Best High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014

The Department of Defense announced three contracts to publicly traded companies on Friday. Two of these awards went to a single company -- the Jacobs Technology subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering (NYSE: JEC  ) -- including:

A $9.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursable contract to provide engineering and technology acquisition support services to the U.S. Air Force on "approximately 400 system/program activities" through Nov. 19, 2013. A separate, $7.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursable contract, to provide engineering and technology acquisition support services to the Air Force on unspecified other projects. This second, smaller award, however, was assigned the same completion data as for the first contract -- Nov. 19.

The third contract awarded Friday went to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT  ) , and specifically to its Mission Systems and Training division. Valued at $24.1 million, this contract exercises an option to extend work on the Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent for the "next/future Advanced Capability Build," or ACB, through December.�

Best High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014: Heritage Oil Corp Com Stk Npv (HOC.TO)

Heritage Oil Plc operates as an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. It has an exploration appraisal and development asset in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; exploration assets in Malta, Tanzania, Pakistan, Libya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo; and a producing property in Russia. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in St Helier, the Channel Islands.

Best High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014: Mountview Estates Plc(MTVW.L)

Mountview Estates P.L.C. operates as a property trading company in the United Kingdom. The company trades in regulated tenancy, life tenancy, and ground rent units, as well as owns and acquires tenanted residential properties. Its properties are located in Belsize Park, London. Mountview Estates P.L.C. was founded in 1937 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2014: United Community Financial Corp.(UCFC)

United Community Financial Corp. operates as the holding company for The Home Savings and Loan Company of Youngstown, Ohio that provides consumer and business banking service in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. The company offers various deposit products, including regular passbook savings accounts, demand deposits, individual retirement accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also engages in the origination of conventional real estate loans secured by real estate located in its market area, including single-family residences, multifamily residences, and nonresidential real estate; construction loans; commercial loans comprising lines of credit, revolving lines of credit, and term loans; and various types of consumer loans, including home equity loans, vehicle loans, recreational vehicle loans, marine loans, overdraft protection loans, unsecured loans, and loans to individuals secured by demand accounts, deposits, and other consume r assets. The company conducts its business from its main office located in Youngstown, Ohio; and 38 full-service branches and 7 loan production offices located in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. United Community Financial Corp. was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Youngstown, Ohio.