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Hot News: Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGNT), Banner Corporation (NASDAQ:BANR)

Hot News: Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGNT), Banner Corporation (NASDAQ:BANR)
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Charles Donlon
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October 17, 2014
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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is donating $100,000 to United Way Worldwide to help with flood relief efforts in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in northern India. Additionally, to make it as convenient as possible for customers to transfer money to India and help friends and family, Wells Fargo is waiving ExpressSend® remittance fees to India through October 31, 2014. “Flooding of this magnitude has not been seen in this area for quite some time,” said Tim Hanlon, head of Strategic Philanthropy and Partnerships for Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) in last trading activity advanced 0.59% to close at $48.13. Company weekly performance is -5.85% while its quarterly performance stands at -6.14%. Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is -10.54% away from its 52 week high.The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) held its annual shareholders meeting yesterday, where the company’s shareholders and executives shared their perspective on the upcoming innovation and product-line strategy. On last trading day The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) moved down -0.86% to close at $82.24. Its volatility for the week is 1.56% while volatility for the month is 1.12%. PG's sales growth for past 5 years was 1.60% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 2.80%. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) monthly performance is -2.28%.Sagent Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SGNT) Director Robert J. Flanagan sold 8,000 shares of Sagent Pharmaceuticals stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.15, for a total value of $249,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 6,996 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $217,925. On last trading day Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGNT) moved down -1.35% to close at $32.06. Its volatility for the week is 4.15% while volatility for the month is 3.79%. SGNT's sales growth for past 5 years was 82.80% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 19.10%. Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGNT) monthly performance is 8.71%.Banner Corporation (NASDAQ:BANR) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 24th. Investors of record on Monday, October 6th will be paid a dividend of 0.18 per share on Wednesday, October 15th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 2nd. Banner Corporation (NASDAQ:BANR) has 2.00% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 92.70%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $39.10.Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) struggling to compete with Intel Corp. in personal-computer processors, gave a sales forecast that missed estimates and said it's cutting 7 percent of its workforce, or about 710 jobs. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) in last trading activity increased 1.15% to close at $2.64. Company weekly performance is -10.51% while its quarterly performance stands at -31.07%. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) is -45.00% away from its 52 week high.

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