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☆ Top Wall Street analysts like these 3 dividend stocks for high yields
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Bearing that in mind, here are three attractive dividend stocks, according to Wall Street's top pros on TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. On May 1, the company announced its first-quarter results and declared a quarterly dividend of 48 cents per share, payable on June 28. Following the results, RBC Capital analyst Kenneth Lee reaffirmed a buy rating on ARCC stock with a price target of $22. The company recently announced its first-quarter results and declared a quarterly distribution of $0.405 per unit. Overall, based on the annualized dividend amount of $3.08 per share, the stock's dividend yield stands at 5.6%.

Persons: Wall, Capital, Kenneth Lee, Lee, TipRanks, Devin Dodge, Dodge, Income's, Brad Heffern, Heffern Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Federal Reserve, Ares, RBC Capital, Ares Credit, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield Infrastructure, BMO Capital, Triton, Dodge, Brookfield Locations: New York City, Asia, Pacific, North America, Europe, U.S, TipRanks

☆ Deutsche Bahn to announce deal to sell Arriva to I Squared on Thursday -sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Parked busses are seen at an Arriva bus bepot in Harlow as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Harlow, Britain, April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge/ File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsFRANKFURT, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bahn plans to announce on Thursday the sale of its international transport business Arriva to Miami-based infrastructure investor I Squared Capital, sources told Reuters. The two parties will sign the deal by Thursday, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Reuters had already reported last week that the sale, at around 1.6 billion euros ($1.69 billion) including debt, would be finalised as early as Monday. ($1 = 0.9491 euros)Reporting by Markus Wacket and Emma-Victoria Farr; writing by Tom Sims; Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andrew Couldridge, Markus Wacket, Victoria Farr, Tom Sims, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Arriva, REUTERS, Rights, Deutsche Bahn, Squared, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Harlow, Britain, Miami

The deal would value Arriva, which operates red London buses and train services in the UK, at around 1.6 billion euros ($1.68 billion) including debt, the sources said. However, while the deal is nearing final stages, the sources cautioned that the timing could still shift. Deutsche Bahn said in an emailed statement: "We want to sell DB Arriva by the end of 2024. Reuters reported in April that British transport company FirstGroup (FGP.L) and I Squared had been weighing competing bids for parts of Arriva. Its annual sales rose to 4.2 billion euros in 2022, making up 7.5% of Deutsche Bahn's total revenue.

Persons: Andrew Couldridge, Emma, Victoria Farr, Andres Gonzalez, Markus Wacket, Susan Fenton Organizations: Arriva, REUTERS, Squared Capital, Deutsche, Reuters, Financial Times, Deutsche Bahn, DB Arriva, London's, Cross Country, Deutsche Bahn's, Thomson Locations: Harlow , Britain, FRANKFURT, LONDON, Miami

☆ PENN Entertainment shares drop below pre-ESPN deal levels
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPENN Entertainment shares drop below pre-ESPN deal levelsJoe Pompliano, Sport Business Analyst, joins 'Last Call' to talk the PENN-ESPN deal, why Penn's stock is lower and what the future of the partnership could look like.

Persons: Joe Pompliano Organizations: PENN Entertainment, ESPN, Sport Business, PENN

☆ How one dad went from building a glamping pod for his kids to turning his backyard into a booming rental business that can fetch over $2,400 a night
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

British dad Derry Green started building a glamping pod in his backyard with his kids during the lockdown in 2020. And by the end of the first lockdown, I had created what I now know to be a glamping pod," Green said. The Secret Garden GlampingThe glamping pods can be booked on Green's website, and they range between £195 to £285 per night. The cheapest glamping pod is the first pod that Green ever built, and it's a yurt called "The Retreat," per The Secret Garden Glamping site. The Secret Garden Glamping

Persons: Derry Green, Little, I'd, Green, —, we've, It's Organizations: Service, Derry Green, Facebook, eBay Locations: Wall, Silicon, Lancashire, England, France, Spain

LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - British transport company FirstGroup (FGP.L) and infrastructure fund I Squared are weighing competing bids for parts of Deutsche Bahn's international transport business Arriva, according to a number of people familiar with the matter. The British transport company may also consider partnering with another bidder for the UK operations, the two added. Arriva, Deutsche Bahn, FirstGroup and I Squared declined to comment. A Bloomberg report in January suggested Arriva may now fetch as much as 2 billion euros. Binding offers for Arriva are expected in the next couple of months, two of the sources said.

☆ The 'Robinhood of passports' says it's a mistake to ban golden visas — make them fund affordable housing and refugee programs instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Portugal and Ireland recently announced they are shutting down their "golden visa" programs. Their less-advantageous siblings, "golden visas," provide temporary residence permits in exchange for investment, as opposed to permanent citizenship. A golden taxInstead of banning golden passports and visas outright, countries should adjust the investment requirements to match their current needs, Arton says. A scandalous historyBut golden passports don't only raise the issue of inequality, the European Commission argues, they also pose a threat to national security. Last year, 282 of Ireland's 306 golden visa applications came from Chinese citizens, The Irish Times reported.

☆ India hunts Sikh preacher who has revived calls for homeland
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Krishn Kaushik | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Top Punjab police officer Sukhchain Gill told Reuters that Singh had set up a militia called Anandpur Khalsa Fauj. Singh has said striving for a separate country, that Sikhs call Khalistan, was not an anti-democratic and should not be taboo. Sikh militants complaining of unfair treatment on the part of the central government began agitating for a separate homeland in the 1970s. Singh had become popular through social media during drawn protests in 2020-21 by thousands of farmers from Punjab, many of them Sikh, against agricultural reforms. Sikh militants were blamed for the 1985 bombing of an Air India Boeing 747 flying from Canada to India in which all 329 people on board were killed.

☆ Three under-the-radar ways to play the global electric vehicle boom from Jefferies
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

There's more than one way to tap into the global electric vehicle boom. In fact, Jefferies has three under-the-radar plays that include a welding equipment maker. LECO YTD mountain Lincoln Electric shares YTD For Lincoln Electric, the surge in electric vehicle interest will boost its automotive and transport business, which makes up 17% of its sales, according to Jefferies. Lincoln Electric is a maker of welding equipment and products, but last year it also launched an initiative to design and manufacture EV chargers for the domestic market. Meanwhile, chemicals firm Graco is also dealing with sealing and bonding applications for electric vehicle battery pack and module assembly.

☆ Manufacturing orders from China down 40% in unrelenting demand collapse
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

U.S. manufacturing orders in China are down 40 percent, according to the latest CNBC Supply Chain Heat Map data. HLS expects most carriers to extend their West Coast rates until December 14, holding at $1,300-$1,400 per forty-foot equivalent containers (FEU). The 2M Alliance of Maersk and MSC has suspended almost half of its U.S. West Coast services for December. is also impacting Vietnam, which has been booming as a manufacturing hub as more trade moved away from China. Canceled ocean sailings bound for Vietnam are up 50% for December.

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