NEW YORK (AP) — Changes announced in corporate dividends Dec. 26-Dec. 29.

INCREASED DIVIDENDS

Investar Holding Corp .0315 from .03

g- Canadian funds

OTHER CORPORATE NEWS AND LISTINGS:

STOCK SPLITS THIS WEEK

China Xiniya Fashion ADR 1 for 3 reverse split

ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS

MINIMUM VALUE $100 MILLION

Fortress Investment Group LLC - SoftBanks Group (3.3B)

Gigamon Inc - Elliott Associates LP (1.6B)

Ruby Tuesday Inc - NRD Capital (335M)

NEW STOCK LISTINGS

NYSE

Seaspan Corp

Spirit Airlines Inc (from Nasdaq Global)

Visteon Corp (from NYSE)

NASDAQ GLOBAL AND GLOBAL SELECT MARKETS

Estre Ambiental Inc

Estre Ambiental Inc warrants

STOCKS REMOVED FROM TRADING

NYSE

EPR Properties 6.625pc pfd F

Exco Resources Inc

Torchmark Corp pfd B

Turkish Investment Fund Inc

NASDAQ GLOBAL AND GLOBAL SELECT MARKETS

SVB Capital II pfd

Sorrento Tech Inc

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