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Top News : International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANTH), Blackbaud Inc. (NASDAQ:BLKB), American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG), Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CYTX)

Top News : International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANTH), Blackbaud Inc. (NASDAQ:BLKB), American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG), Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CYTX)
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Charles Donlon
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October 20, 2014
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International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) today announced that it is positioned as a Leader in the report, The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Mobile Management, Q3 2014. The report includes an assessment of part of the IBM MobileFirst portfolio and its enterprise mobile management (EMM) capabilities, which are available for cloud-based and on-premise deployments. International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) in last trading activity increased 1.23% to close at $182.05. Company weekly performance is -2.09% while its quarterly performance stands at -4.61%. International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) is -8.08% away from its 52 week high. Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ANTH), whose shares are down more than 41% this year, said it was in talks that could lead to an important partnership arrangement regarding blisibimod, its product in the pipeline. Although ANTH stated that it was excited by the levels that the talks have attained so far, it warned that there was no guarantee that a deal would be reached. On last trading day Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANTH) increased 5.68% to close at $1.86. Its volatility for the week is 8.36% while volatility for the month is 8.97%. ANTH's EPS growth for past 5 years was 56.40%. Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANTH) monthly performance is 14.11%. Blackbaud Inc. (NASDAQ:BLKB) recently announced its plans concerning two new NXT cloud solutions, slated to hit the market by the end of first quarter 2015. The products, Raiser's Edge NXT and Financial Edge NXT, will offer enhanced intelligence, accessibility, performance and user experience at considerably lower IT and third-party costs, hassle free maintenance and complete data security. On last trading day Blackbaud Inc. (NASDAQ:BLKB) increased 0.18% to close at $39.66. Its volatility for the week is 2.21% while volatility for the month is 2.20%. BLKB's sales growth for past 5 years was 10.70% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -0.30%. Blackbaud Inc. (NASDAQ:BLKB) monthly performance is 0.03%. American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.25 per share on Monday, October 27th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 10th. This is an increase from American Financial Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. American Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:AFG) has 0.30% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 61.40%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $56.63. Cytori Therapeutics Inc. announced it has been selected to participate in the U.S. trade mission to Japan and South Korea led by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. announced that its Electronic Products Division received an option award valued at $2.2 million to supply AN/ARA-63 Tactical Instrument Landing Systems for both the F/A-18E/F/G and E-2D Naval aircraft, according to company announcements. On Friday shares of Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYTX) closed at $0.50. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was 12.10%.

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