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Shares of American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) are currently down 4.2% at $28.28 per share during Thursday morning trading. After the market closed on Wednesday, American Capital Agency Corp announced a secondary offering of 8 million shares being sold to Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) and...

• Costco (NASDAQ: COST) posted fiscal first quarter earnings $0.02 higher than estimated at $0.71, as revenues jumped 11.2% to $19.24 billion, up from estimate of $18.81 billion • H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) posted a fiscal second quarter loss of $0.35 a share, versus an expectation of a $0.37 loss,...

• Costco (NASDAQ: COST) posted fiscal first quarter earnings $0.02 higher than estimated at $0.71, as revenues jumped 11.2% to $19.24 billion, up from estimate of $18.81 billion • H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) posted a fiscal second quarter loss of $0.35 a share, versus an expectation of a $0.37 loss,...

Shares of Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) are lower on the session by 2.84%, trading at $50.72. Overall call volume is now running at 2.70x the daily average, with 59% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,843 contracts have traded on the session so far. Deutsche Bank AG is a global...

Health Care REIT Inc. (HCN), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates senior housing and health care real estate, has recently announced plans to offer 10.0 million common shares at $43.75 each to raise cash. The company had earlier announced its offer of 9 million shares. Health Care...

Health Care REIT Inc. (HCN), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates senior housing and health care real estate, has recently announced plans to offer 10.0 million common shares at $43.75 each to raise cash. The company had earlier announced its offer of 9 million shares. Health Care...

Morgan Stanley (MS) has received approval from the Chinese regulators to sell its 34.3% stake in China International Capital Corp. (“CICC”) to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., TPG Capital, Singapore's Great Eastern Holdings Ltd. and Government of Singapore Investment Corp., Bloomberg reported...

Morgan Stanley (MS) has received approval from the Chinese regulators to sell its 34.3% stake in China International Capital Corp. (“CICC”) to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., TPG Capital, Singapore's Great Eastern Holdings Ltd. and Government of Singapore Investment Corp., Bloomberg reported...

• Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT) said it plans to acquire Canada's Western Coal for $3.3 billion • Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is reported to have signed a deal to pay $1.9 billion for a Manhattan city block • Citigroup (NYSE: C) downgraded eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) from "buy" to "hold" • Big Lots (NYSE: BIG)...

• Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT) said it plans to acquire Canada's Western Coal for $3.3 billion • Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is reported to have signed a deal to pay $1.9 billion for a Manhattan city block • Citigroup (NYSE: C) downgraded eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) from "buy" to "hold" • Big Lots (NYSE: BIG)...

• State Street (NYSE: STT) said it will lay off 1,400 jobs, or 5% of its workforce • RLI (NYSE: RLI) said it will pay a $7.00 per share special dividend • Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) initiated coverage of Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) with a "buy" rating and a price target of $44 • Jefferies (NYSE: JEF)...

Health Care REIT Inc. (HCN), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates senior housing and health care real estate assets, has recently announced plans to offer 9.0 million common shares to raise cash. The company will also grant the underwriters an option to purchase an additional 1.4...

Analysts at JP Morgan upgrade Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) from "underweight" to "neutral." DB's shares lost 2.82% to close at $47.96 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

• State Street (NYSE: STT) said it will lay off 1,400 jobs, or 5% of its workforce • RLI (NYSE: RLI) said it will pay a $7.00 per share special dividend • Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) initiated coverage of Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) with a "buy" rating and a price target of $44 • Jefferies (NYSE: JEF)...