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Watch List: Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA), AFLAC Inc. (NYSE:AFL), Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:WHR)

Watch List: Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA), AFLAC Inc. (NYSE:AFL), Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:WHR)
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Charles Donlon
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October 17, 2014
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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is donating $100,000 to United Way Worldwide to help with flood relief efforts in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in northern India. Additionally, to make it as convenient as possible for customers to transfer money to India and help friends and family, Wells Fargo is waiving ExpressSend® remittance fees to India through October 31, 2014. Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) in last trading activity increased 0.59% to close at $48.13. Company weekly performance is -5.85% while its quarterly performance stands at -6.14%. Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is -10.54% away from its 52 week high.Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) said on Wednesday it agreed to sell its stake in a bauxite mining and alumina refining joint venture in Jamaica to Noble Group Ltd. of Hong Kong for $140 million. Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals, Alcoa's 60 percent owned bauxite mining and refining affiliate, will continue as the managing operator of the Jamalco joint venture for three years. On last trading day Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) increased 0.69% to close at $14.60. Its volatility for the week is 5.24% while volatility for the month is 3.61%. AA's sales growth for past 5 years was -3.10% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -58.30%. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) monthly performance is -10.32%.Web.com Group (NASDAQ:WWWW) major shareholder Okumus Fund Management Ltd. acquired 62,194 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 8th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $18.93 per share, for a total transaction of $1,177,332.42. On last trading day Web.com Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWWW) increased 0.64% to close at $18.76. Its volatility for the week is 3.48% while volatility for the month is 3.11%. WWWW's sales growth for past 5 years was 32.60% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 17.60%. Web.com Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWWW) monthly performance is -7.72%.Fitch Ratings has affirmed Aflac Inc.'s (NYSE:AFL) 'A' long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and the 'AA-' Insurance Financial Strength (IFS) ratings of AFL's insurance subsidiaries. The Rating Outlook is Negative. A complete list of ratings appears at the end of this release. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE:AFL) has 0.30% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 65.50%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $55.86.Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Whirlpool Italia Holdings S.r.l., acquired a 56 percent stake in Indesit Company S.p.A. (BIT: IND), representing 61.9 percent of the voting stock of Indesit. On Thursday shares of Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:WHR) closed at $145.76. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was -0.10% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 23.40%.

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