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  • 6:31 AM Flushing Financial Corporation (FFC) declares $0.13/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 3.33%. For shareholders of record June 7. Payable June 28. Ex-div date June 5. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
  • 6:26 AM Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP) declares $0.32/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.43%. For shareholders of record May 31. Payable June 17. Ex-div date May 29. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
  • 6:25 AM More on Lowe's (LOW): Unlike competitor Home Depot (HD), the company misses on the top and bottom line as sales fall 0.5% Y/Y and comps decrease 0.7%. Exterior categories were impacted by cool temperatures and "greater precipitation" which "delayed [the] spring selling season." March's performance was "particularly soft." FY13 outlook: sales growth of ~4%, comps growth of ~3.5%, EPS of $2.05 against consensus of $2.08. Shares -4% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Consumer, Earnings]
  • 6:05 AM Transcat (TRNS): FQ4 EPS of $0.24 beats by $0.10. Revenue of $31.1M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
  • 6:02 AM Staples (SPLS): Q1 EPS of $0.26 misses by $0.01. Revenue of $5.8B (-3% Y/Y) misses by $0.11B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
  • 6:01 AM Lowe's (LOW): Q1 EPS of $0.49 misses by $0.02. Revenue of $13.1B (-0.5% Y/Y) misses by $0.35B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
  • 6:00 AM Overseas: Japan +1.6%. Hong Kong -0.45%. China -0.12%. India -0.19%. London -0.24%. Paris -0.48%. Frankfurt -0.35%. Comment!
  • 5:59 AM Since February, BP has stepped-up challenges to compensation awards stemming from the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The company now objects to 9.3% of awards administered by Patrick Juneau who oversees settlement claims, that's up from just 4% earlier in the year. The company's lawyers are challenging the way Juneau calculates losses, although they have so far been unsuccessful. If an appeal of a District Court decision upholding Juneau's interpretation is denied, BP says it will be "irreparably harmed." 1 Comment [Energy]
  • 5:55 AM Toll Brothers (TOL): FQ2 EPS of $0.14 beats by $0.06. Revenue of $516M beats by $4.94M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
  • 5:42 AM CEO Kazuo Hirai says Sony's (SNE) board is considering a proposal by Third Point's Dan Loeb to spinoff the company's entertainment group. Shares of SNE rose sharply in U.S. trading Tuesday after reports surfaced that the company is debating the merits of Loeb's plan. Hirai didn't say whether he supported the idea himself, but noted that the company intends to " build positive relations with its major investors," FT says. Comment!
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