NEW YORK (AP) — Changes announced in corporate dividends Feb 1-5.
INCREASED DIVIDENES
Armada Hoffler .18 from .17
Avalonbay Communities 1.35 from 1.25
BankFinancial Corp .05 from .04
Brookfield Renewable .445 from .415
CEB Inc .4125 from .375
CSG Systems Intl .185 from .175
Cincinnati Financial .48 from .46
Columbia Pipe Ptnrs .18 from .1725
Dominion Midstrm Ptnrs .2135 from .20
Dunkin Brands Group .30 from .265
Eversource Energy .445 from .4175
First Business Finl Svc .12 from .11
General Motors .38 from .36
Graham Corp .09 from .08
Intercontinental Exch .85 from .75
Meredith Corp .495 from .46
Orbital ATK Inc .30 from .26
Otter Tail Corp .3125 from .3075
Xylem Inc .1549 from .1408
EXTRA OR SPECIAL DIVIDENDS
MBT Financial Corp .50
Reduced Dividends
Clearbridge Ameri Enrgy .20 from .305
Conocophillips .25 from .74
Rent-A-Center .08 from .24
SUSPENDED OR OMITTED DIVIDEND
Tribune Publishing
Resumed Dividends
MBT Financial Corp .03
OTHER CORPORATE NEWS AND LISTINGS:
Stock Splits This Week
AmTrust Financial Services 2 for 1
Biostar Pharmaceuticals 1 for 7 reverse split
Comb/Matrix Cp 1 for 15 reverse split
DragonWave Inc 1 for 25 reverse split
Franklin Ltd 1 for 5 reverse split
Ion Geophysical 1 for 15 reverse split
ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS
Minimum value $100 million
Avgo Technologies - Broadcom Corp (6.6B)
Berkshire Hathaway - Precision Castparts (32B)
Blackstone Group - Biomed Realty (4.8B)
comScore Inc - Rentrak Corp (768M)
Endologix Inx - TriVascular Technologise (211M)
Icahn Enterprise Hldg - The Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack (1B)
Sumitomo Life Insurance - Symetra Financial (3.8B)
NEW STOCK LISTINGS
NYSE
Bank of America pfd C
Customers Bancorp pfd D
Oi SA ADR 2016
Wells Fargo & Co pfd W
NASDAQ GLOBAL AND GLOBAL SELECT MARKETS
BeiGene Ltd (IPO)
Editas Medicine Inc (IPO)
STOCKS REMOVED FROM TRADING
NYSE
Biomed Realty Trust (merger)
Broadcom Corp (merger)
Cliffs Natural Resources 7% pfd A
CHC Group Ltd
Merril Lynch Capital pfd D
Merril Lynch Capital pfd E
Merril Lynch Capital pfd F
Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack
Precision Castparts (acquired)
Symetra Financial Corp
NASDAQ GLOBAL AND GLOBAL SELECT MARKETS
Rentrak Corp (merger)
Shimmick Construction Inc
Trivascular Technologies Inc
CORPORATE NAME CHANGES
Avgo Technologies Ltd to Broadcom Ltd
eFuture Information Tech Inc to eFuture Holding Inc
Men's Wearhoust to Tailored Brands