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GameStop Corp. (GME) approved a 9% increase of its regular annual cash dividend from $1.32 to $1.44 per share. The regular quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share will be payable on March 24, 2015 to all shareholders of re...

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Yahoo! Inc. (NASD: YHOO) has taken over the #110 spot from Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NASD: ADP), according to...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Sonoco Products Co. (NYSE: SON) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example ...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component CST Brands Inc (NYSE: CST) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Denbu...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component AECOM (NYSE: ACM) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example People's Unite...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Realty Income Corp. (NYSE: O) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Te...

The stress tests meant to ensure that big banks are safe and sound have become too predictable, experts warn in a paper published by the U.S. Treasury Department Tuesday. The researchers show that the examination process...

There was a lot not to like in the yearend report of Berkshire Hathaway. But, the stock’s trajectory, up 28%, made it unmistakably a 2014 absolute and comparative winner. All this in a year when hedge fund operators wo...

The Jordanian drug-maker will replace Tullow Oil in Britain's benchmark index

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of Pattern Energy Group Inc (NASD: PEGI) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.3...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of New York Community Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: NYCB) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized ...

The utility has hit by news British Gas was asking to appeal price controls

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of Honeywell International, Inc. (NYSE: HON) were yielding above the 2% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to ...

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,991 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Family Dollar Stores, Inc. ...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,991 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and looked at the various S&P 500 components held by each of these reporting hedge funds and other 13F filers. For each compone...

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Kohl's Corp. (NYSE: KSS) is the #52 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To make ...

Exchange Income Corp (Toronto: EIF) has been named as a Top 25 dividend stock, according the most recent Canada Stock Channel ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among the coverage universe, EIF shares display...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of National Healthcare Corp.'s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (AMEX: NHC.PRA) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.80), with shares chang...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Breitburn Energy Partners LP's 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (NASD: BBEPP) were yielding above the 9% mark based on its monthly dividend (annualized to ...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in SanDisk Corp. (NASD: SNDK), where a total volume of 34,920 contracts has been traded thus far today, a cont...

Mobile broadband service revenue from high-speed subscribers (3G and 4G) grew by 18% y-o-y to about RMB 106 billion ($16.9 billion) driven by a net addition of 26.5 million high speed subscribers in 2014. This increase i...

The contribution of removable storage to SanDisk?s net revenues has gone down from 58% in 2011 (or $3.5 billion out of $5.7 billion) to 38% in 2014 (or $2.5 billion out of $6.6 billion). The company has made attempts to ...