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A Call For Jamie Dimon To Resign

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 11:17 am

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has done some severe damage to its image as the best risk manager of the large banks, and this damage may easily carry ...
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Third Point Lowers the Boom on Yahoo (YHOO, EBAY)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 1:04 pm

As promised, Daniel Loeb and his firm, Third Point LLC, have today sent a letter to Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) demanding that the Internet firm open its books and records ...
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Icahn Prevails on Bid for CVR Energy (IEP, CVI, UAN, DAL)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 11:08 am

As recently as last week it appeared that Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) may not receive enough shares to complete his takeover of CVR Energy Inc. (NYSE: CVI). ...
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Intel Joins DJIA Dividend Hike Brigade (INTC)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 9:17 am

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has joined the brigade of Dow Jones Industrial Average to raise its dividend.  The semiconductor giant approved a 7 percent increase in its quarterly cash dividend ...
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Second Look: Is There Any Real Value Left In Savient? (SVNT, DNDN, SVNT)

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 1:31 pm

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVNT) already had problems before a fund called Tang Capital accused it of being insolvent this week.  Over the last year this stock has fallen down ...
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Chesapeake Shares Diving on Results, McClendon (CHK, XOM, EOG)

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 8:04 am

Natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) reported first quarter results after the markets closed yesterday. The company missed the headline numbers, but that’s not the company’s biggest problem. ...
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McClendon Out as Chairman at Chesapeake (CHK)

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 11:59 am

Aubrey McClendon, chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), will relinquish his chairman’s role as soon as the company’s boards appoints a new non-executive chairman. The announcement said ...
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Sears: When Good News Looks Bad (SHLD)

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 8:37 am

In advance of its annual meeting tomorrow, Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) this morning announced that its first quarter same-store sales fell -1.3% compared with the same period a year ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Dividend Stories of the Week

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 7:01 am

This was a huge week in dividends, particularly for the key DJIA components.  We had a report calling for more and more dividend hikes of about 8% from the DJIA ...
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Allscripts Plunges on Perfect Storm of Bad News (MDRX)

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 12:29 pm

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) fired its board chairman, saw three directors leave in protest, and announced the resignation of the company’s CFO all at the same time that ...
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J&J Joins Dividend Hike One-Up Game (JNJ, PFE, MRK)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 11:13 am

How many DJIA components can raise their dividend in one week?  Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) answered that question as "Who knows, but we can make it one more!"  J&J ...
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Chesapeake’s Board Reluctantly Steps Up (CHK)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 9:52 am

The board of directors of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has “determined that it does not intend to extend the company's Founder Well Participation Program (FWPP) with its chief executive ...
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Chevron Already One-Ups Exxon On Dividend Hike Game (XOM, CVX)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 4:22 pm

When we saw that Exxon Mobil Corporation announced a 21% hike to its dividend this morning, we figured it would still be a ways out before Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) ...
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Options Take: Pressure To Remain On Wal-Mart Woes (WMT, TGT, DG, BIG)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 2:56 pm

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is still deep in the soup.  Since the news broke over the weekend over bribes in Mexico involving its current and former top-brass, Wal-Mart shares ...
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Exxon Mobil Joins Dividend Hikes… Upside In High Oil Prices (XOM, CVX)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 1:53 pm

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is confirming exactly what an earlier report predicted earlier this week.  Dow Jones had a report that the DJIA components would raise their dividends again ...
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