Weekly Summary Corporate dividends, name changes, new listings
NEW YORK (AP) - Changes announced in corporate dividends Aug. 29-Sept. 2.
INCREASED DIVIDENDS
BancFirst .38 from .36
CSG Systems International .1850 from .175
Campbell Soup Co .35 from .312
Harris Corp .53 from .50
Harley Davidson .35 from .31
Kewaunee Scientific .15 from .13
Kimball Intl Cl B .06 from .055
Lamar Advertising Co .76 from .75
Packaging Corp .63 from .55
Saga Communications .30 from .25
Verizon Communications .5775 from .565
g- Canadian funds
EXTRA OR SPECIAL DIVIDENDS
Gyrodyne LLC 1.50
Stock Splits This Week
Church & Dwight 2 for 1 split
ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS
MINIMUM VALUE $100 MILLION
Axiall Corp - Westlake Chemical Corp (3.8B)
Dreamworks Animation SKG Inc - Comcast Corp (3.8B)
Nortek Inc - Melrose Industries (2.8B)
Relysa Inc - Galenica AG (1.5B)
Sagent Pharmaceuticals Inc - Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co (736M)
NEW STOCK LISTINGS
NYSE
Nextera Energy pfd R
Western Asset Global Partners Income Fund
Western Asset Managed High Income Fund
NASDAQ GLOBAL AND GLOBAL SELECT MARKETS
Gladstone Commercial Corp 7.125pc Series C Cumulative Trm pfd stk
Landmark Infrastructure Partners 7.9pc pfd B
Sotherly hostels Inc 8pc ser B pfd
STOCKS REMOVES FROM TRADING
NYSE
Apollo Residential Mortgage Inc
Cash America International Inc
Transition Therapeutics Inc Canada
NASDAQ GLOBAL AND GLOBAL SELECT MARKETS
First Cash Financial Services (to NYSE)
CORPORATE NAME CHANGES
First Cash Financial Services to First Cash Inc
WP Glimcher Inc to Washington Prime Group Inc
WP Glimcher Inc pfd H to Washington Prime Group Inc pfd H
WP Glimcher Inc pfd I to Washington Prime Group Inc pfd I