Bank of America Trading Near 52-Week High on Settlement with Federal Housing Finance Agency

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is trading higher after-hours after reporting that it has reached a settlement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) resolving four lawsuits FHFA filed against Bank of America, Countrywide, and Merrill Lynch entities beginning in September 2011, alleging they falsely represented that the underlying mortgage loans complied with certain standards. Per…

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Financial Stocks On the Move: Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)

Reports are out this morning that Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) is being accused by New York attorney general of fabricating foreclosure documents. Despite this the company’s shares are up 1.54% nearing the top end of the 52-week range. The company has a dividend yield of 1.20 and a price to earnings ration of 12.35. Wells Fargo…

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After-Hours Movers: HudBay Minerals (NYSE:HBM), Digirad Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAD), Measurement Specialties (NASDAQ:MEAS)

HudBay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) announced that it has acquired 10,127,500 common shares of Panoro Minerals Ltd. at a purchase price of C$0.28 per Share for total consideration of C$2,835,700. The shares acquired by Hudbay (NYSE:HBM)were purchased over the TSX Venture Exchange pursuant to a private agreement and represent approximately 4.9% of the issued and outstanding Shares….

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Court Decision Halts Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Trading; RAD, RTIX, SCTY

Pzifer(NYSE:PFE)’s stock was halted in afternoon trade following the announcement that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted summary judgment invalidating the reissue patent (U.S. Patent No. RE44,048), covering methods of treating osteoarthritis and other approved conditions with celecoxib, the active ingredient in Celebrex®. Pfizer (PFE) disagrees with the ruling and will…

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After Market Losers: Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN), Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR), Walter Energy (NYSE:WLT), Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:VIPS)

Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) is lower in late trading after the company reported mixed financial results for Q4. Shares are down 0.57% at $14.02, with a 52-week range of $12.77 – $15.51. The closed-end, non-diversified management investment company reported Q4 net investment income of $0.35 per share, compared with the prior-year period’s $0.36 per share….

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