Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 7:41 am, Over one day old
Citing a sharp drop in the price of WD-40 shares, a JPMorgan analyst on Tuesday upgraded the consumer products maker's stock to "Neutral" from "Underweight."
Read Premarket roundup: WD-40, Synovus Financial (AP) (Links)
Posted Thursday June 12, 2008, 12:54 pm, Over one day old
Read Brown & Brown buys Alpha Benefits (at bizjournals.com) (Links)
Posted Friday May 30, 2008, 9:02 am, Over one day old
Insurance firm Brown & Brown Inc. said Friday one of its subsidiaries bought Debock & Muth Insurance Agency Inc., a property and casualty insurance company.
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Posted Thursday May 29, 2008, 8:46 am, Over one day old
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. said Tuesday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 4 cents. The insurer said the dividend is payable July 15 to shareholders of record July 1.
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Posted Monday June 9, 2008, 11:39 am, Over one day old
Willis Group Holdings Ltd. of London will acquire rival insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co, of Glendale, Va., . for $1.7 billion in cash and stock in a deal that could lead to more mergers in a sector analysts say is ripe for further consolidation, according to a media report Sunday.
Read London's Willis to buy U.S. insurance broker for $1.7 billion (at MarketWatch) (Links)
Posted Friday June 20, 2008, 1:54 pm, Over one day old
The chairman of managed health care provider CorVel Corp. sold 17,500 shares of common stock, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings Thursday.
Read CorVel Chairman V. Gordon Clemons sells shares (AP) (Links)