(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 15, 2010 ) Dallas, Tx - Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) made an all time high at $13.63 earlier in the session. The stock is up 0.82% to $13.45. So far this year, the stock has jumped over 34%.


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PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) has created a new 52-week high of $66.26 and now up 0.89% to $65.68. So far this year, the stock has jumped over 7%. The company announced that its Board of Directors approved a plan to increase cash returns to shareholders by raising the Company's annual dividend and its share repurchase authorization amount. The Board of Directors of the Company approved a 7% increase in the annual dividend on the Company's common stock, from the current annual rate of $1.80 to $1.92 per share. The increase will take effect when the Board declares the next quarterly common stock dividend, which is currently expected to be paid on June 30, 2010, to shareholders of record on June 4, 2010. The Board of Directors also authorized the repurchase of up to $15 billion of the Company's common stock through June 2013.


Quiksilver, Inc. (NYSE:ZQK) surged 4.95% to $4.24 and created a new 52-week high of $4.44. So far this year, the stock has jumped over 105%.


Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (NYSE:PVH) soared over 9.22% to $52.14 and made a new 52-week high of $54.64. The company announced a definitive agreement for PVH to acquire Tommy Hilfiger B.V., which is controlled by funds affiliated with Apax Partners L.P., for total consideration of EUR2.2 billion (approximately $3.0 billion) plus the assumption of EUR100 million in liabilities. The consideration includes EUR1.924 billion in cash and EUR276 million in PVH common stock. PVH expects to finance the EUR1.924 billion cash portion of the acquisition and refinance its $300 million of existing senior unsecured notes with a combination of approximately $385 million of cash on hand, $2.45 billion of senior secured debt (including an undrawn revolver of $450 million), $600 million of senior unsecured notes and $200 million in PVH perpetual convertible preferred stock described below. In addition, PVH currently plans to raise approximately $200 million in common stock through a public offering prior to closing.


NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) jumped 0.31% to $70.11 and created a new 52-week high of $70.73. So far this year, the stock has jumped over 6%.

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