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LaSalle Hotel Properties Announces Departure of Chief Financial Officer
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 4:20pm | 95LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO) today announced that it and Hans S. Weger, the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, agreed that Mr. Weger's employment with the Company would terminate no later than February 28, 2011. Mr. Weger will continue to...
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Strategic Hotels & Resorts to Sell the InterContinental Prague
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:20am | 155Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: BEE) today announced that the company has signed a share purchase agreement for the sale of the InterContinental Prague to an investment group led by an affiliate of Westmont Hospitality for a total consideration of approximately euro 110.6 million, or...
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Gen-Probe Files PMA for PROGENSA - Analyst Blog
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 9:51pm | 673Diagnostic products maker Gen-Probe Inc. (GPRO) has submitted a Pre-market Approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its PROGENSA PCA3 assay, a novel molecular test designed to aid the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Gen-Probe is seeking FDA approval to use the...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners (SOXS, TZA, DRV, FAZ)
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 4:27pm | 189Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) led the decliners among the ETFs today, with a decline of 12.12%. In the semiconductor sector, Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) gained 4.50%. Direxion Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (ETF) (NYSE: TZA) lost 9.79% today. It closed at $26.71...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers (SOXL, TNA, DRN, FAS)
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 4:17pm | 233Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXL) spiked 11.89% today, as Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) jumped 4.46%. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) gained 2.33%, and closed at $19.42. Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: TNA) broke its three day loosing streak, and closed...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners (DRN, FAS, URE, UYG, TNA, EWD)
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 6:14pm | 229Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X (ETF) (NYSE: DRN) and ProShares Ultra Real Estate (ETF) (NYSE: URE) dropped 7.94% and 4.43% respectively, as the real estate stocks struggled today. Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) dropped 3.34% in today's trading session. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares(ETF...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners (DRN, TMV, UCO, URE, ZSL)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 6:22pm | 202Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X (ETF) (NYSE: DRN) dropped 4.32% today, as the real estate stocks struggled. Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) fell 2.69%, and Simon Property Group, Inc (NYSE: SPG) dropped 0.99%. Direxion Daily 30 Year Treasury Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: TMV) fell 3.80% in the regular...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers (DRV, DTO, TMF, AGQ)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 6:05pm | 159Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X (ETF) (NYSE: DRV) rebounded on Tuesday, after two consecutive trading session in the negative territory. DRV gained 4.29%, and closed at $22.35. In the real estate space, Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) dropped 2.69%. PowerShares DB Crude Oil Double Short ETN (NYSE:...
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Afternoon Market Update (HRB, GS, ETFC, HCN, CAG)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 1:22pm | 190H&R Block Inc (NYSE: HRB) has appointed Jeff Brown as the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Brown has been the interim CFO of the company for the last 5 months. Shares of H&R Block lost about 1.4%. US Financial stocks moved down, as investors awaited the decision on the monetary...
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Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Pricing of 8,000,000 Shares at $45.75
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 9:40am | 121Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE: HCN) today announced earlier today the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 8,000,000 shares of common stock at $45.75 per share. The offering was increased in size from 7,000,000 shares in response to investor demand. The company has granted the...
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Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Proposed Offering of 7,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 4:04pm | 115Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE: HCN) announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 7,000,000 shares of its common stock. Health Care REIT intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,050,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any....
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LTC Declares $.50 Dividend on Preferred Stock
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 9:31am | 46LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC) announced today that it had declared the quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share on the Company's 8.0% Series F Cumulative Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on October 15, 2010 to stockholders of record on October 1, 2010
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Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $.01
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 4:07pm | 46Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: HST) announced that its board of directors authorized a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share on the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable on October 15, 2010 to stockholders of record on September 30, 2010.
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Ventas Stays Neutral - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 5:36pm | 355We maintain our Neutral rating on Ventas Inc. (VTR), a leading healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) with a portfolio of 600 healthcare-related facilities strategically located in 44 states across the U.S. and two Canadian provinces. Ventas is one of the top-performing healthcare REITs in...
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Ashford Hospitality Trust Declares Preferred Dividends (AHT)
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 4:22pm | 159Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) today announced the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.5344 per diluted share for the Company's 8.55% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock for the third quarter ending September 30, 2010. The dividend, which equates to an annual...