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10 Stocks With Fastest Dividend Growth
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 7:51am | 348BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Investing in dividend stocks requires more than the ability to spot high yields. Dividend growth is the surest way to outperform other income investments. The following 10 stocks offer attractive payouts, but more importantly, they sport some of the fastest dividend-growth...
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An Update on DARA Bio - Analyst Blog
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 7:45pm | 956KRN5500 Data Looks Strong On September 8, 2010, DARA BioSciences (DARA) presented positive study results from its phase II dose escalation study with KRN5500 at the 13th World Congress on Pain. The multicenter, placebo-controlled phase II study was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of...
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Innotrac Achieves Compliance Validation
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 4:05pm | 127Innotrac Corporation (Nasdaq: INOC), a leader in providing technology-based, integrated fulfillment solutions for global brands, announced today that it has achieved 2010 Level 1 compliance validation with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Trustwave®, the leading provider...
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Hill International Tri-Venture Selected to Support $4.1 Billion Program
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 3:12pm | 83Hill International (NYSE: HIL) announced today that a joint venture of Hill, Systra Engineering and Gannett Fleming has received a contract from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to provide expert professional planning, project management and related services on a call-in basis in...
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AMREP Announces 'Going Private' Proposal at $12.00 Per Share
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 8:16am | 144AMREP Corporation (NYSE: AXR) today reported that Nicholas G. Karabots, the beneficial owner of approximately 60% of AMREP's outstanding common stock and the Vice Chairman of AMREP's Board of Directors, has submitted to the Board of Directors a proposal for the merger of AMREP with a company...
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Equifax Serious on Indian Market - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 12:03pm | 564Business and credit information provider Equifax Inc. (EFX) is expanding its business operations in India. The company has made necessary arrangements to provide detailed credit information to its clients, by gathering relevant credit data from some of the largest banking and financial...
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Poll Reveals 85 Percent of Americans Would Never Rebook at a Hotel with Dirty Floors
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 7:10am | 241A recent Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) survey conducted by telephone by Harris Interactive® among 1,009 U.S. adults ages 18 and older revealed what is most likely to prevent a consumer from rebooking with a hotel. Eighty-five percent of U.S. adults said they would not rebook at a hotel if there...
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D&B Reaffirms, Declares Acquisition - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 11:09am | 837The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (DNB) announced the acquisition of a privately held member of the D&B Worldwide Network, Dun & Bradstreet Australia Holdings Limited (D&B Australia) for approximately $205 million in cash. The D&B Australia is a leading provider of credit and...
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Competitive Technologies Announces New Ticker Symbol
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 4:20pm | 45Competitive Technologies, Inc. (Amex: CTT) today announced that, effective at the open of trading on September 3, 2010, the Company's common stock will trade on the OTCQB™ marketplace under the ticker symbol CTTC. The Company's previous ticker was CTT.
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D&B Re-Acquires D&B Australia
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 10:36am | 114The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE: DNB) has re-acquired Dun & Bradstreet Australia operation for $205M, which is divested in 2001 for $24M, JP Morgan reports. Since then, Dun & Bradstreet has tripled revenues due to increased cross-border activity as businesses (minerals,...
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Mac-Gray Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend of $.05 (TUC)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 8:34am | 44The Board of Directors of Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on the Company's Common Stock payable on October 1, 2010, to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2010.
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FTI: Electricity Consulting Group - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:51pm | 413FTI Consulting Inc. (FCN), the global business advisory firm, recently announced that it formed a consulting group for businesses operating or investing in the power industry. Simultaneously, the company hired industry veterans, Jim Drzemiecki and Tanya Bodell, to its Economic Consulting practice...
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School Specialty Upgraded - Analyst Blog
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 2:07pm | 440We recently upgraded our recommendation on School Specialty Inc. (SCHS) to Neutral with a target price of $14.00. Earlier, we had an Underperform rating on the stock. School Specialty is the leading provider of supplemental educational products for the PreK-12 market in the U.S. and Canada. The...
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Bond Traders Selling the News 08-27-2010
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 6:15pm | 819Cusick’s Corner Today we watched well positioned Bond traders (who were long before the Fed’s Quantitative Easing) take advantage of a “selling the news” opportunity in front of the weekend. We also watched the equity market bounce off some critical support levels, finishing on their highs of the...
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Heavy put volume in Apollo (APOL), post-earnings option activity in American Eagle (AEO)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 3:04pm | 1799The Hotlist scans unusual option volume during the trading day and is available to all OptionsHouse customers, including those who sign up for a virtual trading account. Refer to this article for more information on Hotlist works. There has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding for-profit...