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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Hikes Dividend &#8211; Announces Share Buyback</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/10/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-hikes-dividend-announces-share-buyback/98107</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is finally something official for the shareholders of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) to cheer for.  The company has announced a 14% hike in its quarterly dividend. Moreover, PNC Financial also intends to buy back up to $250 million of common stock under its existing 25 million share repurchase program during the remainder of 2012. The Details The increased quarterly cash dividend now stands at 40 cents per share, up 5 cents from 35 cents paid earlier. This new dividend payment date is May 5, 2012, payable the next business day, to shareholders of record as of the close of business April 17, 2012. Moreover, the company plans to buy back up to $250 million of common stock under its existing 25 million share repurchase program. The shares ]]></description>
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		<title>(FITB) Fifth Third Bancorp Offers Senior Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/07/fitb-fifth-third-bancorp-offers-senior-notes/94390</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) announced the public offering of its senior notes worth $500 million. The 10-year senior notes bear a coupon rate of 3.5% and were sold at 99.306% of the principal amount. Fifth Third expects the offering to complete on March 7, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions. The joint book-running managers for the offering are Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., a unit of Deutsche Bank AG (DB), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC a division of JPMorgan Chase &#38; Co. (JPM), and Morgan Stanley &#38; Co. LLC, a part of Morgan Stanley (MS). Senior co-managers for the offering are Fifth Third Securities, Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. The notes for the offering are senior unsecured obligations of Fifth Third and are assigned an &#8216;A-&#8217; by Fitch ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Beefs Up Atlanta Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/14/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-beefs-up-atlanta-portfolio/88461</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) is in an expansion mode. Last week, the company completed acquiring the 27-branch retail bank franchise in Georgiafrom Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of Flagstar Bancorp Inc. (FBC). Flagstar Bank sold the leases associated with the branches and the associated businesses and retail deposits worth approximately $210 million at the closing.  PNC paid the Bank net book value of the acquired real estate and fixed and other personal assets associated with the branches. A Win-Win situation The deal is a strategic fit for both PNC Financial and Flagstar Bank. For PNC Financial the acquisition will expand operations in Atlanta and add to its competitive edge. With over 70 branches located in the Atlanta metro area, including those that it plans to add from its pending ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Sells Senior Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/21/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-sells-senior-notes/83688</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, PNC Funding Corporation, a unit of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC), announced the sale of 5-year senior notes with a maturity value of $1.25 billion. PNC Financial sold the notes at a coupon rate of 2.7% and an issue price of $99.879. The notes will mature on September 19, 2016, yielding 2.726% with spread of 185 basis points higher than Treasuries. The interest will be paid semi-annually, with the first payment due on March 19, 2012. The new notes has been rated A3 by Moody&#8217;s Investors Service, a credit rating arm of  Moody&#8217;s Corporation (MCO), A+ by Fitch and A by Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, a division of JPMorgan Chase &#38; Co. (JPM), PNC Capital Markets LLC and Bank of America Corporation (BAC) are ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group to Get 27 Flagstar Branches</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/28/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-to-get-27-flagstar-branches/80046</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) is on an acquisition spree. The company has signed a definitive agreement to purchase 27 branches from Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of Flagstar Bancorp Inc. (FBC). Under the deal terms, PNC will acquire 21 and lease 6 branches located in Atlanta, Georgia. Based on balances as of June 30, 2011, PNC will assume around $240 million of deposits associated with these branches. PNC will purchase fixed assets and acquired real estates related to these branches for the net book value for about $42 million. Neither any deposit premium will be paid nor will any loans be purchased in the transaction. The deal is expected to close in December 2011. It is, however, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The deal is a ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Offers $1 Billion Preferred Stock</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/26/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-offers-1-billion-preferred-stock/79845</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) has offered $1 billion of perpetual preferred stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The capital infusion through this offering would be used by PNC Financial for general corporate purposes, including funding of the pending RBC Bank (USA) acquisition. The coupon rate is 6.75% and the joint book-running managers of the offering are Bank of America Corp. (BAC), JPMorgan Chase &#38; Company(JPM) and Morgan Stanley (MS). Notably, in June 2011, PNC Financial announced its plan to purchase RBC Bank (USA), the U.S. retail banking subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RY), and has also signed a definitive agreement in this context. This $3.45 billion worth acquisition would help PNC Financial to expand its footprint in the Southeast markets. The purchase ]]></description>
