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Shares of American Realty Capital Properties Lower Following Business Update
Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 8:54am | 212Shares of American Realty Capital Properties Inc (NASDAQ: ARCP) were trading lower during Wednesday's pre-market session after the company issued a business update. Shares were down 3.7 percent at $8.02. The company reported that it obtained an additional lender waiver and extension for...
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Merger Monday Mania Roundup
Monday, November 3, 2014 - 11:42am | 339Investors and traders were treated to a plethora of merger and acquisition activity Monday morning. Here is a round-up of notable moves. Publicis has agreed to acquire Sapient Corporation (NASDAQ: SAPE) for $3.7 billion in cash, or $25 per share. The offer represents an approximate 44 percent...
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Markets Rally On Better Than Expected GDP; Dow Has Best Close In More Than A Month
Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 4:09pm | 1851U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after government data showed the U.S. economy grew 3.5 percent in the third quarter, better than the 3.0 percent expected. Investors brushed off a poor reading on the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits, which rose last week in favor of GDP data; this...
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QE Finally Ends
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 3:56pm | 1693U.S. stocks were marginally lower as traders and investors begin debating the effects of the markets in an uncertain post Quantitative Easing era. The FOMC has officially tapered the remaining $15 billion of its monthly asset purchases, thus ending the era of quantitative easing for the time...
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5 REITs Worth Researching
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 8:14am | 521Never heard of a REIT? Short for real estate investment trust, a REIT trades much like a stock and directly invests in real estate. Yields are generally higher than most equities because a REIT returns a large portion of its profits back to its shareholders. Here are a few REITs to consider....
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Update: Shares of BRE Properties Jump on Bloomberg Report of Possible Company Sale
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 3:53pm | 280Shares of BRE Properties Inc. (NYSE: BRE) jumped to new 52 week highs of $61.50, immediately following a Bloomberg report that the company is working with investment bankers at Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) for a possible sale of the company. Bloomberg reported Essex Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: ESS)...
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Seven Dividend-Paying Financial Stocks Analysts Are Bullish On
Sunday, August 4, 2013 - 9:00am | 875Markets have been hitting new highs and the unemployment rate has ticked down. Despite the uncertainty about when the Fed's quantitative easing will end, the slowdown of the Chinese economy and the ongoing economic troubles in Europe, analysts are still optimistic about certain stocks. Here is a...