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Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: Cree, Melco, Monster, VIVUS and More

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 8:40 am

Investors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell ...
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Closing Bell for Wednesday on Wall Street: Markets Open Lower, Stock Prices Rise All Day

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on relatively little economic data. In Europe, Germany reported that industrial production rose 1.2%, while a house price index in the U.K.rose 1.1% ...
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Closing Bell for Tuesday on Wall Street: Share Prices Push Indexes to All-Time Highs

Posted: May 7, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following an unexpected 0.25% cut in Australia’s key interest rate to a new level of 2.75%. Japan’s Nikkei reopened today after a two-day ...
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Viagra for Sale Online: Will Other Drug Companies Follow Pfizer?

Posted: May 7, 2013 at 9:15 am

Yesterday’s announcement by Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) that it would begin selling its blockbuster Viagra drug online directly to patients is a genuinely ground-breaking deal. The big drug companies like ...
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Arena Withdraws Application for Weight-Loss Drug Approval in Europe

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 8:30 am

Drug maker Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) has withdrawn its application for European regulatory approval of its weight-loss drug Belviq. The drug was approved for use in the United States ...
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Obesity and Weight Loss Drug Shipments Rising

Posted: April 19, 2013 at 9:10 am

VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) is the king of weight loss drugs now that it is operating with the first pill to help assist weight loss in a decade. The company's ...
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Merrill Lynch Offers Four Key Biotech Drug Updates

Posted: April 17, 2013 at 11:45 am

Biotech pipeline news and biotech drug news continues to hit. A report from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch is highlighting four small-cap to mid-cap biotech stocks with positive prescription trends so far ...
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VIVUS FDA Approval of Qsymia Expands the Obesity Customer Base

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 3:21 pm

VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) has just secured Food and Drug Administration  approval of an amendment and modification to the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for its weight-loss drug Qsymia. With ...
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13 Must-Read Weekend Stock Stories for Monday

Posted: March 9, 2013 at 10:11 am

It may be the weekend, and the DJIA hit a new high this last week, but there is no such thing as any rest for the wicked. 24/7 Wall St. ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 6, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Closed Mixed (JCP, ICE, BBY, QCOM, VVUS, GEVO, QIHU, SWHU, PAY, AEO, BIG, TFM, HOV, SPLS, STP, PETS, MTN, CIEN, DANG, JRCC, KR, SFD, MTG, PBR, BBRY)

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but struggled to maintain even a flat performance compared to yesterday’s close. Before the markets opened this morning, the Mortgage Bankers Association noted ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (A, BBY, BFAM, DF, ICE, JCP, MA, QCOM, CRM, SKX, VVUS)

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 8:45 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) started as Outperform at Leerink Swann. Best Buy ...
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Eleven Stocks Expected to Rise by 50% to 100% — or More

Posted: March 5, 2013 at 6:47 am

Investors are always looking for new ideas. Now that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is trying to hit new highs and investors are pouring record inflows of capital into stocks, ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 26, 2013: Markets Show a Little Enthusiasm (ADM, LULU, SNDK, YUM, IP, VVUS, HFC, HD, M, MSO, RSH, SKS, TSL, AWK, EIX, PCLN, FSLR, RRC, WFT, DLTR, JOY, SWC, TGT)

Posted: February 26, 2013 at 4:16 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and wobbled around before heading upward for most of the day. Strong home prices and a surge in the consumer confidence index (more ...
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VIVUS Obesity Drug Sales Only About 60% of Expectations

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 5:08 pm

VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) reported a quarterly loss of $0.56 per share on Monday, but this was not an earnings story. VIVUS remains a developing story about its obesity drug ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 25, 2013: Markets Slide on Italian Elections (AIG, SWY, OXY, PAAS, VMW, DDD, FE, HL, HTZ, LOW, KWK, ADSK, OKE, TUMI, VVUS, AZO, BZ, HFC, HD, M, MSO, RSH, SKS, THC, TSL, DDD, AFFY, ZNGA)

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 4:02 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as they awaited results from the Italian elections. Early exit polls had the center-left party of Pier Luigi Bersani in the lead, but ...
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