FBL Financial Group Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 6.25 cents per share on its owners of Class A and Class B common stock. The dividend will be payable on June 30 to shareholders of record as of June 15, 2010. See the release.

The U.S. financial overhaul bill will undergo another vote this afternoon after Democrats in the Senate fell three votes shy of pushing the bill to a final vote Wednesday. The vote is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. central standard time. Read more.

Deere & Co. earned net income of $547.5 million, or $1.28 per share, for its fiscal second quarter, which ended April 30, compared with $472.3 million, or $1.11 per share, for the same period last year. Deere increased its earnings forecast for the year to $1.6 billion. It attributed the increase to a 6 percent increase in net sales and revenues to $7.131 billion. See the full release.

The number of troubled U.S. banks has risen from 90 to 775 since 2008, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The number of banks on the list in the first quarter is the highest since 1992. Read more.