SWK Issues $400M Notes

Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (NYSE:SWK) issued $400 million of 5.2% notes on August 31. The notes, offered for a price of 99.925%, will mature on September 1, 2040, as guaranteed by Black & Dec...

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Kinross Acquires Dvoinoye Deposit

Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE:KGC) has acquired a 100% interest in Russia’s Dvoinoye deposit and the Vodorazdelnaya exploration and mining licenses by taking over the Northern Gold LLC and Regionru...

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Manulife Closes $900M Note Offer

Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC) completed its offering of $871 (C$900) million principal amount of medium-term notes. The notes will bear an interest of 4.079% maturing on August 20, 2015. T...

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Stem Cell Confusion Creates Opportunity

On Monday, August 23, 2010, the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia issued a temporary injunction on President Obama’s 2009 executive order that expanded federal funding for embryoni...

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A.M. Best Rates Aflac Notes

Basking after a good quarter, Aflac Inc. (NYSE:AFL) announced on Friday that rating agency A.M. Best Co. assigned ratings ...

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St. Jude Recalls Introducer Device

The FDA issued an urgent Class I recall of several batches of 6 French (6F) Engage Introducer devices of medical devices giant St. Jude medical (NYSE:STJ). The Class I recall is the most serious type ...

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A.M. Best Assigns WellPoint Ratings

A.M. Best Co. assigned its debt rating to the senior unsecured notes due 2020 and 2040, which were recently issued by WellPoint Inc. (NYSE:WLP), keeping the outlook “stable”. The existing ...

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Growth & Income Stock: WD-40 Company

WD-40 Company (NASDAQ:WDFC) recently announced it expected its fiscal 2010 earnings per share would meet or top its previously issued guidance. WD-40 manufactures 3 multi-purpose maintenance brands, W...

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Think tank warns of high UK base rates

The Policy Exchange think tank, one of the better known economic think tanks in the UK, has today issued a very disturbing and ...

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Think tank warns of high UK base rates

The Policy Exchange think tank, one of the better known economic think tanks in the UK, has today issued a very disturbing and potentially frightening report on the UK economy.23 Vote(s) ...

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