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The Board of Directors of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) declared a seven percent increase in the company's annual dividend, from the current annual rate of $1.92 to $2.06 per share on PepsiCo common stock. The quarterly dividend of $0.515 is payable June 30, 2011, to shareholders of record on June 3...

Gainers (% price change): Libbey Inc. (LBY) produces glass tableware in five countries and sells to over 100 countries is trading at a price of $16.68, a dramatic change of +4.81 (40.52%) from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company...

Cott Corp (NYSE: COT) Reports EPS of $0.09 vs. $0.15 Estimate; Revenues $534M vs. $532.5M Estimate.

Most Americans have gone through a bit of an emotional roller coaster the last two days, as the news cycle around the Osama Bin Laden death wound itself down. First, there was elation and/or relief, as the news broke that American special forces troops had hunted down and killed Osama. Then came a...

ARCA biopharma Inc (NASDAQ: ABIO) jumped 62.23% to $3.05 at 9:50 am. ABIO signed a global patent rights agreement with Novartis for one of ARCA's early stage assets. Leading Brands Inc (NASDAQ: LBIX) climbed 22.55% to $3.75. LBIX's Board of Directors authorized an increase of $1,000,000 US in its...

NL Industries Inc. (NYSE:NL)- a holding company is trading at a price of $15.99, a dramatic change of 12.29% from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 48.66M. China Shengda Packaging Group Inc...

Gabelli & Company is out with its "Focus Five" in a research report published today. For this quarter, Gabelli & Company highlighted Ascent Media (NASDAQ: ASCMA), Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: KO), CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS), Navistar International (NYSE: NAV), and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO)....

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE), raising its PT from $28 to $30. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We rate CCE Neutral. The stock is trading at 13x our 2011 EPS estimate. While other European bottlers are trading at slightly higher multiples...

UGI Corporation (UGI) - UGI is a distributor and marketer of energy products and services. Through subsidiaries, UGI operates natural gas and electric utilities in Pennsylvania, distributes propane both domestically and internationally, manages midstream energy and electric generation assets in...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) from $28 to $30 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Leading Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq: LBIX), North America's only fully integrated healthy branded beverage company announces that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase in its share repurchase program of an additional $1,000,000 US for the purpose of acquiring the Company's outstanding common...

In today's UBS research summary, UBS lowered the price target of Flextronics International (NASDAQ: FLEX) from $10 to $9.50. UBS increased the price targets of Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) from $47 to $52, Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) from $87 to $95, Buckeye Technologies (NYSE: BKI) from $28 to $29...

Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC)- Stillwater Mining Company is engaged in the development, extraction, processing, refining and marketing of palladium, platinum and associated metals (platinum group metals (PGMs)) from a geological formation in south central Montana known as the J-M Reef and...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are slightly lower this morning, as investors are awaiting key gross domestic product data and earnings reports from several companies. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 6 points to 12,635.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 1.20 points to 1,349....

Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) Reports EPS of $0.33 vs. $0.33 Estimate; Revenues $1.84B vs. $1.82B Estimate