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		<title>(AHT) Ashford Hospitality Trust Prices Share Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/11/aht-ashford-hospitality-trust-prices-share-offering/78597</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (AHT), the second largest lodging real estate investment trust (REIT) in the U.S., has recently priced its public offering of 7.0 million common shares at $12.50 each. The equity offer is part of the corporate strategy of the company to raise capital to repay debt. The company will also grant the underwriters an option to purchase an additional 1.05 million shares to cover any over-allotments. Morgan Stanley (MS) – a global financial services firm; KeyBanc Capital Markets – the investment banking division of KeyCorp (KEY); UBS Securities LLC, a subsidiary of UBS AG (UBS); and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC – the investment banking division of Credit Suisse Group (CS) are acting as joint book-running managers for the secondary offering. Ashford intends to utilize the proceeds ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Analyst Stays Neutral</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/08/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-analyst-stays-neutral/78637</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have reiterated our Neutral recommendation on PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC).  The reaffirmation follows a detailed analysis of the company’s fundamentals, its strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and recent acquisitions sprees as well as the current economic environment. PNC Financial’s first-quarter 2011 adjusted earnings of $1.57 per share were ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.37. Results reflected a substantial contraction in provision for credit losses, lower non-interest expenses, a strong balance sheet and an improved credit quality. However, revenues were lower due to a challenging operating environment. PNC Financial stands solid from the balance sheet perspective. The company was core funded with a loan to deposit ratio of 82% as of March 31, 2011 and a strong bank liquidity position to support growth. We expect the company to ]]></description>
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		<title>(AHT) Ashford Hospitality Trust Mulls Secondary Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/aht-ashford-hospitality-trust-mulls-secondary-offering/77926</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (AHT), the second largest lodging real estate investment trust (REIT) in the U.S., has recently announced its decision to issue 6.0 million common shares to raise cash and repay its debt. The company will also grant the underwriters an option to purchase an additional 0.9 million shares to cover any over-allotments. Morgan Stanley (MS) – a global financial services firm; KeyBanc Capital Markets – the investment banking division of KeyCorp (KEY); UBS Securities LLC, a subsidiary of UBS AG (UBS); and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC – the investment banking division of Credit Suisse Group (CS) are acting as joint book-running managers for the public offering. Ashford intends to utilize the proceeds from the secondary offering to repay debt under its senior credit facility and for ]]></description>
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		<title>(IVR) Invesco Mortgage Capital Announced Stock Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/ivr-invesco-mortgage-capital-announced-stock-offering/76963</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (IVR) announced its plan to offer 15 million shares of its common stock. Underwriters will be permitted a 30-day option to purchase up to an added 2.25 million shares to cover over-allotments. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse (CS) and Morgan Stanley &#38; Co. LLC, a division of Morgan Stanley (MS) are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Earlier in March 2011, Invesco completed the public offering of 19 million shares of common stock coupled with the issuance of an additional 2.85 million shares of common stock as the underwriters&#8217; fully exercise their option to purchase extra shares. Therefore, the total offering of 21.85 million shares was priced at around $460.2 million, excluding the probable offering expenses. Invesco also ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Acquiring Royal Bank of Canada Unit</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/20/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-acquiring-royal-bank-of-canada-unit/76843</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) is purchasing RBC Bank (USA), the U.S. retail banking subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and have signed a definitive agreement in this context. The acquisition of this RBC banking business for $3.45 billion would help PNC to expand its footprint in the Southeast markets. The purchase price of the RBC unit, which has approximately $25 billion of assets, represents $112 million discount to tangible book value. The Deal Details The deal would augment PNC’s network with additional 424 RBC branches located in North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina. This would result in PNC becoming the 5th among U.S. banks with 2,870 branches. Moreover, PNC would inherit $19 billion in deposits and $16 billion in loans from this transaction. In ]]></description>
