Picking Up the Pieces: How Biogen Is Dealing With Discontinued Alzheimer’s Trial

Posted: March 25, 2019 at 9:05 am

A Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicates that it intends to buy back a sizable amount of stock. This comes after the biotech ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Akamai, Analog Devices, Enphase, LivePerson, NCR, Nu Skin, Tiffany, Valero and More

Posted: March 25, 2019 at 8:45 am

Stocks were indicated to open marginally lower on Monday as concerns about global growth continue to outweigh the end of the Mueller investigation. Friday's sell-off seemed excessive, but the stock ...
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Faked and Pirated Goods Cost $500 Billion in Global Trade

Posted: March 25, 2019 at 8:25 am

In the three years between 2013 and 2016, the volume of global trade in counterfeit and pirated products rose by more than 10%, from $461 billion to $509 billion. As ...
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March Madness Means Big Sports Betting: 4 Top Casino Stocks to Buy

Posted: March 25, 2019 at 8:00 am

If there is any time during the year where productivity in the workplace drops, it's during the annual NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. Almost everybody from teenagers to grandparents play in ...
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5 Must-Own Merrill Lynch Income Portfolio High-Dividend Stocks

Posted: March 25, 2019 at 7:25 am

It became pretty clear last week that interest rates are going nowhere this year, and they may not go anywhere in 2020. The Federal Reserve is worried about slowing growth, ...
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Nearly 60% of Americans Believe Effects of Global Warming Have Begun

Posted: March 25, 2019 at 6:45 am

A vast majority of Americans believe that global warming exists. And 59% of them think the effects already have begun. That is about the same as it has been since ...
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The 8 Huge Companies Apple Is Up Against With Its Streaming Video Product

Posted: March 25, 2019 at 6:25 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will launch a streaming video service today. The company believes that its brand and installed base of over a billion devices will allow it to successfully ...
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The Cities With the Best and Worst Commutes

Posted: March 24, 2019 at 8:42 pm

Traveling to and from work is no fun – it may even be the worst part of one’s day. While people taking the train or the bus may have some ...
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WSJ: Apple insiders call their TV app ‘a Netflix killer’

Posted: March 24, 2019 at 1:05 pm

Tim Cook has apparently been hovering over the services division like a nervous parent.   From Tripp Mickle’s With the iPhone Sputtering, Apple Bets Its Future on TV and News ...
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Guns Kill More Children Than They Do Police and Members Of Military

Posted: March 24, 2019 at 9:22 am

A new study shows that in America guns kill more children than they do on-duty police and active members of the military. The study was conducted by researchers at Florida ...
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What Steve Jobs said about saving the NYTimes (video)

Posted: March 24, 2019 at 9:05 am

And what the New York Times has to say about that now.   Anticipating the relaunch of Apple News on Monday, friend-of-the-blog Jerry Doyle remembered this 2010 interview… From ...
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Flying to California, headed for the Steve Jobs Theater

Posted: March 24, 2019 at 8:05 am

Monday is showtime in Cupertino, and I wouldn’t miss it for the world.   You can watch the livestream from wherever you are. Instructions here. ...
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IBM Becomes Best Performing Dow Stock of 2019

Posted: March 24, 2019 at 7:21 am

Hand it to Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty, board chair, president and chief executive officer of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM). After a long period of quarterly revenue drops and ...
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Carnival, Conn’s, Lululemon and More Big Earnings Coming This Week

Posted: March 24, 2019 at 7:10 am

We’ve reached the point in earnings season when the number of major companies reporting quarterly results tends to slow down. 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of the ...
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Powerball Lottery Hits $750 Million: 12 Things Not to Do If You Win!

Posted: March 24, 2019 at 6:38 am

It is almost undeniable that winning the lottery has become the new version of the American Dream. The odds of winning might be worse than being struck by lightning on ...
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