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  • Tuesday, June 18

  • HTS
    4:27 PM Hatteras Financial (HTS) receives board authorization for a stock repurchase program of up to 10M shares (about 10% of the float). Shares +0.8% AH. Previous: Hatteras maintains its $0.70 dividend. Comment!
  • LZB
    4:17 PM La-Z-Boy (LZB): FQ4 EPS of $0.30 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $359.5M beats by $1.83M. Shares +3.1% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • NYMT
    4:14 PM New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT) maintains its payout, declaring a Q2 dividend of $0.27/share for an annualized yield of 15.3% based on today's close which had the shares trading at a 7.7% premium to March 31 estimated book value. Shares -0.3% AH. (PR) 1 Comment
  • CO
    4:14 PM China Cord Blood (CO): FQ4 EPS of $0.05 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $21.4M beats by $4.81M. Shares +8.9% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • HTS
    4:10 PM Hatteras Financial (HTS) maintains its payout, declaring a Q2 dividend of $0.70/share for an annualized yield of 10.9% based on today's close which had the stock trading at a 8.5% discount to March 31 book value. Shares +0.8% AH. (PR) 1 Comment
  • ADBE
    4:06 PM Adobe Systems (ADBE): FQ2 EPS of $0.36 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $1.011B in-line. (PR) 1 Comment
  • NOK
    1:14 PM Nokia (NOK +9.3%) soars after the chairman of Huawei's consumer business group says his company would be open to buying Nokia in an off-hand remark. Any offer from Huawei would face intense EU scrutiny, given long-standing worries about the company's Chinese government/military ties. Is this a repeat of BlackBerry/Lenovo? 26 Comments
  • HCBK, MTB
    11:30 AM Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK +2%) pops as M&T Bank (MTB +0.6%) looks to soon be able to move forward with its purchase after agreeing with regulators to beef up its anti-money laundering policies. Comment!
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    8:30 AM May Housing Starts: 914K vs. 950K forecast, 856K previous (revised from 853K). Comment!
  • JW.A
    8:11 AM John Wiley & Sons (JW.A): FQ4 EPS of $0.71 misses by $0.09. Adj. Revenue of $446M beats by $5M. (PR) Comment!
  • FDS
    7:02 AM FactSet (FDS): FQ3 EPS of $1.15 misses by $0.11. Revenue of $214.6M (+6% Y/Y) misses by $0.34M. (PR) Comment!
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    4:37 AM U.K. CPI +2.7% on year in May vs +2.4% in April and consensus of +2.6%. On month, CPI growth unchanged at 0.2% but above forecasts of +0.1%. (PR) PPI +0.8% on year vs +0.7% previously and consensus of +0.9%. On month, PPI -0.3% vs -2.3% and unchanged. (PR) Comment!
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