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		<title>(USA) Company News for June 20, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/20/usa-company-news-for-june-20-2011-corporate-summary/76796</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/20/usa-company-news-for-june-20-2011-corporate-summary/76796#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abbott Laboratories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BPZ Resources Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celestica Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ciena Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[InterMune Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Research In Motion Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIMM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockwell Automation Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ:RIMM) reported first quarter earnings per share of $1.33. While this is marginally higher than the Zacks Consensus EPS Estimate of $1.32 per share, revenue numbers  missed expectations of $5.4 billion by roughly half a billion dollars, coming in at $4.9 billion •    KV Pharmaceutical Co. (NYSE:KV-A) announced plans to sell its generics subsidiary, Nesher Pharmaceuticals Inc, as well as the company&#8217;s generic business and assets to Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA), Inc. for nearly $60 million in cash. The transaction is likely to close in Q2FY12 •    BPZ Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BPZ) initiated the process to identify and select a partner for its offshore Block Z-1 in northwest Peru •    William Blair initiated coverage on Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE:ROK) with a “Market Perform” rating •    Citigroup, Inc. ]]></description>
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		<title>(AIG) U.S. Treasury Makes Some Gains on AIG Stock Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/25/aig-u-s-treasury-makes-some-gains-on-aig-stock-offering/74935</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 02:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, American International Group Inc. (AIG) announced that it has priced its first secondary stock offering of 300 million shares since 2008, initiated with the US Treasury about a fortnight ago, at $29 per share, raising about $8.7 billion. The par value of these shares stood at $2.50. The share price came in close to the Treasury’s break-even of $28.72 per share, which was set to recover the government’s $47.5 billion cash investment in AIG. Moreover, according to previously laid out terms, Treasury will retain the booty raised from the sale of 200 million of stock, while AIG will raise about $2.9 billion from the sale of 100 million shares. The Treasury has offered the underwriters an opportunity to make an optional purchase of 45 million additional shares in order ]]></description>
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		<title>(DLLR) Dollar Financial Corporation Prices Share Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/12/dllr-dollar-financial-corporation-prices-share-offering/71266</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/12/dllr-dollar-financial-corporation-prices-share-offering/71266#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dollar Financial Corporation (DLLR) has priced its previously announced public offering of 6 million shares at $20.75 per share, to use the proceeds to help fund its acquisition of Purpose U.K. Holdings Limited in the U.K. However, Dollar Financial earlier planned to underwrite a public offering of 5 million shares of its common stock, subject to market conditions. Further, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Dollar Financial allowed underwriters a 30-day option to cover allotments up to an additional 9 million shares of common stock. The offering is expected to close on April 13, while Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, a unit of Credit Suisse Group (CS) and Nomura Securities International, Inc., an arm of Nomura Holdings Inc. (NMR) will act as the joint book-running managers for the offering. ]]></description>
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		<title>(DD) EI DuPont de Nemours &amp; Company Files Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/09/dd-ei-dupont-de-nemours-company-files-lawsuit/70957</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/09/dd-ei-dupont-de-nemours-company-files-lawsuit/70957#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ford Motor Company]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The chemical giant EI DuPont de Nemours &#38; Company (DD) has sued USA Performance Technology Inc. (USA PTI), Performance Group (USA) Inc. and two individuals for misappropriating its trade secret and other confidential information with regard to its Titanium Technologies business.  The company has filed a suit in the U.S. Federal Court for the Northern District of California. The company remains committed to safeguarding its information, particularly in the best interests of its stakeholders. DuPont is thus leaving no stone unturned to ensure that its information is not leaked to outsiders and is working with law enforcement authorities regarding this matter. The lawsuit requires the defendants to return all the misappropriated trade secret information and prohibits the use of its proprietary information. The company has also asked all defendants to ]]></description>
