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Best 212 dividend stocks in America

2010-03-19T19:15:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Yields anywhere between 3% and 10%</div><div><p>"Always be compounding." The three words above are written on a piece of paper and taped to my computer screen. Compounded returns are the single most important force in finance for generating investment profits. They're safe. They're sure. And anyone can do it. These three words remind me I should never stray from compounding, no matter what. Today, I'm going to tell you about a special list of 212 sto...

Weight Watchers to pay 17.5-cent dividend

2010-03-19T15:00:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Weight Watchers board declares dividend of 17.5 cents</div><div><p>Weight Watchers International Inc. said its board declared a quarterly dividend of 17.5 cents.</p><p>The weight-loss company said the dividend is payable on April 16 to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 1.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication....

Summary Box: Busy week shaping up for IPOs

2010-03-19T13:00:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Next week could be busiest week for IPOs since November 2007</div><div><p>HOW MANY: There could be as many as seven IPOs debuting next week. If all go through, it would be the busiest week since November 2007.</p><p>WHY NOW: Companies want to go public when investors are eager to make riskier bets. After a volatile start to the year, the stock market has stabilized with eight straight days of gains.</p><p>WHAT'S HOT:...

Stabilizing stock market giving IPOs a boost

2010-03-19T13:00:37Z

<div id="subtitle">More companies line up to go public as stock market stabilizes, giving IPOs a boost</div><div><p>The IPO market is set for its busiest week in more than two years as a steadier stock market and the success of one deal is encouraging more companies to sell shares to the public.</p><p>Companies planning initial public offerings have had a rough time this year as turbulent stock markets sapped investors' appetite for risk. Wary buyers demanded ...

HRPT Properties boosts size of public offering

2010-03-19T10:45:45Z

<div id="subtitle">HRPT Properties Trust increases size of public stock offering by 10M shares to 30M shares</div><div><p>HRPT Properties Trust increased the size of a public offering of common stock by 10 million shares to 30 million shares.</p><p>The real estate investment trust also said late Thursday that it priced the offering at $7.25 per share.</p><p>HRPT plans to use ...

EMC CEO gets $9M pay package in 2009, down 23 pct

2010-03-18T18:45:15Z

<div id="subtitle">EMC CEO gets $9M pay package in 2009, down 23 percent from last year</div><div><p>The pay package last year for EMC Corp. CEO Joe Tucci was 23 percent lower than in 2008, a reflection of lower equity awards and cuts to the data-storage company's executive salaries.</p><p>The company's proxy filing late Thursday with the Scorpio Tankers boosts size of expected IPO, now hopes to raise about $187.5 million</div><div><p>Shipper Scorpio Tankers Inc. on Thursday increased how much it hopes to raise from its expected initial public offering to about $187.5 million from $150 million.</p><p>The company, which is based in the Mar...

MGM Mirage NJ exit greases wheels for HK listing

2010-03-18T05:15:29Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES/HONG KONG (Reuters) - MGM Mirage's plan to exit the mature Atlantic City market in favor of booming Macau removes a year of overhang from the company and should clear the way for a share...

IHS 1st-qtr profit slips 1 pct on charges

2010-03-17T14:31:03Z

<div id="subtitle">IHS fiscal 1st-quarter profit slips 1 percent, weighed down by stock options expenses</div><div><p>IHS Inc., a provider of energy and security information to governments and large companies, said Wednesday that its fiscal first-quarter earnings edged down 1 percent, hurt by charges.</p><p>For the three months that ended Feb. 28, IHS said its net income slipped to $26.8 million, or 42 cents per ...

GM sees profit, possibly IPO this year: official

2010-03-17T11:16:23Z

<div><p>General Motors could be ready for an initial public stock offering as early as the second half of this year, the automaker's new chief financial officer said Wednesday.</p><p>"I think we have a reasonable chance of being profitable this year," Chris Liddell told reporters gathered for an informal meeting in SEOUL (Reuters) - Korea Life Insurance Co <088350.KS> shares closed up 8 percent in heavy trading on their debut on Wednesday, signaling keen demand ahead of bigger rival Samsung Life's planned $4 billion IPO in May.</p><p>Korea Life had priced its $1.6 bi...

Shin shuns limelight as Korea Life goes public

2010-03-16T23:15:15Z

<div><p>SEOUL (Reuters) - Shin Eun-chul is a four-decade insurance veteran who, into his eighth year in charge of South Korea's No.2 life insurer, has not given any media interviews.</p><p>That low profile is not unusual for the head of a flagship of one of South Korea's chaebol -- large, family-owned business gr...

Ex-exec testifies in KB Home fraud trial in LA

2010-03-16T18:00:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Former exec testifies against ex-KB Home chief in LA stock-option backdating trial</div><div><p>A former executive of KB Home testified Tuesday against former chairman and Chief Executive Bruce E. Karatz, who is accused of bilking shareholders out of millions of dollars by backdating stock options.</p><p>Prosecutors contend that Karatz, 64, ...

Developers Diversified to use offering to pay debt

2010-03-16T14:45:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Developers Diversified prices $300 million public offering of senior notes</div><div><p>Developers Diversified Realty Corp., a real estate investment trust, said Tuesday it plans to use about $300 million from a public offering of senior notes to repay debt.</p><p>The shopping center owner said the underwritten public offering of...

Financial Engines shares soar in trading debut

2010-03-16T14:45:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Retirement advisory firm Financial Engines shares soar in IPO debut after raising $127M</div><div><p>Shares of Financial Engines Inc. soared nearly 44 percent in their market debut Tuesday, giving the portfolio manager and advisory firm the best first-day IPO performance so far this year.</p><p>Financial Engines' first-day gain is the third-highest in the past 12 mon...

AP tally shows Prudential CEO's 2009 pay dipped

2010-03-16T14:04:09Z

<div id="subtitle">AP tally shows Prudential CEO's 2009 compensation falls 4.5 pct even as insurer reverses loss</div><div><p>The CEO of Prudential Financial Inc. received a 4.5 percent pay cut in 2009, even as the company moved to a profit from a loss.</p><p>The life insurer and annuity provider gave CEO John Strangfeld nearly $15.6 million in total compensation last year, compared with the $16.3 m...

Redgate Media cuts expected price for IPO

2010-03-16T06:00:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Chinese ad agency Redgate Media cuts price range for IPO, boosts number of shares offered</div><div><p>Chinese advertising company Redgate Media Group cut its asking price for shares in its initial public offering by 39 percent late Monday and delayed its IPO by a day.</p><p>The company, which conducts television, radio, billboards and Internet marketing campaigns in about...

Financial Engines prices shares above expectations

2010-03-16T05:15:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Retirement plan advisory firm Financial Engines prices above expectations; raises $127.2M</div><div><p>Portfolio manager and advisory firm Financial Engines Inc. became the first company since late November to price shares of its initial public offering above expectations, raising $127.2 million late Monday.</p><p>The Pal...

Abbott CEO's pay falls on reduced stock options

2010-03-15T19:00:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Abbott Laboratories gives CEO almost $22 million in pay, down on lower stock options</div><div><p>The chairman and CEO at Abbott Laboratories received a 13 percent drop in total compensation last year, mainly as a result of reduced stock options.</p><p>The North Chicago-based company disclosed in a regulat...

Phillips-Van Heusen to buy Hilfiger for $3 billion

2010-03-15T16:15:11Z

<div><p>NEW YORK/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Phillips-Van Heusen <PVH.N>, owner of the Calvin Klein label, agreed to buy fashion brand