Today’s Hot List : BP (NYSE:BP), Progenics Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PGNX), Supertel Hospitality (NASDAQ:SPPR), Unum (NYSE:UNM), Comtech Telecommunications. (NASDAQ:CMTL)

BP plc (NYSE:BP) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 8th will be given a dividend of 0.585 per share on Friday, September 19th. This represents a $2.34 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 6th.BP plc…

Read More

Stocks to Watch: Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), BP plc (NYSE:BP), Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDVN), First Busey Corporation (NASDAQ:BUSE), Axiall Corporation (NYSE:AXLL)

On 7 AUG Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) said it is encouraging website developers to make their sites secure for visitors by using site encryption as one of the factors to determine search ranking. Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) belongs to Technology sector. Its weekly performance is 0.48%. On last trading day company shares ended up $568.77. Google Inc….

Read More

Oil &Gas Stocks: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Total (NYSE:TOT), BP (NYSE:BP), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), the oil and gas company, built an online knowledge platform where employees pose questions and others provide answers. Baker and Bulkley say that the company has saved $100 million by this means of tapping employees’ knowledge. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stock performance was -0.35% in last session and finished the day at $86.10. Traded volume…

Read More

Hot Movers: National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP (NYSE:BP)

National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) is reviewing second-round bids for its London-headquartered private equity business and hopes to sell it “imminently,” the bank’s deputy chief executive Petros Christodoulou told Reuters.  National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) stock performance was 1.91% in last session and finished the day at $3.73. Traded volume was 2.96million shares…

Read More

Hot Watch List: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA), Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD), VIVUS (NASDAQ:VVUS), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP)

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today upheld a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware finding Bristol-Myers Squibb’s entecavir compound claim of U.S. Patent No. 5,206,244 invalid. Teva’s ANDA for entecavir has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food…

Read More

Oil & Gas Stocks In News: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Noble Corporation (NYSE:NE)

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and General Electric represent the energy sector dividend aristocrats of Buffet’s portfolio. Johnson & Johnson and Sanofi, a French pharmaceutical company, take up the healthcare portion. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stock performance was 0.63% in last session and finished the day at $74.49. Traded volume was 5.25million shares in the last session and the average…

Read More