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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 20, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Hold Gains on FOMC Statement (ZNGA, DE, BBY, AAPL, BBRY, ADBE, CTAS, FTEK, WSM, FDX, GIS, LEN, ORCL, JBL, TUMI, KBH, LULU, MOV, ROST, OMPI, VRX, AFFY)

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 4:10 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and maintained the upside, anticipating that today’s FOMC statement would not provoke any surprises. And the markets were not surprised (more coverage here). ...
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Many Big Share Buyback Plans in November (BP, GME, LTD, MNST, NTAP, ORLY, OSK, PG, SBUX, XRX, VRX, YUM)

Posted: November 19, 2012 at 8:54 am

In the most recent trading days, we have seen more companies turn to new or expanded share buyback plans. If the dividend tax rates rise too much, corporations may ditch ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — September 4, 2012: Markets Off to Slow Start in September (ARMH, GME, NWSA, IBM, MT, CPB, SFD, HSOL, BLMN, FNSR, PBY, DG, MRX, VRX, HEK, QCOR)

Posted: September 4, 2012 at 4:06 pm

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat to slightly lower this morning after the three-day holiday weekend. PMI readings from Europe came out weaker than expected yesterday (our coverage ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: September 4, 2012 at 10:35 am

The stock market is down Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.60%, the Nasdaq down 0.44% and the S&P 500 down 0.56%. Today's winners both include mergers, while ...
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Medicis and Valeant, When Both Companies Rise on a Merger

Posted: September 4, 2012 at 7:45 am

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. (NYSE: MRX) is seeing its shares surging on news that it will be acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (NYSE: VRX). What is interesting here is that ...
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Media Digest (9/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 4, 2012 at 6:01 am

Samsung will review 250 suppliers for labor violations. (Reuters) Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) will ask a court to review copyright damages against SAP A.G. (NYSE: SAP). (Reuters) Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) ...
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Bausch + Lomb Nabs ISTA (ISTA, VRX)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 8:52 am

Privately held Bausch + Lomb Inc. has made ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ISTA) an offer it can’t refuse. The eye care company owned by private equity firm Warburg Pincus will ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (SHLD, IPG, DNKN, AEP, URI, AES, BCPC, CHTR, CTB, EP, LOW, KWK, RIG, VRX, ATPG, CQP, DNDN, IMI, MVIS)

Posted: February 27, 2012 at 4:07 pm

Stocks opened down this morning following on weakness in Europe following the G20’s refusal to provide additional funding to the IMF. But at the end of the first hour of ...
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November Share Buybacks Already Nearing $30 Billion (ALL, AIG, CBS, FIS, PFE, RAI, SBUX, SYY, TMO, VIA, VRX, PKW)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 10:57 am

Some companies just want to keep bringing on new share buybacks whether they work or not.  Some are to stop dilution from acquisitions or employee stock options, while others are ...
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August’s New Massive Stock Buybacks… Over $30 Billion (LOW, CVS, CELG, COV, INTU, DISCA, HRS, LMT, RSG, LOW, ABC, MXIM, ANR, AVT, JAH, LUV, STJ, ECL, IPG, FRX, ACE, CLF, CTSH, KBR, NWL, VRX, AKAM, AOL, DLB, URBN, ACM, CHTR, MYGN, PFG, HSIC)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 3:00 pm

The pace of stock buyback announcements in the month of August was almost unbelievable.  The pace was stronger at the start of the month when earnings were still coming in ...
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Key Stocks To Watch This Coming Week, The Unusual Suspects (ADP, CSX, FVE, GILD, LYV, LULU, RMBS, REGN, RIMM, SIRI, P, SIX, VRX)

Posted: June 12, 2011 at 9:40 am

The upcoming week is not very active on the earnings front but we do have some key events to watch for individual equities and companies.  This our cast of "The ...
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M&A Watch: Biotech Deals Keep Rolling, Who Is The Next Buyout Target? (TEVA, VRX, CEPH, CRA, ALXN, DNDN, CBST, HGSI, UTHR, CADX, AMAG, SGMO)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 7:46 pm

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) has trumped Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX) after it agreed to acquire Cephalon Inc. (NASDAQ: CEPH) in a $6.8 billion deal.  The merger will give ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CEPH, NLST, VRX, VVTV)

Posted: March 30, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cephalon, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEPH), Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST), Valeant Pharmaceuticals ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 6.21.2010 The Wisdom Of Crowds

Posted: June 21, 2010 at 8:25 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: November 5, 2007 at 4:41 pm

Fremont General (FMT) Mortgage company debt rating cut. Falls to $1.81 from 52-week high of $17.30.Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) Drops on downgrade. Drops to $10.35 from $18.82. Nordstrom (JWN) Retailers keep ...
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