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Ellsworth Convertible Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (ECF) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for February 11, 2013

Ellsworth Convertible Growth and Income Fund, Inc. ( ECF ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 11, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.063 per share is scheduled to be paid on February 27, 2013. Shareholders who purchased ECF stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment.... Read >>

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Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (DSM) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for February 11, 2013

Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. ( DSM ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 11, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.0475 per share is scheduled to be paid on February 28, 2013. Shareholders who purchased DSM stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This... Read >>

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Equifax Beats 4Q Ests, View Upbeat - Analyst Blog

Equifax Inc. ( EFX ) posted fourth-quarter 2012 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 78 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3 cents. Results were up 14.0% from the year-ago quarter. Adjusted EPS excludes the impact of CSC Credit Services acquisition fees, the pension settlement, certain income... Read >>

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Covanta Posts Lower Earnings - Analyst Blog

Covanta Holding Corporation 's ( CVA ) fourth-quarter 2012 earnings of 20 cents per share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 23 cents and the year-ago-quarter earnings of 26 cents. The decline was due to a higher effective tax rate, increased interest expense and the negative impact of Hurricane Sandy.... Read >>

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Zacks Rank #1 Addition for Thursday - Tale of the Tape

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks Rank #1 ("strong buy") List today: American National BankShares Inc. ( AMNB ) Bank of Montreal ( BMO ) Bank Mutual Corp. ( BKMU ) Brookfield Canada Office Properties ( BOXC ) Center Bancorp, Inc. ( CNBC ) View the entire Zacks Rank #1 List . ... Read >>

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Zacks Rank #5 Additions for Thursday - Tale of the Tape

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks Rank #5 ("strong sell") List today: Antares Pharma Inc. ( ATRS ) Cabot Corp. ( CBT ) Fabrinet ( FN ) Ford Motor Co. ( F ) Inphi Corp. ( IPHI ) View the entire Zacks Rank #5 List . ANTARES PHARMA (ATRS): Free Stock Analysis Report CABOT... Read >>

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Lincoln Exits 2012 Modestly - Analyst Blog

Lincoln National Corporation 's ( LNC ) fourth-quarter 2012 operating earnings of $1.10 per share comfortably exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.06 and the prior-year quarter's earnings of 91 cents a share, primarily on lower share count. However, operating net income increased 11.9% year over year... Read >>

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Pre-Market Most Active for Feb 7, 2013 : BAC, QQQ, BBEP, BBRY, PBR, AKAM, NOK, GMCR, AAPL, S, PRE, MCP

The NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator is up 3 to 2,749.35. The total Pre-Market volume is currently 5,784,763 shares traded. The following are the most active stocks for the pre-market session : Bank of America Corporation ( BAC ) is +0.02 at $11.95, with 2,503,766 shares traded. Over the last four... Read >>

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MoneyGram Improves on Top Line - Analyst Blog

MoneyGram International Inc. ( MGI ) reported fourth-quarter 2012 earnings per share of 27 cents, a penny higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. However, the reported earnings soared from the year-ago quarter's earnings of 4 cents a share. Operating net income in the reported quarter excluded... Read >>

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Mortgage producer and servicer PennyMac files for a $288 million IPO

PennyMac Financial Services, which is focused on the production and servicing of U.S. residential mortgage loans, filed on Thursday with the SEC to raise up to $288 million in an initial public offering. The Moorpark, CA-based company, which was founded in 2008 and booked $181 million in sales for the 12 months... Read >>