Headline News: Ex-dividend

• The Allstate Corp. Sees Heavy Call Volume Ahead of Ex-Dividend Date (Schaeffers Research)
  The Allstate Corp. (ALL) has attracted quite a bit of attention from options traders this afternoon...( Read More )
  
• FTSE 100 movers: Footsie ahead despite ex-dividends (ShareCast)
  LONDON (SHARECAST) - Resources companies and banks are heading the risers on the Footsie, while the forward momentum has been held back by a raft of companies going ex-dividend.
  
• Rivus Bond Fund Declares Quarterly Dividend (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
  ARMONK, N.Y.----The Rivus Bond Fund declared a dividend of $0.2875 on March 10, 2010, payable on May 4, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 7, 2010, with a Net Asset Value and New York Stock Exchange ex-dividend date of April 5, 2010 and a comparison date of April 30, 2010.
  
• London midday: FTSE 250 stocks shine (ShareCast)
  LONDON (SHARECAST) - The Footsie is clinging on to positive territory, not helped by the likes of Admiral, BATS, Serco, Schroders, Standard Chartered and TUI Travel trading in ex-dividend form today.
  
• London open: Very quiet start (ShareCast)
  LONDON (SHARECAST) - London’s blue chips have opened lower but there is little momentum either way at present with modest gains for the banks offset by a stack of companies going ex-dividend.
  
• MTN Group Reports Sound Operational Performance for the Year Ended 31 December 2009 (redOrbit)
  JOHANNESBURG, March 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Highlights - Group subscribers up 28% to 116,0 million - Revenue up 9,2% to R111,9 billion - EBITDA up 6,7% to R46,1 billion - Adjusted Headline EPS down 16.6% to 754,3 cents - Adjusted Headline EPS, excluding the impact of functional currency losses, up 8,5% to 878,9 cents - Dividend per share of 192 cents Overview MTN Group revenues ...
  
• Weighing the Pros and Cons of PowerShares New Closed-End Fund ETF (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance)
  Invesco PowerShares launched the first ETF whose portfolio consists of closed-end funds last month. The PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio (NYSEArca: PCEF - News ) tracks the S-Network Composite Closed-End Fund Index. Like mutual funds and ETFs, closed-end funds are diversified portfolios, but they differ in the way they sell and price their shares. Mutual funds and ETFs are open-end ...
  
• Hubline proposes 0.2 sen dividend (The Edge)
  KUALA LUMPUR: HUBLINE BHD [ ] has proposed a first and final tax exempt dividend of 0.2 sen per share for the financial year ended Sept 30, 2009. In a statement today, Hubline said the dividend would be paid on May 31, 2010. The stock will be traded ex-dividend on May 13, 2010.
  
• TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins for March 11, 2010 (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- -
  
• Superior Plus Announces March 2010 Cash Dividend and Upcoming Events (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
  March 2010 Cash Dividend - $0.135 per share