Stocks to Watch: Masco Corporation, eBay Inc(NASDAQ:EBAY), iStar Financial Inc. (NYSE:SFI), Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG)

Lakeway, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/21/2013 -- 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:-

Masco Corporation(NYSE:MAS) shares increased 2.60% to $20.94. The company, last month, said its fourth quarter net sales from continuing operations increased 9 percent to $1.9 billion, compared with $1.7 billion for fourth quarter 2011. Fourth quarter Income (loss) from continuing operations was $0.04 per common share compared to $(0.09) per common share. Loss from continuing operations, as reported, was $(0.23) per common share compared to $(1.42) per common share in the fourth quarter of 2011.

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eBay Inc(NASDAQ:EBAY) shares climbed 2.59% to $52.42. The company, on March 18, gave Chief Executive John Donahoe $29.7 million last year, up 80% from $16.5 million a year earlier, granting him a big bump in stock awards based on the Internet company's continued turnaround. According to eBay's annual proxy statement released yesterday, the San Jose, Calif., company boosted Mr. Donahoe's stock awards to $23.7 million last year from $8.85 million a year earlier, while his salary rose to $970,353 from $945,577 in 2011.

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iStar Financial Inc. (NYSE:SFI) shares climbed 2.57% to $10.77. Fitch Ratings on Mar. 18 said that it has affirmed iStar Financial Inc.'s (SFI: Quote) Issuer Default Rating at 'B-'. The Rating Outlook is revised to Positive from Stable. Fitch said the affirmation of the IDR at 'B-' is driven by continued weak portfolio metrics, particularly non-performing loans relative to the size of the total loan portfolio.

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Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) shares fell 27.35% to $0.195. The company, on Feb. 14, announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 18,910,000 shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase 18,910,000 shares of common stock. The shares and the warrants will be sold together as a fixed combination, with each combination consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock, at a price to the public of $0.15 per fixed combination for gross proceeds of approximately $2.8 million.

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