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--- Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE:CS) opened Tuesday at $42.65 per share on trading volume of 384,690 shares.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("Credit Suisse") and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ("Deutsche Bank"), today announced that they have entered into an agreement with Huntsman Corporation ("Huntsman") to end all litigation among Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and their affiliates and Huntsman.
About Credit Suisse
As one of the world's leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with private banking, investment banking and asset management services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 46,700 people. Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group, is a leading global financial services company headquartered in Zurich. Credit Suisse Group's registered shares (CSGN) are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.
--- Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (NYSE:BWP) opened Tuesday at $22.11 per share on trading volume of 355,982 shares.
In a press release out on Jun 23, 2009 -- Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (NYSE:BWP) today announced it has agreed to sell 6,684,857 newly issued common units to a subsidiary of Loews Corporation in a private placement at a price of $21.99 per common unit, the closing price of the common units on the New York Stock Exchange on June 22,( )2009, for aggregate proceeds of $147 million. The general partner of Boardwalk Pipeline will also contribute $3 million to maintain its 2% general partner interest for aggregate proceeds of $150 million. The private placement has been approved by the independent Conflicts Committee of the general partner. Closing of the transaction, which is subject to customary conditions, is expected to take place on June 26, 2009.
About Boardwalk Pipeline Partners
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, is a limited partnership engaged, through its subsidiaries, Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company LLC, Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP, and Texas Gas Transmission, LLC, in the interstate transportation and storage of natural gas. Boardwalk's interstate natural gas pipeline systems have approximately 14,200 miles of pipeline and underground storage fields having aggregate working gas capacity of approximately 160 Bcf.
--- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) opened Tuesday at $40.56 per share on trading volume of 3,780,000 shares.
In a press release out on Jun 23, 2009 -- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) today commends the efforts of investigators in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial with Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT). The early results of the trial indicate that early intervention with CRT-D therapy can slow a patient's progression from early stage heart failure (NYHA Class I-II) to late stage heart failure (NYHA Class III-IV).
About St. Jude Medical
St. Jude Medical develops medical technology and services that focus on putting more control into the hands of those who treat cardiac, neurological and chronic pain patients worldwide. The company is dedicated to advancing the practice of medicine by reducing risk wherever possible and contributing to successful outcomes for every patient. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., St. Jude Medical employs approximately 14,000 people worldwide and has four major focus areas that include: cardiac rhythm management, atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular and neuromodulation. For more information, please visit www.sjm.com.
--- AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) opened Tuesday at $29.42 per share on trading volume of 1,960,000 shares.
In a press release out on June 23, 2009 -- Aflac today announced that the Georgia-based insurance provider has been named to Black Enterprise magazine's list of the Top 40 Best Companies for Diversity. It is the fifth consecutive year the company has been named to the prestigious list.
About Aflac
For more than 50 years, Aflac products have given policyholders the opportunity to direct cash where it is needed most when a life-interrupting medical event causes financial challenges. As the number one provider of guaranteed-renewable insurance in the United States and the number one insurance company in terms of individual insurance policies in force in Japan, Aflac insurance products provide protection to more than 40 million people worldwide. In 2009, Aflac was recognized by Ethisphere magazine as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the third consecutive year and was also named by the Reputation Institute as the Most Reputable Company in the Global Insurance Industry for the second consecutive year. In 2009 Fortune magazine recognized Aflac as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America for the eleventh consecutive year. Fortune magazine also ranked Aflac No. 1 on its global list of America's Most Admired Companies in the Life and Health Insurance category. Aflac appears on Hispanic Enterprise magazine's list of the 50 Best Companies for Supplier Diversity and on Black Enterprise magazine's list of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity. Aflac was also named by Forbes magazine as America's Best-Managed Company in the Insurance category. Aflac Incorporated is a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AFL. To find out more about Aflac, visit aflac.com.
--- American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) opened Tuesday at $18.70 per share on trading volume of 602,426 shares.
In a press release out on Jun 23, 2009 -- American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK), the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company, today announced that its financing subsidiary, American Water Capital Corp., successfully closed an offering of $45.4 million in tax-exempt water facility revenue bonds issued by Owen County in Kentucky. The bonds have a coupon of 6.25% with a maturity of June 1st 2039.
About American Water Works Company, Inc.
Founded in 1886, American Water is the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company. With headquarters in Voorhees, N.J., the company employs more than 7,000 dedicated professionals who provide drinking water, wastewater and other related services to approximately 15 million people in 32 states and Ontario, Canada.
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