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		<title>(DLLR) Dollar Financial Commences Stock Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/07/dllr-dollar-financial-commences-stock-offering/70870</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to help fund its acquisition of Purpose U.K. Holdings Limited in the U.K., Dollar Financial Corporation (DLLR) plans to underwrite a public offering of 5 million shares of its common stock, subject to market conditions. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Dollar Financial allowed underwriters a 30-day option to cover allotments up to an additional 7.5 million shares of common stock, if any. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, a unit of Credit Suisse Group (CS) and Nomura Securities International, Inc., an arm of Nomura Holdings Inc (NMR) will act as the joint book-running managers for the offering. Further, Dollar Financial expects to loan the net proceeds of this offering to Dollar Financial U.K. Limited, one of the company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, to enable it to repay a portion of ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) American Capital Agency Announces Secondary Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/23/agnc-american-capital-agency-announces-secondary-offering/69418</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/23/agnc-american-capital-agency-announces-secondary-offering/69418#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Capital Agency Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), has recently announced a secondary offering of 28 million common shares totaling $780 million of gross proceeds. The company will also grant the underwriters a 30-days option to purchase an additional 4.2 million shares to cover any over-allotments. BofA Merrill Lynch – the investment banking and wealth management division of Bank of America Corporation (BAC); Citigroup Global Markets Inc. – the brokerage and securities arm of Citigroup Inc. (C); Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC – the investment banking division of Credit Suisse Group (CS); and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. – the U.S. investment banking and securities arm of Deutsche Bank AG (DB) are acting as ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGNC) American Capital Agency Corporation Announces Secondary Offeringg</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/22/agnc-american-capital-agency-corporation-announces-secondary-offeringg/69453</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/22/agnc-american-capital-agency-corporation-announces-secondary-offeringg/69453#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Capital Agency Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), has recently announced a secondary offering of 28 million common shares totaling $780 million of gross proceeds. The company will also grant the underwriters a 30-days option to purchase an additional 4.2 million shares to cover any over-allotments. BofA Merrill Lynch – the investment banking and wealth management division of Bank of America Corporation (BAC); Citigroup Global Markets Inc. – the brokerage and securities arm of Citigroup Inc. (C); Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC – the investment banking division of Credit Suisse Group (CS); and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. – the U.S. investment banking and securities arm of Deutsche Bank AG (DB) are acting as ]]></description>
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		<title>(DVA) DaVita Prices $775 Million in Senior Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/08/dva-davita-prices-775-million-in-senior-notes/54536</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/08/dva-davita-prices-775-million-in-senior-notes/54536#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moving ahead with its debt restructuring activity, on Tuesday, DaVita Inc. (DVA) announced the pricing of $775 million principal amount of 6?% senior notes due 2018 and $775 million principal amount of 6?% senior notes due 2020 totaling $1.55 billion. The net proceeds from the offering will be used to redeem another set of outstanding 6?% senior notes due 2013 and 7¼% senior subordinated notes due 2015. DaVita has appointed Banc of America Securities LLC, an arm of Bank of America Corp. (BAC), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC of JP Morgan Chase &#38; Co. (JPM), Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC of Credit Suisse Group (CS), Barclays Capital Inc. of Barclays plc (BCS), Goldman, Sachs &#38; Co. of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Wells Fargo Securities LLC of Wells Fargo &#38; ]]></description>
