Losers Buzz: AFLAC Incorporated, Prudential Financial Inc, Harley-Davidson, Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX)

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:-

AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) shares dropped 1.68% to $50.22. The company, on Mar. 6, has been selected to Ethisphere's 2013 annual list of World's Most Ethical Companies. Aflac is the only insurance company to appear on the prestigious list for seven consecutive years.

Additionally, the company, last month, has been recognized by FORTUNE magazine as a World's Most Admired Company for the 12th time. According to FORTUNE, the World's Most Admired Companies list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Aflac was listed at number one in the Insurance: Life and Health category.

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Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:PRU) shares fell 1.67% and closed at $59.40 in the last trading session. Fitch Ratings on Mar. 11 has assigned a 'BBB-' rating to Prudential Financial, Inc.'s (PFI) issuance of $650 million of 5.70% junior subordinated notes due in 2053.

Additionally, Prudential Retirement, a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. on Mar. 5, announced four new plan sponsor clients with over 1,500 participants. Interstate Resources, an Arlington, Va.-based independent containerboard supplier of linerboard and corrugating recycled medium, has selected Prudential as its recordkeeper in November.

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Harley-Davidson, Inc.(NYSE:HOG) shares decreased 1.66% and closed at $54.49. HOG) was upgraded by equities researchers at Longbow Research to a “buy” rating in a report issued on Mar. 7. Additionally, analysts at EVA Dimensions downgraded shares of Harley-Davidson to an “underweight” rating in a research note to investors this month.

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Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) shares fell 1.79% and closed at $37.76. The company today unveiled its new Zynq(TM)-7100 All Programmable SoCs, the latest addition to its Zynq-7000 family, which integrates the industry's highest performance digital signal processing (DSP) to meet the most demanding programmable systems integration requirements of next-generation 'smart' wireless, broadcast, medical and military applications.

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