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The FDA is about to give some serious warning labels on cigarette labels. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI), Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO) and Vector Group Ltd. (NYSE:...
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Shares in JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) rose 14.5% for the week as the faltering retailer appointed Ron Johnson, who has run Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) retail stores as its next CEO. The market should be...
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We may have just witnessed an oversold bounce in the stock market, or we may be in for more days of recovery. The markets are flirting with six weeks of negative performance and one day is not...
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Some of the highest dividend-paying stocks have been the tobacco companies. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM), British American Tobacco plc (AMEX: BTI),...
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There are many research calls this Thursday morning and these are just some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO)...
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Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) has just followed its former parent Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) with a dividend hike. Philip Morris International’s recent dividend hike was by more...
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$100 billion… That is roughly the combined tally of August share buyback announcements and merger announcements. This may not be a record, but it has to be one of the most active months of...
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Earlier this year was the trend of hiking dividends, but now that so many companies have raised their quarterly payouts we are seeing the ‘other’ shareholder-friendly action taking place. ...
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Some companies are unmatched on the rate at which they pay out their dividends. Former DJIA component Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) definitely falls into that category, as do many tobacco sector...
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Goldman Sachs has made some changes to its highly watched "CONVICTION" lists this morning. Lorillard (NYSE: LO) and State Street (NYSE: STT) were both added to the CONVICTION BUY LIST this morning....
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After the close of trading today, Standard & Poor’s announced that it is booting Ambac Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: ABK) out of the S&P 500 Index. The company’s size has gotten too small...
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