Stocks In News - StemCells, Facebook, SPB, BANC, CPB

StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM) stock surged 17.97% to $2.56 in the pre-market hour after the company announced that interim six-month data from the first patient cohort in the Company's Phase I/II clinical trial of its proprietary HuCNS-SC product candidate (purified human neural stem cells) for chronic spinal cord injury continues to demonstrate a favorable safety profile, and shows considerable gains in sensory function in two of the three patients compared to pre-transplant baselines.

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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) shares climbed 0.68% to $18.18 in pre-market hour. Wolfram Alpha has made an initiative to recollect all this information, whatever your friends allow you to see, and created a mystifying spread of data associated to your Facebook (FB) usage.

Additionally, the company’s shareholders are continuously concerned about the revenue flow from which the company can take benefit.

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Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SPB) announced that its Rayovac global battery division will make another multi-million dollar investment over the next year in research and development and in its manufacturing plants to meet growing demand for the world's longest-lasting, mercury-free hearing aid batteries.

First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BANC) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share on its outstanding common stock. The dividend will be payable on October 1, 2012 to shareholders of record as of September 14, 2012.

Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) shares gained 4.44% to $36.70 in the pre-market hour after the company posted fourth quarter net income of $127 million, or $0.40 per share, from $100 million, or $0.31 per share, in the same period a year earlier. Adjusted earnings were $0.41 per share, topping analysts' average estimate of $0.38 a share. Sales were flat at $1.61 billion. Campbell forecast adjusted earnings of $2.51 to $2.57 per share for fiscal 2013 and sales growth of 10 to 12 percent. Analysts were expecting $2.52 per share.

Additionally, the company said that it expects fiscal 2013 sales to grow between 10%-12%, adjusted EBIT between 4%-6% and adjusted EPS between 3%-5% and adjusted EPS to be between $2.51-$2.57. The Company reported sales of $7.7 Billion, EBIT of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2012.