Stocks in the news

Increased dividends

Quarterly unless noted otherwise

Albany Intl .12 from .11

Amer Capital Strat 1.03 from 1.01

Amer Intl Group .22 from .20

Andersons Inc. .085 from .0775

Autoliv Inc. .41 from .39

Barnes Group .16 from .14

Barrick Gold .20 from .15

Cardinal Health .14 from .12

Chesapeake Util .305 from .295

Delphi Financial .10 from .09

EnergySouth .26 from .25

Energy West Inc. .04M from .036M

Epic Bancorp .055 from .05

Expeditors Intl .16S from .14S

Factset Research .18 from .12

Franklin Electric .125 from .12

Hercules Technology .34 from .30

Hilb Rogal&Hobbs .14 from .13

K-Sea Transport .76 from .74

Maquarie Infra .645 from .635

Methanex Corp. .155 from .14

PepsiCo .425 from .375

Pool Corp. .13 from .12

Portland GE .245 from .235

Protective Life .235 from .225

Rohm & Haas .41 from .37

TAL Intl .4125 from .375

Travelers Cos .30 from .29

Trinity Industries .08 from .07

Washington REIT .4325 from .4225

Yum Brands .19 from .15

g- Canadian funds

Extra or special dividends

GMH Communities $3.10

JKA Acquisition $6.10

Trimeris Inc. $1.50

Omitted or suspended dividends

First Federal Bankshares (IA)

Six Flags Piers

Warner Music Group

Reduced dividends

Ambac Financial .01 from .07

Crescent Banking .04 from .08

DR Horton Inc. .075 from .15

KKR Financial .40 from .50

MCG Capital Corp. .27 from .44

Announced spin-off

ArvinMeritor Inc..-Arvin Innovations Inc.

Declared stock splits

Mechel OAO ADS 3 for 1

Suncor Energy 2 for 1

Stock splits this week

Cardiodynamics Intl 1-7 reverse

PECO II Inc. 1-10 reverse

Petroleo Brasileiro SA 2 for 1

Annual earnings higher

Brandywine Realty .55 from .03

Cervecerias Unidas 2.50 from 1.89

Cmty Nat Bk Lakeway .59 from .09

HKN Inc. .30 vs loss

McKesson Corp. 3.32 vs 2.99

Realty Inc.ome 1.16 vs 1.11

Williams Partners 1.97 vs 1.62

Annual earnings lower

American Campus loss vs 1.17

Bank of Commerce .68 vs .74

Bill Barrett Corp. .60 vs 1.40

FPB Bancorp .09 from .31

MFRI Inc. loss vs .82

Penn Va Resources .96 vs 1.56

Simpson Mfg 1.40 vs 2.10

WSB Financial Grp loss vs 1.18

Chapter 11

Tropicana Entertainment LLC

Acquisitions and mergers

Minimum value $100 million

Autodesk - Moldflow ($297M)

Cablevision Systems - Sundance Channel ($496M)

Illinois Tool Works - Enodis PLC ($2.1B)

KBR Inc. - BE&K ($550M)

Called for redemption

E.W. Scripps 4.25pc notes due 12-15-09 June 2

E.W. Scripps 4.30pc notes due 6-30-10 June 2

E.W. Scripps 5.75pc notes due 7-15-12 June 2

Virginia Power Capital Trust II 7.375pc TRUPS May 19

New stock listings

NYSE

Colfax Inc.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.

Hersha Hospitality Trust

Western Gas Partners LP

AMEX

Ener1 Inc.

Inverness Medical Innovations pfB

NASDAQ global and global select markets

Evotec AG ADS

Real Goods Solar Inc.

Stocks removed from trading

NYSE

None

AMEX

ImageWare Systems Inc.

NASDAQ Global and Global Select Markets

Atari Inc.

Cytogen Corp.

First Bancorp of Indiana Inc.

Gemstar-TV Guide

Infinity Energy Resources Inc.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (to Capital Market)

Matria Healthcare Inc.

Renovis Inc.

UAP Holding Corp.

Waste Industries USA Inc.

Corporate name changes

Big Dog Holding Inc. to Walking Co. Holdings Inc.

IGI Inc. to IGI Laboratories Inc.

Macrovision Corp. to Macrovision Solutions Corp.