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We expect U.S.-based The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.'s adjusted debt leverage to remain above our 2.5x threshold for the rating over the next several quarters because of operating weakness at the company's North American risk management business, and higher pension obligations.

GDP growth of more than 6% in both 2012 and 2013, while keeping average inflation in single digits feels Dun & Bradstreet .

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 5/24/12, Dun & Bradstreet Corp will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.38, payable on 6/13/12. As a percentage of DNB's recent stock price of $69.70, this dividend works out to approximately 0.55%. Click here to find out which 9 other stocks going ex-dividend you ... (more)

New Zealand is one of the safest places in the Asia Pacific to invest, says new research from Dun & Bradstreet.

Melbourne, May 19 : Over two-thirds of Australia's chief executives intend to keep women out of senior leadership roles, a new study has revealed.

RESEARCH may show women in management is good for business, but only 22 per cent of 1200 Australian chief executives say they have appointed - or even intend to appoint - a female senior manager.

MORE than two-thirds of Australia's chief executives say they have no plans to ensure that females be included in any short list to fill senior management positions, a report has found.

The First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 2.8 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 341,000. Shares of FXO were off about 0.9% on the day.

's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by Zacks in a research note issued on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Dun & Bradstreet Corporation reported its first quarter earnings and discussed the following topics in its earnings conference call.

Dun & Bradstreet focuses on helping business owners determine the credit worthiness of other existing and potential business customers, which it does on a global basis.

Elan Emerging Technologies added another feather to its cap. The company received "SE 2A" rating from the well-known business reporting agency Dun & Bradstreet India in association with NSIC and SMERA, which signifies company's immense performance capabilities and high financial strength.

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 10:29 a.m. in New York.

Good morning, and welcome to DNB's 2012 First Quarter Teleconference. This conference is being recorded at the request of D&B. If you have any objections, you may disconnect at this time.

The Swedish lender was chosen to provide the funding in a tender that was also joined by SEB Bankas, DNB ASA , Danske Bank and Nordea's Lithuanian branch.

The analysts wrote, "1Q results at DNB point to lingering softness in the North America risk management business, despite macro indicators suggesting an incrementally improving credit outlook.

Adjusted to exclude one-time items, the company earned $1.35 a share compared with $1.29 a year ago.

"Our first quarter results were below expectations, due to unexpected weakness in North America partially offset by strong performance in International.

D&B , the world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.38 per share.