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Rothman Research: Rothman Research Completes Analysis on Stocks in the Basic Materials, Financial and Services Sectors

Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARKET WIRE) Selling pressure waned not long after the open, however, and the major averages staged a notable recovery attempt over the course of the morning. As today's market news unfolds Rothman Research begun tracking the following companies AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU), Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN), Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), Forest Oil Corp. (NYSE: FST), Kinross...

President Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation of Thanksgiving

ALBANYS INSANITY (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

This is the text of the October 3, 1863 Abraham Lincoln national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others [...]

Lincoln National Corp.'s Executives Get Boost in Cash and Stock

BailoutSleuth (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Although Congress imposed certain compensation restrictions on financial institutions that got government aid through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, it left other options available to reward top executives for their service. A case in point is Lincoln National Corp., which took...

Two More Banks Pay Off TARP Debt, Lincoln National Plans to Follow

BailoutSleuth (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Two more banks redeemed stock given to the government in exchange for bailout assistance, while an insurance company declared it would soon follow suit. California-based Westamerica Bancorporation said it had completed the repayment of $83.7 million it received under the...

Lincoln won't dilute earnings to repay TARP: CEO 9:1

On Our Radar Today (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Lincoln National Corp.'s chief executive on Tuesday said the company doesn't expect to perform a capital-raising transaction that would dilute earnings when it refinances the $950 million it borrowed from the government under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The financial-services company said it expects to fully repay the government's TARP investment by the second half of...

• Lincoln won't dilute earnings to repay TARP: CEO - Market Watch

Financials retreat, but Assured Guaranty rallies

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of U.S. financial stocks retreated Tuesday as the broader market took a breather form big gains on Monday. Among the top decliners, insurer Lincoln National dropped about 1% after its CEO said a quick, robust economic recovery is unlikely. Huntington Bancshares and Zions Bancorp also were among the day's biggest decliners. On the upside, Assured Guaranty jumped 29%...

Critical Alerts for Google, Deere, Dish Network, Suntech Power, and Lincoln National Released by Seven Summits Research

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

CHICAGO, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for GOOG, DE, DISH, STP, and LNC.

Hard to see quick economic recovery: Lincoln CEO

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Lincoln National Corp. Chief Executive Dennis Glass on Tuesday said with at least two-thirds of U.S. gross domestic product tied to consumer spending, it is "hard to see a quick, robust recovery" in the economy after the credit crisis. "It just seems hard from my perspective with 10% unemployment," Glass said at a conference for investors and bankers. Although...

Soldier Killed In Fort Hood Shooting Remembered In Joliet

Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

Photo by: AP Photo/ M. Spencer Green The street outside the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home in Joliet was lined with 200 motorcycles yesterday, all mourners paying their respects to U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Pearson, 22, of Bolingbrook, who was one of the 13 people--and three from the Chicago area--that was killed in a mass shooting at Fort Hood earlier this month. The motorcycles outside the funeral home...

Fort Hood victim honored for 'great courage'

Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

More than 250 mourners today attended the funeral of a Bolingbrook soldier who was among 13 people killed when, authorities say, a U.S. Army psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage at a Fort Hood, Texas, processing center. Among those in attendance at the service for Army Pfc. Michael Pearson, 21, were Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, Bolingbrook Mayor Richard Claar and Pearson's commanding officer, Capt....

Lincoln National (LNC) Is Trading Higher Despite Downgrade, See What We Found Out About The Stock

MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

Lincoln National (LNC) was downgraded today by analysts at EVA Dimensions, LLC and the stock is now at $23.70, up $0.21 (0.89%) on volume of 2,493,557 shares traded. The stock is trading slightly higher despite being downgraded by EVA Dimensions, LLC to Sell from Underweight. Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $4.76 in last November to a high of $28.10 in last month. Lincoln...

Halvorson compares soldiers' sacrifice to rent

illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

Speaking Wednesday at the Abraham Lincoln National Military Cemetery, Democrat U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson seemed to compare the sacrifice of American soldiers to "rent". As quoted in the Morris Daily Herald, Halvorson said of the sacrifices made, "It's the rent...

Southwest Airlines Chairman and CEO, Gary C. Kelly, Named to Lincoln National Corporation's Board of Directors

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) announced today that Gary C. Kelly has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective November 4, 2009, for a term expiring in 2011.

Body Of Local Fallen Ft. Hood Soldier Returns Home

Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

The body of Army Pfc. Michael Pearson returned home today . Pearson, one of the 13 people killed in last week's Ft. Hood shooting rampage , was a Bolingbrook native. The plane carrying his body landed at Midway this morning and a procession (pictured above) carried his body from the airport to Bolingbrook, and passed Bolingbrook High School (where Pearson graduated in 2006), the Pearsons' home, and...

Financial stocks slip, insurers lead decliners

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. financial stocks slipped on Thursday as investors' enthusiasm flagged absent much market-moving news or data. The Financial Select Sector SPDR, an ETF that tracks the financial stocks in the S&P 500, fell 0.4%, outpacing the broader market's decline. Insurers led the drop, with the seven biggest decliners in the S&P financial sector all from that industry. Principal...