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In trading on Wednesday, shares of Inland Real Estate Corp's 8.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: IRC.PRA) were yielding above the 8% mark based on its monthly dividend (annualized to $2.0313), wi...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Seaspan Corp's 9.50% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual (NYSE: SSW.PRC) were yielding above the 9% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.375), with shares changin...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of RAIT Financial Trust's 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (NYSE: RAS.PRA) were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.9375), wit...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Kimco Realty Corp.'s 5.625% Class K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: KIM.PRK) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.4062), with s...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of UMH Properties Inc's 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: UMH.PRA) were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.0625), with s...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Edison International's 5.625% Trust Preference Securities (NYSE: SCE.PRF) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.4062), with shares changing h...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s 7.000% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: DLR.PRE) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.75),...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s 7.125% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: ESS.PRH) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.7812...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Brandywine Realty Trust's 6.90% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (NYSE: BDN.PRE) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.725), w...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of First Republic Bank's 5.625% Noncumulative Perpetual Series C Preferred Stock (NYSE: FRC.PRC) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.4062), wi...

Stephen Hester is to step down as chief executive of state-backed Royal Bank of Scotland later this year, giving a new boss time to prepare for the lender's privatisation process.

In trading on Wednesday, shares of NextEra Energy Inc's 5 7/8% Preferred Trust Securities (NYSE: NEE.PRC) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.4688), with shares changing hand...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of HSBC Holdings plc's Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F (NYSE: HBA.PRF) were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.8847), with ...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd's 7.401% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares (NYSE: AHL.PRA) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.8502),...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Northstar Realty Finance Corp's 8.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: NRF.PRC) were yielding above the 9% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.2...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of iStar Financial Inc's 7.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: SFI.PRI) were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.875), with s...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc's 5.75% Exchangeable Capital Securities, Series B (NYSE: RBS.PRL) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.4375...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd's 7.250% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares (NYSE: AHL.PRB) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.8124),...

Greece has been cut to emerging markets status, while the FTSE 100 underwent a makeover.

The weak close in the stock market Tuesday was a classic sign that the rebound from last Thursday's oversold low was over. Most of the index tracking ETFs gapped lower on the opening but then rebounded until just after l...

First the stock market soared to new all-time highs. Then came the word that home prices had just posted their first double-digit annual gain since 2006. Are the boom times back for stocks and real estate? Certainly, rec...

First a Chinese investment firm made a splash in the U.S. pork business with a nearly $5 billion deal for Smithfield Foods. Now a buyer from another one of the world's burgeoning economic powers is taking aim at an Ameri...