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Analyst Comments: Cabot Oil, Eastman Chemical, BT Group, Hilltop Holdings, Metabolix

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:55:00 GMT

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (COG) has made a $600 million acquisition of producing East Texas properties in the vicinity of its existing operations. The transaction increases the company's exposure to the highly prospective Haynesville Shale play, and is in line with the management's asset repositioning program that has transformed Cabot into a relatively low risk onshore player with longer-lived reserves. We, however, maintain our Hold recommendation...[More...]

Analyst Comments: Progressive, Chevron, Hasbro, Hilltop Holdings, Mattel

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:34:28 GMT

While 1Q08 results were a penny ahead of our expectations, results for The Progressive Company (PGR) were down year-over-year as rate reduction aid to the in premiums. Historically, PGR has been considered one of the best run and most profitable personal lines insurers in the industry, demonstrated by stronger premium growth and substantially higher ROE than most of its peers. However, as the competition continues to intensify, premium and earnings growth has slowed, a trend that we expect to continue. Therefore, we reiterate our...[More...]

JPMorgan Chase buys WaMu assets after FDIC seizure

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:54:00 GMT

NEW YORK - JPMorgan Chase & Co. Inc. came to the rescue of ailing Washington Mutual Inc. Thursday, buying the ailing thrift's banking assets after WaMu was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. This is the second time in six months that JPMorgan Chase has taken over a major financial institution crippled by bad bets in the mortgage market.
JPMorgan Chase, which acquired Bear Stearns Cos.
There had been concerns that the fund, which took a big hit after the seizure of IndyMac Bank, could be depleted by a WaMu seizure.

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Hilltop Holdings Declares Preferred Dividend

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:34:00 GMT

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.515625 on each share of its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on July 30, 2009, to shareholders of record on July 15, 2009.[More...]

Hilltop Holdings Declares Preferred Dividend - Mar 16 2009 5:15PM

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:05:00 GMT

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTH) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.515625 on each share of its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on April 30, 2009, to shareholders of record on April 15, 2009.[More...]

Hilltop Holdings Declares Preferred Dividend - Dec 22 2008 1:00PM

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:48:00 GMT

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTH) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.515625 on each share of its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on January 30, 2009, to shareholders of record on January 15, 2009.[More...]

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: LM Ericsson Telephone Company, Hilltop Holdings Inc., Nabors Industries Ltd., The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland and Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited.

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:11:00 GMT

Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog.
Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.
Stocks recently featured in the blog include: LM Ericsson Telephone Company (NASDAQ: ERIC), Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTH), Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR), The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) and Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited (NYSE: IR).

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Hilltop Holdings Declares Preferred Dividend - Sep 30 2008 1:09PM

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:48:00 GMT

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTH) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.515625 on each share of its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on October 30, 2008, to shareholders of record on October 15, 2008.[More...]

Hilltop Holdings Declares Preferred Dividend - Jun 1 2008 10:41PM

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:31:00 GMT

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTH) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.515625 on each share of its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on April 30, 2008 to shareholders of record on April 15, 2008.[More...]