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Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 4/3: USU, MF, PCX, BMTI Higher; TGIC, XRIT, BLKB, SQNM Lower
USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) 34% HIGHER; is surging on no news, so today's move could be caused be a squeeze on shorts.
MF Global (NYSE: MF) 24.3% HIGHER; appears to be spiking despite no recent news.
Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX) 21.5% HIGHER; today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Magnum Coal Company in a stock transaction, valued at approximately $709 million (based on Patriot's closing price today, April 2).
Triad Guaranty (Nasdaq: TGIC) 20.7% LOWER; had its credit ratings cut today by all three major credit agencies (Moody's, Fitch and S&P). Here is
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Patriot Coal What’s The Plan?
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Patriot Coal (PCX) announced an agreement to acquire Magnum Coal. The announcement was strong enough to drive a one day gain of approximately 20%. On the surface it seems like a fine deal with many synergistic effects, no job losses, larger customer base, better transportation solutions, expanded product lines and every other business issue you can imagine.
So why wasn’t this done sooner. It seems it’s better than sliced bread. I always have problems with merger announcements that wax eloquently over all the benefits and then do not even provide any estimate about future earnings, accretiv< />< />...
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This Week's Notable Dividend Increases and Insider Purchases
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Insider Purchases
Limited Brands Inc LTD = $6,561,000
Goodrich Petroleum Corp GDP= $6,110,000
Rick's Cabaret International Inc RICK = $4,033,000
Patriot Coal Corp PCX = $3,265,000
Centennial Bank Holdings Inc CBHI = $2,975,000
Post Properties Inc PPS = $2,956,000
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp LGF = $2,568,000
Aquila Inc ILA = $2,542,000
Revlon Inc REV = $2,049,000
Hercules Offshore Inc HERO = $1,912,000
Syntax Brillian Corp BRLC = $1,771,000
Dividend Increases
<>Anworth Mortgage-ANH = 140%
Balchem Corp-BCPC = 83.3%
Agnico Eagle Mn-AEM= 50.0%
Interactive Data Corp-IDC= 20.0%
Sinclair Broadcasti...
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This Week's Notable Dividend Increases and Insider Purchases
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Insider Purchases
Limited Brands Inc LTD = $6,561,000
Goodrich Petroleum Corp GDP= $6,110,000
Rick's Cabaret International Inc RICK = $4,033,000
Patriot Coal Corp PCX = $3,265,000
Centennial Bank Holdings Inc CBHI = $2,975,000
Post Properties Inc PPS = $2,956,000
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp LGF = $2,568,000
Aquila Inc ILA = $2,542,000
Revlon Inc REV = $2,049,000
Hercules Offshore Inc HERO = $1,912,000
Syntax Brillian Corp BRLC = $1,771,000
Dividend Increases
<>Anworth Mortgage-ANH = 140%
Balchem Corp-BCPC = 83.3%
Agnico Eagle Mn-AEM= 50.0%
Interactive Data Corp-IDC= 20.0%
Sinclair Broadcasti...
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This Week's Insider Buys
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Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack (PBY)= $7,420,351
Central Garden & Pet Co (CENT) = $5,159,017
Patriot Coal Corp (PCX )= $3,292,110
Susser Holdings Corp (SUSS) = $2,926,300
Scientific Games Corp (SGMS )= $2,296,028
Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD) = $2,189,058
First Advantage Bancorp (FABK) = $2,025,206
Orange 21 Inc (ORNG) = $1,848,582
Dillard S Inc (DDS)= $1,751,940
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