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Pre-open movers US stock futures are slightly higher this morning. Gold and silver futures continued to recover from the last week's losses. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 19 points to 12,719.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 1.70 points to 1,355.50. Nasdaq 100...

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) announced today that it and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as the selling shareholder, have commenced a registered public offering of AIG common stock, par value $2.50 per share. One hundred million shares will be issued and sold by AIG and 200...

The Board of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) approved the company's second initial public offering in its history, according to a source familiar with the matter. CNBC's Kate Kelly first reported the development late Tuesday night. According to her report, "As part of the deal, the...

Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) announced today the declaration of the Company's quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per share of Common Stock, payable June 14, 2011 to shareholders of record on June 1, 2011.

I have a diverse set of interests, and two of my passions include eating assorted bon bons, and buying stocks low (selling them high). The only thing better than that is to also get paid for doing those same activities. Until I get paid for competing on the national bon bon competitive eating...

Below are the top accident & health insurance stocks on the NYSE in terms of PEG ratio AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) has a PEG ratio of 0.69. AFL's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 21.02%. Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) has a PEG ratio of 0.74. UNM's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $10.19 billion. CNO...

Shares of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG) are trading higher on the session by 1.99%, at $27.64. With shares hovering on the 50-day moving average, you have to wonder where shares could move next… Bulls: The bulls will note that the stock made a high volume bottom in March...

KBW has an Underperform rating and a $23 price target on shares of AIG (NYSE: AIG) following earnings. In a note to investors, KBW writes, "1Q11 included many items one-time in nature including the major catastrophe losses but offset by strong investment results including partnership income,...

US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting April nonfarm-payrolls data. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28 points to 12,598.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 4.30 points to 1,339.30. Nasdaq 100 futures surged 8.30 points to 2,387.50. US...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) to report its Q1 EPS at $4.35 on revenue of $1.06 billion. WPO shares declined 2.19% to close at $432.56 yesterday. Visa Inc (NYSE: V) reported a 24% surge in its fiscal second-...

One of my worst blunders of 2010 was selling Priceline.com (PCLN) in the low $200s after booking a very nice gain.  In the 15 or so months since, it has rallied another 150%ish.  As Homer S would say "DOH!".  I would think at some point the expectations would be too high for this company to...

Wunderlich Securities, which raised its PT on shares of HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HCC), is providing some color on the stock. “We believe HCC Insurance Holdings' focus on underwriting and diversity assures solid profitability,” Wunderlich Securities writes. “In our opinion, HCC has an...

Wunderlich Securities has raised the price target on HCC Insurance Holdings (NYSE: HCC) from $34 to $37 and maintains its Buy rating.

Sara Lee Corp (NYSE: SLE) is estimated to post its Q3 EPS at $0.25 on revenue of $2.23 billion. General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.93 on revenue of $35.59 billion. Visa Inc (NYSE: V) is expected to post its Q2 earnings at $1.20 per share on revenue of $2....

Unitrin (NYSE: UTR) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share. The dividend is payable on May 27, 2011 to its shareholders of record as of May 13, 2011.