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		<title>(DVA) DaVita Plans $1.45 Billion Senior Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/05/dva-davita-plans-1-45-billion-senior-notes/54004</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/05/dva-davita-plans-1-45-billion-senior-notes/54004#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moving ahead with its debt restructuring activity, on Friday DaVita Inc. (DVA) announced its plan to sell about $1.45 billion of its senior notes and utilize the net proceeds to redeem another set of outstanding senior security notes, whose principal amount is worth $1.55 billion. The Board of DaVita had authorized a $3.35 billion debt refinancing activity in September 2010. The $1.55 billion notes includes 6.625% senior notes worth $700 million to be matured in 2013 and another set of 7.25% senior notes worth $850 million slated to mature in 2015. Recently, DaVita also affirmed that it has taken up credit line borrowings in order to refinance debt worth $1.8 billion under its existing senior secured credit facilities. However,  the terms of the $1.45 billion notes offering are yet to ]]></description>
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		<title>(USA) Strong Sell &#8211; Aegean Marine Petroleum Network &#8211; Golar LNG Limited</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/07/usa-strong-sell-aegean-marine-petroleum-network-golar-lng-limited/50121</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/07/usa-strong-sell-aegean-marine-petroleum-network-golar-lng-limited/50121#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[GLNG]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Live Nation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since inception in 1988, the S&#38;P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List &#8211; Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid. Here is a synopsis of why GLNG and ANW have a Zacks Rank of #5 (Strong Sell) and should most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #5 Strong Sell rating is applied to 5% of all the stocks in the Zacks Rank universe: Golar LNG Limited (USA) (GLNG) reported second-quarter loss of 8cents per share, on Aug 31, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 17 cents. The ]]></description>
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		<title>(ZION) Zions Prices $125 Million in Preferred Stock</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/06/14/zion-zions-prices-125-million-in-preferred-stock/40420</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/06/14/zion-zions-prices-125-million-in-preferred-stock/40420#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Zions Bancorp. (ZION) announced that it has priced 5 million preferred shares worth $125 million at an initial public offering price of $25 per depositary share. The offering is priced at an initial dividend rate of 11%. Post offering, each depositary share represents a 1/40th ownership interest in a share of Series E Fixed-Rate Resettable Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. Further, in a situation to cover excess demand, the underwriters have been given a 30-day option to purchase additional shares up to 750,000 for total gross proceeds of around $18.75 million. Moreover, the preferred shares will be redeemable, in whole or in part on June 15, 2012. If not redeemed, the dividend rate on the shares will change around such dates. The new dividend rate will be equal to ]]></description>
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		<title>(OSG) Overseas Shipholding Group Offers Senior Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/25/osg-overseas-shipholding-group-offers-senior-notes/31575</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moving ahead with its debt restructuring strategies on Monday, Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) announced the issue of $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes, due 2018, taking the public offering route. For this, the company has appointed Citigroup Global Markets Inc., a wing of Citigroup Inc. (C), Morgan Stanley (MS) and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., a division of HSBC Holdings Plc (HBC) as joint book-running managers. Overseas expects to utilize the net proceeds from the note offering to reduce or eliminate its outstanding debt obligation under an unsecured revolving credit facility. This will also help in mitigating the high interest cost for the company. Overseas Shipholding continues to take aggressive financial restructuring steps by raising capital from the market in order to relieve itself of the debt obligations ]]></description>
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		<title>(DLLR) Dollar Financial Corporation Plans $250 Million Private Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/14/dllr-dollar-financial-corporation-plans-250-million-private-offering/20488</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dollar Financial Corporation (DLLR) said on Wednesday that it intends to offer $250 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes in a private offering through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary National Money Mart Company. The senior notes will be guaranteed on an unsecured basis by Dollar Financial and some of its current and future direct and indirect wholly owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries. The company intends to use net proceeds from the senior notes offering to finance the acquisition of Military Financial Services, LLC by its wholly owned subsidiary, Dollar Financial Group, Inc. The senior notes offering, which the company expects to start and close in Dec 2009, will be available only to qualified institutional buyers and certain offshore investors. Concurrent with the senior notes offering, the company said on ]]></description>
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