Dividends on (TYN) (TTO) (BKCC) (SFDL) (TSX:AKT-B) Declared

Tortoise North American Energy Corp. (TYN), Tortoise Capital Resources Corp. (TTO), BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp. (BKCC), Security Federal Corporation (SFDL) and Akita Drilling (TSX:AKT-B) declare dividends.

The Board of Directors of Tortoise North American Energy Corp. (TYN) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.375 per share payable 6/1/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 5/24/11.

The Board of Directors of Tortoise Capital Resources Corp. (TTO) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.10 per share payable 6/1/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 5/24/11.

The Board of Directors of BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp. (BKCC) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.26 per share payable 7/1/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 6/17/11.

The Board of Directors of Security Federal Corporation (SFDL) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.08 per share payable 6/15/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 5/31/11.

The Board of Directors of Akita Drilling (TSX:AKT-B) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of C$0.07 per share payable 7/4/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 6/20/11.

Emerson (EMR) (BKCC) (CRME) (SIMG) Get Ratings Upgrades

Shares of BlackRock Kelso (NASDAQ:BKCC), Cardiome Pharma (NASDAQ:CRME), Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and Silicon Image (NASDAQ:SIMG) all upgraded today by several brokerages.

BlackRock Kelso (BKCC) was upgraded by UBS (NYSE:UBS) from "Neutral" to "Buy."

Cardiome Pharma (CRME) was upgraded by RBC Capital Markets from "Sector Perform" to "Outperform."

Emerson (EMR) was upgraded by Oppenheimer from "Perform" to "Outperform."

Silicon Image (SIMG) was upgraded by Needham from "Hold" to "Buy." Silicon Image is soaring today, jumping to $8.48, gaining $0.92, or 12.17 percent, as of 2:56 PM EDT. Volume was over 3 times the 3-month daily average.