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iShares Launches Educational Campaign to Help Investors Choose Wisely Among ETFs
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 5:33pm | 151BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that its iShares® Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world's largest manager of ETFs, is launching a campaign to assist investors in(...)Read the rest of iShares Launches Educational Campaign to Help Investors Choose Wisely Among ETFs Copyright...
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Fortress Funds Completes American General Finance Acquisition
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 5:08pm | 58American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) and Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) announced today that certain Fortress managed funds acquired 80% of American General Finance Inc., a leading provider of consumer credit, from AIG. AIG retained a 20% interest in the AGF business.
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Federated Closes $14B Transition - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 5:00pm | 448Investment management firm Federated Investors Inc. (FII) accomplished the transition of $14 billion in money market assets that were previously managed by SunTrust Bank Inc.'s (STI) RidgeWorth Captial Management unit. On September 20, 2010, Federated acquired the money market management...
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Federated Closes $14B Transition - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 11:33am | 448Investment management firm Federated Investors Inc. (FII) accomplished the transition of $14 billion in money market assets that were previously managed by SunTrust Bank Inc.'s (STI) RidgeWorth Captial Management unit. On September 20, 2010, Federated acquired the money market management...
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Citi Lowers Estimates on Northern Trust Corp (NTRS)
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 10:35am | 47Citi lowers their 4Q10 estimate by $0.07 to $0.68, 2011 estimate by $0.25 to $3.10, and 2012 estimate by $0.30 to $3.70 on Northern Trust Corp (NASDAQ: NTRS) Citi also lowers their price target from $60 to $58 and maintains a Buy rating on NTRS. NTRS is trading at $50.46.
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Citi Decreases Price Target on Northern Trust Corp (NTRS)
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 9:07am | 21Citi decreases its price target on Northern Trust Corp (NASDAQ: NTRS) from $60 to $58.
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Westwood Holdings Group Names Martin J. Weiland to Its Board
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 5:21pm | 27Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG) today announced the election of Martin J. Weiland to its Board of Directors.
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Company News for November 29, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 10:30am | 374• General Motors (NYSE: GM) announced that its underwriters exercised their greenshoe option to purchase an additional 71.7 million shares, helping the formerly bankrupt auto company notch up a record $23 billion • Quantas resumed flights of its Airbus A380 aircraft, the first since an explosion of...
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AGNC Raised to Outperform - Analyst Blog
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 9:30am | 693We have recently changed our long-term recommendation for American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), from ‘Neutral' to ‘Outperform' as we...
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A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 8:57am | 496Pre-open movers US stock futures are higher, this morning as Ireland received a $113 billion aid package. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 25 points to 11,055, while those for the S&P 500 index moved up 2.50 points to 1,186. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index gained 2.50 points...
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Citigroup Downgrades AMP To Hold
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 8:37am | 51Analysts at Citigroup downgrade Ameriprise Financial Inc (NYSE: AMP) from "buy" to "hold." The target price for AMP has been raised from $50 to $56. AMP's shares lost 0.75% to close at $51.81 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Citi Raising Target On Ameriprise Financial (AMP)
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 8:05am | 153Citi Investment Research is raising its price target on Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) to $56 from $50 and is keeping its Hold/Medium Risk rating on shares. In a note sent to clients Citi writes, "The change to our rating is primarily valuation driven as we have also raised our target price...
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Citigroup Downgrades AMP To Hold
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 7:14am | 19Citigroup has downgraded Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) from Buy to Hold.
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Company News for November 29, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 5:23am | 374• General Motors (NYSE: GM) announced that its underwriters exercised their greenshoe option to purchase an additional 71.7 million shares, helping the formerly bankrupt auto company notch up a record $23 billion • Quantas resumed flights of its Airbus A380 aircraft, the first since an explosion of...
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AGNC Raised to Outperform - Analyst Blog
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 3:48am | 693We have recently changed our long-term recommendation for American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), from ‘Neutral' to ‘Outperform' as we...