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Dividend Stocks In The News - Dec 22 2008 11:56AM

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:49:00 GMT

Last week saw even more notable dividend increases as companies from many sectors showed confidence not only in their ability to generate increasing profits, but also to share the wealth with their owners. BB&T Corporation (BBT), which is a financial holding company, announced that its Board has approved a 2.20% increase in its quarterly dividend from $0.46 to $0.47 per common share. BB&T Corporation is a dividend aristocrat which has consistently increased its dividends for 38 consecutive years. The stock currently yields 6.30%. Check out my analysis of BBT from this link. Eli Lilly (LLY), which engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of pharmaceutical products,[More...]

Stericycle: The Ultimate Recession Proof Industrial Company

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:40:00 GMT

One of the weakest sectors in this current market environment is most clearly the industrial sector. It is a sector that benefits from economic prosperity and booming markets to fuel growth. As rational investors know the key to eliminating unsystematic risk is diversification, and that is why it is key to still have an industrial stock in your portfolio. There is a industrial stock that benefits from one of the most stable sectors in this environment. That slowing markets and a global infrastructure slowdown can’t hold this company back from prospering. I’m talking about Stericycle (SRCL: 53.23, 0.00 (0.00%)): a[More...]

Analyst Comments: Philips, Cepheid, National Semi, Heritage-Crystal, Primus Guaranty, Reddy Ice, BioSphere, PS Business Parks, ArvinMeritor, Bristol-Myers, Echelon, LSI Corp

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:18:00 GMT

Headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (PHG) is one of the world's largest electronics companies and the biggest in Europe, with sales of 27 billion in 2007 and 12.4 billion in 1H08. The company has worked to improve its cost structure, as its EBITA margins remained flat along with modest revenue performance despite the weaker-than-expected dollar. Based on these results, we are maintaining our revenue estimates for 2008. We continue to rate the shares of PHG a Hold with a price target of $28.50 per share over the next six months. This amounts to between 6.7x-6.9x our new 2008 EPS estimate of $4.19. Udayan Mukherjee contributed to this report. Read[More...]

Waste Services: Trash to Treasure

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:47:00 GMT

While the markets are in complete turmoil and the overall Industrial sector seems to be in a bearish environment, the waste services sub-industry has managed to stay afloat. The waste services industry is very simple: it is comprised of companies that collect, transfer, recycle, and dispose of garbage. It is an industry that has few competitors and very stable demand. Let’s face it; there will always be garbage that needs to be disposed.So to give you an introduction to the industry, there are three major competitors:Waste Management (WMI:[More...]

Dollar Pressure

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:23:57 GMT

Good morning. The market is under pressure this morning on news that China may shift its foreign currency stockpiles away from the U.S. dollar. As a result, gold and oil prices are soaring and the dollar is pressing lower. Add this news to some bad bank earnings in Europe, word of an SEC investigation regarding recent bank disclosures, more writedown risk, and disappointing earnings news from General Motors (GM) and the bulls are going to have a rough time. Premarket gainers: PSPT, DROOY,...[More...]

Waste Services Announces Acquisition of Republic Services' Miami- Dade Operations

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:48:00 GMT

Closes two significant acquisitions in Miami-Dade adding $28 million in
In a separate transaction on September 1, 2009, Waste Services, Inc. acquired the Miami-Dade operations of DisposAll, Inc.
David Sutherland-Yoest, President and Chief Executive Officer of Waste Services, stated, "We are very pleased to announce the completion of these two highly accretive acquisitions.

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Dividend Stocks In The News - Dec 22 2008 11:56AM

Stericycle: The Ultimate Recession Proof Industrial Company

Analyst Comments: Philips, Cepheid, National Semi, Heritage-Crystal, Primus Guaranty, Reddy Ice, BioSphere, PS Business Parks, ArvinMeritor, Bristol-Myers, Echelon, LSI Corp

Waste Services: Trash to Treasure

Dollar Pressure

Waste Services Announces Acquisition of Republic Services' Miami- Dade Operations

Waste Services Announces Strong Second Quarter 2009 Results With Record Margins

Waste Services Announces First Quarter 2009 Results and Provides Earnings Per Share Guidance

One Result of the Recession: Less Trash

Humana, Campbell Soup, Amerisafe are big movers

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Waste Services Announces Strong Second Quarter 2009 Results With Record Margins

Waste Services Announces Conference Call for Second Quarter

Waste Services Announces First Quarter 2009 Results and Provides Earnings Per Share Guidance

Waste Services Announces Conference Call for First Quarter

Waste Services Announces Strong Fourth Quarter and 2008 Fiscal Year Results

Waste Services Accelerates 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call

Waste Services Announces Conference Call for Fourth Quarter and 2008 Results

Waste Services Announces Progress on Cost Restructuring

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