Minerals Technologies on Monday sealed a deal to acquire Amcol International for $1.74 billion after Imerys failed to return with a sweetened bid for the minerals producer.

New York suitor sweetens offer to $45.75, trumps rival proposal from Imerys.

ACO TFX AVT are going ex-dividend tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 5:00 AM ET

AMCOL International Corporation (NYSE:ACO) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from a hold to buy.

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We stumbled ... we lost share ... we lost momentum," said CEO Pat Gelsinger.

"A continued recovery of cross-border travel," helped Visa post better-than-expected first quarter earnings.

"While the full-year 2022, and particularly the fourth quarter, represented a challenging moment for Hasbro, we are confident in our Blueprint 2.0 strategy," said CEO Chris Cocks.

The world's largest automaker by sales volume just made a big change to its C-Suite.