Hot Stocks: American Realty Capital, Bank of America Corp(NYSE:BAC), Vale SA (ADR)(NYSE:VALE), AT&T Inc.(NYSE:T)

Lakeway, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/05/2013 -- ThePennyStockProfiler.com, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

American Realty Capital Properties Inc (NASDAQ:ARCP) shares increased 0.91% to $13.36.The company will begin trading ex-dividend from March 06, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.075 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 15, 2013. Stockholders who purchased ARCP stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 0.54% increase over the previous month.

Additionally, investment analysts at Ladenburg Thalmann raised their target price on shares of ARCP from $14.00 to $15.00 in a note issued to investors yesterday. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the stock.

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Bank of America Corp(NYSE:BAC) shares gained 2.15% to $11.66.The company has introduced a new credit card that will reward customers for responsible management of their monthly payments. Dubbed the BankAmericard Better Balance Rewards credit card, account-holders can earn cash by paying more than the monthly minimum and doing so on time.

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Vale SA (ADR)(NYSE:VALE) shares gained 1.55% to $18.30. The Company, on Feb. 18, announced that it has declared force majeure (FM) on a number of its coal sales contracts as on Febr. 15, 2013 and is constanlty communicating with customers as required under its agreements. So far, the Company estimates a loss of approx. 250,000 metric tons in metallurgical coal shipments. It will disclose further information related to the evolution of the events until the situation has been somewhat normalized.

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AT&T Inc.(NYSE:T) shares gained 1.05% to S36.55. On March 12, the company will webcast a keynote addressed by Steve Caniano,( Vice President-Hosting), Managed Applications and Cloud Solutions, AT&T Business Solutions, at the Piper Jaffray Technology, Media & Telecommunications Conference in New York.
Additionally, the company, on Feb. 28, announced the appointment of Kay Kapoor to head AT&T Government Solutions, the unit within AT&T that serves a wide range of federal agencies. In her new role, Kapoor will lead a 4,000 employee organization responsible for delivering IT and professional services solutions to government customers at the federal level.

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