Top Up And Coming Companies To Own For 2014

BB&T (NYSE: BBT  ) is keeping its common stock dividend policy steady. The company has declared a quarterly distribution of $0.23 per share to be paid on June 3 to shareholders of record as of May 10. This amount matches that of the previous payout, which was distributed in February, but is 15% higher than the year-ago disbursement of $0.20 per share.

The current common stock dividend annualizes to $0.92 per share, which yields 3.1% at BB&T's most recent closing stock price of $29.97.

The company also declared a trio of preferred stock dividends. Holders of its series D preferreds will receive $121.875 per share, while those with series E will get $117.1875 and series F stockholders will be paid $108.333. Like the common stock dividend, all three payouts will be dispensed on June 3 to holders of record as of May 10.

Top Up And Coming Companies To Own For 2014: Recon Technology Ltd.(RCON)

Recon Technology, Ltd. provides hardware, software, and on-site services to companies in the petroleum mining and extraction industry in the People?s Republic of China. The company offers equipment, tools, and other hardware related to oilfield production and management; and develop and sell industrial automation control and information solutions. Its oil and gas production and transportation equipment comprise heating furnaces, burners, and separators. Recon Technology, Ltd.?s oil and gas development tools and equipment include packers of fracturing, production packers, and water injection packers; and oil and gas production increasing techniques consist of fissure shaper technique to increase perforation depth, sand prevention in oil and water well technique, water locating and plugging technique, fracture acidizing technique, and electronic broken-down service. Its automation systems and services comprise pumping unit controllers that monitors the pumping units and co llects data for load, pressure, voltage, startup, and shutdown control; RTU for monitoring natural gas wells and collecting gas well pressure data; wireless dynamometer and wireless pressure gauge; electric multi-way valve for oilfield metering station flow control; and natural gas flow computer system to measure the flow. The company?s automation systems and services also consist of Recon SCADA oilfield monitor and data acquisition system for supervision and data collection; EPC service of pipeline SCADA system for pipeline monitoring and data acquisition; EPC service of oil and gas wells SCADA system for monitoring and data acquisition of oil, and natural gas wells; EPC service of oilfield video surveillance and control system to control the oil and gas wellhead area and measure station area; and technique service for digital oilfield transformation. Recon Technology, Ltd. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People?s Republic of China.

Top Up And Coming Companies To Own For 2014: Alinta Energy Group (AEJ.AX)

Redbank Energy Limited engages in the ownership and management of Redbank power station in Australia. Its Redbank power station is a coal fired base load power station with a capacity of 151 megawatts located near Singleton in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. The company was formerly known as Alinta Energy Limited and changed its name to Redbank Energy Limited in March 2011. Redbank Energy Limited is based in Sydney, Australia.

Top 10 US Stocks To Invest In 2014: Excellon Resources Inc (EXN.TO)

Excellon Resources Inc., a mineral resource company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and mining of mineral properties primarily in Mexico. It primarily explores for silver, lead, and zinc ores. The company owns a 100% interest in the Platosa property covering a total area of 40,864 hectares located in northeastern Durango States. It also has interests in the Miguel Auza property covering a total area of 41,000 hectares of under explored land in northern Zacatecas, as well as in the DeSantis Project situated near Timmins, Ontario and the Beschefer Project, located in northwestern Quebec. Excellon Resources Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Top Up And Coming Companies To Own For 2014: Ardea Biosciences Inc.(RDEA)

Ardea Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on the discovery and development of small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of gout and cancer in the United States. Its product candidates include Lesinurad (RDEA594), an inhibitor of the URAT1 kidney transporter, which is in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of gout; BAY 86-9766 (RDEA119), a mitogen-activated ERK kinase (MEK) inhibitor that is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of cancer; and RDEA3170, an URAT1 kidney transporter inhibitor, which is in Phase I clinical trials for the treatment of gout. The company has a development and commercialization license agreement with Bayer Healthcare AG to develop and commercialize MEK inhibitors for various indications. Ardea Biosciences, Inc. is based in San Diego, California.

Top Up And Coming Companies To Own For 2014: COMMERCEFIRST BANCORP INC(CMFB)

CommerceFirst Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for CommerceFirst Bank that provides financial services to individuals and corporate customers located primarily in Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and Prince George?s County, Maryland. It accepts various deposit products that include business and personal checking accounts, NOW accounts, premium savings accounts, and tiered money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also provides commercial loans for business purposes, including working capital, equipment purchases, real estate, lines of credit, and government contract financing; asset based lending and accounts receivable financing; real estate loans for business and investment purposes; commercial lines of credit; and merchant credit card services offered through an outside vendor, as well as services for business accounts that include remote deposit and Internet banking services. CommerceFirst operates five banking offices in A nne Arundel, Howard, and Prince George?s counties in central Maryland. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.