Hot Stocks: Talisman Energy Inc. (USA)(NYSE:TLM), Abbott Laboratories(NYSE:ABT), Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI)

Lakeway, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/19/2013 -- 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:-

Talisman Energy Inc. (USA)(NYSE:TLM) shares decreased 2.04% to $12.02 in the last trading session. The company, on Mar. 6, announced that it plans to grow five key liquids projects, currently producing 10,000 bbls/day to approximately 65,000 bbls/day in fiscal 2014.

Additionally, the company recently presented the Berg-Hughes Center at Texas A&M University a check for $25,000 as part of a $75,000, three-year commitment.

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Abbott Laboratories(NYSE:ABT) shares declined 1.99% to $33.46. ABT‘s stock had its “hold” rating restated by analysts at TheStreet in a research report issued to clients and investors on Mar. 14.

Additionally, the company, on Mar. 11, announced positive long-term results for the company's innovative Absorb™ Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS). Three-year results from 101 patients in the second stage of the ABSORB trial were presented at the 62nd Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in San Francisco.

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Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) shares decreased 1.91% to $14.37. The company will begin trading ex-dividend on March 18, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.19 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 15, 2013. Shareholders who purchased ATVI stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 5.56% increase over the prior year.

Additionally, ATVI‘s stock had its “buy” rating restated by equities researchers at Brean Murray in a report issued on Feb. 19.

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