Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSX:FFH)(NYSE:FFH) announces an increase in the size of its offering of 7.5% Senior Notes due 2019 from $150 million to $400 million in aggregate principal amount, to be priced at 99.639.

Alturas Minerals Corp. (the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:ALT)(BVLAC:ALT) is pleased to report that it has entered into a letter of intent agreement with Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (”Buenaventura”) (BVLAC:BUE.LM)(NYSE:BVN), a Peruvian company listed on the Lima and New York Stock Exchanges, regarding its 100% owned Ccaccapaqui 1 property in southern Peru.

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CenturyLink (CTL), formerly CenturyTel Inc, announced results for the second quarter today with adjusted (excluding non-recurring items or non-GAAP) earnings per share of $0.83, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.81. Reported earnings per share (GAAP) of $0.68 reflect a decline from $0.88 in the corresponding quarter of 2008.   The company reported operating revenue of $634.5 million, down 3.4% year over year as growth in data revenue was more than offset by declines in voice and network access revenue. Net income (excluding non-recurring items) decreased to $83.3 million from $91.2 million (down 8.6%) in the second quarter of 2008.   On GAAP basis, net income decreased to $69 million from $92.2 million (down 25%) a year-ago due to integration cost of $22.5 million related to the recent acquisition of Embarq Corporation.   Voice revenue declined 5.6% year over year to $207.6 million while data revenue increased 9.1%

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Liberty Media [LMDIA: 17.34, +0.15 (+0.87%)] has been in the news a lot lately, due to CEO John Malone’s recent bailout of Sirius XM Radio [SIRI: 0.2473, +0.0123 (+5.23%)]. This article is not about that deal, however. This article is an attempt to explain the structure of Liberty Media, which is sure to confuse most amateur investors, as well as some professional ones. This is because Liberty uses “tracking stocks,” which have not been popular since the dot-com days of the 90’s.

According to investopedia.com, a tracking stock is a “common stock issued by a parent company that tracks the performance of a particular division without having claims on the assets of the division or the parent company.”

When a parent company issues a tracking stock, all revenue and expenses of the applicable division are separated from the parent company’s financial statements

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There are actually a few advantages of owning quarterly dividend stocks over monthly dividend stocks. First, there are over 2,000 different quarterly dividend stocks to choose from, versus a few hundred monthly dividend stocks. Second, there are far more quarterly stocks to choose from, whereas most of the monthly dividend companies are either closed end funds, oil income trusts, or real estate trusts. Third, for smaller diversified portfolios, monthly dividends may be very small, and it may be more convenient to have a larger quarterly check on each stock. According to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are over a hundred quarterly dividend stocks paying more than 5% with market caps over $500 million, PE ratios below 20, and PEG ratios below 2. Here are several of the highest yielding quarterly dividend stocks. Please note that some of the extremely high yields may not be sustainable.Copano Energy, L.L.C. (CPNO) ...

Kansas was purchased in 1803 by the US government as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Their soil today produces wheat, corn, oats, berries potatoes, and much more. Kansas is also home to some of the leading aircraft-manufacturing companies.Here are some interesting facts about the state:1. Kansas is the number one producer of wheat.2. Kansas is one of top oil producers. The state has also natural gas and helium reserves.3. Kansas wheat exports had a value of $1,012.8 million in 2007, and ranked it second among the states.4. Kansas added more than 20,500 new jobs during 2006.5. 70% of Kansas’ population, age 16 and over, are either working or looking for work.6. It is expected that Kansas total employment will increase by 13.4% from 2002 to 2012.7. Kansas demand for Architects, medical assistants and teachers is expected to ...