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Ellsworth Convertible Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (ECF) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for February 11, 2013
2/7/2013, 9:00 am from NASDAQ.com News in News Headlines, Stocks
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 >>

Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (DSM) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for February 11, 2013
2/7/2013, 9:00 am from NASDAQ.com News in News Headlines, Stocks
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 >>

Equifax Beats 4Q Ests, View Upbeat - Analyst Blog
2/7/2013, 9:00 am from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
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 >>

Covanta Posts Lower Earnings - Analyst Blog
2/7/2013, 8:44 am from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Earnings, Stocks
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 >>

Zacks Rank #1 Addition for Thursday - Tale of the Tape
2/7/2013, 8:44 am from Zacks.com in Investing, Investing Ideas, Stocks
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 >>

Zacks Rank #5 Additions for Thursday - Tale of the Tape
2/7/2013, 8:44 am from Zacks.com in Investing, Investing Ideas, Stocks
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 >>

Lincoln Exits 2012 Modestly - Analyst Blog
2/7/2013, 8:40 am from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
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 >>

Pre-Market Most Active for Feb 7, 2013 : BAC, QQQ, BBEP, BBRY, PBR, AKAM, NOK, GMCR, AAPL, S, PRE, MCP
2/7/2013, 8:39 am from NASDAQ.com News in News Headlines, Pre-market Most Active
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 >>

MoneyGram Improves on Top Line - Analyst Blog
2/7/2013, 8:30 am from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
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 >>

Mortgage producer and servicer PennyMac files for a $288 million IPO
2/7/2013, 8:12 am from Renaissance Capital in News Headlines, IPOs
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 >>