Archive for March, 2005
VCBI - Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. Announces Stock Split
24 March 2005Yesterday (3/23/05) VCBI - Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. announced a 5 for 4 stock split payable May 10, 2005. It’s current share price is $26.65 (12:41PM ET, down $0.76).
Shareholders OK $12.3B Sears-Kmart Merger
24 March 2005Today (3/24/05) shareholders signed off on Kmart Holding Corp.’s $12.3 billion acquisition of Sears, Roebuck and Co., clearing the way for the two struggling companies to combine into the nation’s third-biggest retailer. Company officials said the deal could close later today (3/24/05). The new company will be named Sears Holdings Corp. (symbol SHLD) with $55 […]
Market Close
23 March 2005^DJI - 10,456.02, -0.14% | ^IXIC - 1990.22, +0.04% | ^SPX - 1172.53, +0.07%
^NDX - 1471.77, +0.46% | ^OEX - 558.87, +0.14% | ^SML - 319.78, -1.24%
^VXO - 13.39, -2.62% | ^VIX - 14.06, -1.47% | ^VXN - 17.68, -1.94%
PIXR - Pixar Animation Studios Announces Stock Split
23 March 2005Today (3/23/05) PIXR - Pixar Animation Studios announced a 2 for 1 stock split payable April 18, 2005. It’s shares closed today at $92.25, up $0.05 (up another $1.55 in after-hours trade).
Crude Oil Falls
23 March 2005The EIA reports that crude oil inventories rose 4.1 mln barrels with analysts expecting a 2.0 mln rise. Distillate fuel fell 2.8 mln barrels where analysts expected a 1.2 mln fall. Gasoline inventories fell 4.1 mln barrels with analysts expecting a 1.5 mln fall. Consequently crude oil is selling off and is now down to […]
UVSP - Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania Announces Stock Split
23 March 2005Today (3/23/05) UVSP - Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania announced a 3 for 2 stock split payable April 29, 2005. It’s current share price is $40.13 (12:44PM ET, up $0.19).
Canadian Oil Stock Splits Planned
23 March 2005Here’s some stock split news for our Canadian readers. Two of three partners in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project are planning stock splits. Partners are WTO - Western Oil Sands (TSX), SHC - Shell Canada (TSX),
and CVX - ChevronTexaco (NYSE). WTO - Western Oil Sands and SHC - Shell Canada are both planning 3 […]
COI - Cogent Communications Announces Effective Date for Reverse Stock Split
23 March 2005Yesterday (3/22/05) COI - Cogent Communications Group, Inc. announced that its previously announced 1-for-20 reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of the company’s common stock will be effected as of the start of trading on March 24, 2005.
Market Close
22 March 2005^DJI - 10,470.51, -0.90% | ^IXIC - 1989.34, -0.91% | ^SPX - 1171.71, -1.02%
^NDX - 1465.09, -1.30% | ^OEX - 558.07, -1.11% | ^SML - 323.80, -0.43%
^VXO - 13.75, +6.01% | ^VIX - 14.27, +4.85% | ^VXN - 18.03, +1.12%
LUFK - Lufkin Industries, Inc. Announces Stock Split
22 March 2005Today (3/22/05) LUFK - Lufkin Industries, Inc. announced a 2 for 1 stock split payable April 19, 2005. It’s shares closed today at $43.59, down $0.02 (up $1.38 in after-hours trade).
