A new study in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences found that companies that traded their shares on riskier stock exchanges attempted to manage internal trouble by selectively releasing information.

Intel Corporation's board of directors has increased its quarterly dividend on the company's common stock approximately 10 percent, to 14 cents per share.

Chinese shares surged sharply on Monday by 8.13 percent following rallies in neighboring markets and news of improving weather in the country's snow-hit regions.

Nortel [NYSE/TSX: NT] announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a limited share purchase plan as a vehicle to enable certain Nortel executive officers to purchase common shares from Nortel to satisfy share ownership guidelines.

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today said it has been notified of a "mini-tender" offer by TRC Capital Corporation to purchase up to 5 million shares of the Company’s common stock, which represents approximately .90 percent of its outstanding shares.

ASML Holding NV (ASML) today announced that, subject to the condition that creditors have not opposed the capital repayment, it has set a record date for the repayment of EUR 2.04 per ordinary share and the consolidation of all outstanding ordinary shares (the reverse stock split) as approved at its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on July 17, 2007.

Siemens Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), announced today that the statutory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, applicable to its cash tender offer for all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: DADE) has been terminated.

According to information received by Nokia Corporation, The Capital Group Companies, Inc. is now allowed by Finnish authorities to report its holdings separately from the holdings of Capital Research and Management Company and its subsidiaries. The Capital Group Companies, Inc., however, continues to report its holdings together with Capital Group International, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Intel Corporation's board of directors has declared an 11.25 cents per share quarterly dividend on the company's common stock.

The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) today declared a quarterly dividend of 43 cents per outstanding share, an increase of 2.5 cents, or 6.2 percent, from the previous quarter. On an annual basis, this increases Verizon's dividend 10 cents per share, from $1.62 to $1.72 per share.

Acer Inc. (TWSE:2353) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Galaxy Acquisition Corp., has commenced its tender offer for all the outstanding shares of Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW), at a price of US$1.90 per share. On August 27, 2007, Acer announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gateway.

DaimlerChrysler (stock-exchange abbreviation DAI) today decided on a share buyback program. In exercise of the authorization granted by the Annual Meeting of April 4, 2007, the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board approved a program for the company to acquire its own shares.