.
Systemax
(SYX)
Port Washington
$13.90 (week's change: +8.1%)
52-week return: -22.7%
The electronics retailer rallied on the heels of a better-than-expected earnings report from sector leader Best Buy, which said it had seen "improved sales trends within the quarter."
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