Activity this week
Increased dividends
Ameriprise Financial .90 from .83
Avery Dennison .52 from .45
Bank of Marin Bancorp .31 from .29
Brookline Bancorp .10 from .09
Cass Information Systems .26 from .24
Cheniere Energy Partners .55 from .50
Chicos Fas .085 from .0825
Columbia Banking System .26 from .22
Community West Bancshares .05 .04
Cullen/Frost Bankers .67 from .57
Delek Logistics .75 from .725
Eog Resources .185 from .1675
Energy Transfer Partners .565 from .305
Federated Investors .27 from .25 First Cash .22 from .20 First Financial Northwest .08 from .07
Franklin Electric .12 from .1075 Idex .43 from .37 Lazard .44 from .41 Legg Mason .34 from .28
MBT Financial Corp .07 from .06
Magellan Midstr Part .9375 from .92
Nielsen Holdings .35 from .34
Noble Energy .11 from .10 Opus Bank .11 from .10 Owens Realty Mortgage .20 from .10
PB Bancorp .06 from .05
Patterson-UTI Energy .04 from .02
Paychex Inc .56 from .50
Portland General Electric .3625 from .34
Sandy Spring Bancorp .28 from .26
Shell Midstream Partners .348 from .333
Sound Financial Bancorp .14 from .12
Southside Bancshares
.30 from .28
Spirit Aerosystems .12 from .10
Sprague Resources .6525 from .6375
USD Partners .3525 from .35
Unity Bancorp .07 from .06
WSFS Financial .11 from .09
Webster Financial .33 from .26
West Bancorp .20 from .18
Williams Partners .614 from .60 Winmark .15 from .11 Xilinx .36 from .35 Yum Brands .36 from .30
Special dividends
First Mid-Illinois Bancshares .05 Park National .25 Timberland Bancorp .10 WVS Financial .04 g- Canadian funds
Stock splits this week
Atossa Genetics 1-for-12 reverse split
China Lodging Group ADR 4-for-1 split
Pharma 1-for-20 reverse split
Acquisitions and mergers
Minimum value $100 million
Bear State FinancialArvest Bank (390M)
Blue Buffalo Pet Products-General Mills (8B)
New stock listings
NYSE GraphTech International Pivotal Software Nasdaq Global and Global Select Markets DocuSign Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Goosehead Insurance ClA
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Stocks removed from trading
Nasdaq Global and Global Select Markets Mereo BioPharma Group PolyPid Westmoreland Coal Co.
Corporate name changes
Ashford Hospitality Prime to Braemar Hotels & Resorts