04/29
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Active Watch List: Banco Santander Brasil (NYSE:BSBR), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG), Xerox Corp (NYSE:XRX), Halcon Resources Corp (NYSE:HK)

Jason Knox02 mins

Banco Santander SA (ADR) (NYSE:BSBR) shareholders selected Rothschild to appraise its 4.7 billion-euro ($6.4 billion) bid for minority shareholders’ stakes in its Brazilian unit. Banco Santander Brasil SA (ADR) (NYSE:BSBR) stock performance was 2.30% in last session and finished the day at $7.13. Traded volume was 9.29million shares in the last session and the average…

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Hot Watch List: BCE Inc. (USA) (NYSE:BCE), Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Telecom Italia (NYSE:TI), Swisscom (OTCMKTS:SCMWY)

Jayne Crisman03 mins

BCE Inc. (USA) (NYSE:BCE) is based in Verdun, Quebec, and was previously known as Bell Canada Enterprises. The company provides land-line phone service, satellite television, broadband Internet and data services. BCE’s stock has a dividend yield of 4.87%, based on a quarterly payout of 56.37 cents. The annual payout of $2.25 is up 58% from…

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NYSE losers: Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN), Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE:END), China Cord Blood (NYSE:CO), Lentuo International (NYSE:LAS), Oil-Dri Corporation of America (NYSE:ODC)

Jason Knox03 mins

Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) one of the world’s largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef and pork, this month offered to pay $50 a share for Hillshire Brands, maker of Ball Park hot dogs and Jimmy Dean sausages. The proposal came two days after chicken producer Pilgrim’s Pride, which is 75 percent owned by Brazilian…

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Stocks In News: Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG), Arcos Dorados Holding Inc (NYSE:ARCO), WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF), BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN)

Jayne Crisman02 mins

Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG), a rival chain, has said it’s not interested in a merger with Family Dollar. And Wal-Mart wouldn’t have much use for the company’s stores because they’re too small for its Express format, Montagna said. Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) stock performance was 7.35% in last session and finished the day at $62.25….

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Basic Material Gainers: Bioamber Inc (NYSE:BIOA), Mexco Energy Corporation (NYSEMKT:MXC), United States Antimony (NYSEMKT:UAMY), Escalera Resources Co (NASDAQ:ESCR), Methes Energies (NASDAQ:MEIL)

Colin Pettis03 mins

BioAmber Inc. (NYSE:BIOA), an industrial biotechnology company producing sustainable chemicals, today announced that Ellen Richstone and Henry “Pete” Linsert, Jr. were elected to BioAmber’s board of directors at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 27, 2014. Bioamber Inc (NYSE:BIOA) stock performance was 5.05% in last session and finished the day at $9.99. Traded…

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Hot Watch List: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN)

Jayne Crisman02 mins

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s resurgent stock may have as much to do with financial engineering as the company’s technological wizardry. Monday marked Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s first stock split in nine years, a move designed to make it more affordable to buy shares of the iPhone and iPad maker. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performance was 1.60% in…

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