Investors and speculators just love a good merger and acquisition story. The story of General Electric selling its Life Sciences biotechnology instrument division to Danaher is one of those fairy tale mergers.
Monday was a positive day for the broad U.S. markets. As this week goes on we are looking forward to some more major retailers posting their quarterly results. Crude oil backed off…
Medical device maker Danaher has agreed to acquire GE's biopharma business for $21.4 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included AbbVie, Agilent Technologies, Albermarle, Apple, Boeing, Cheniere Energy, First Solar, HCA, LabCorp, Lumber Liquidators and Teva Pharmaceutical.
While the health care sector as a whole has had its ups and downs, there is no question that mergers and acquisitions can spike interest in the companies fast. Many on Wall…
Managers of the UBS Q-GARP portfolio continue searching for high-quality U.S. growth companies that are trading at attractive valuations. They maintain that recent volatility in the market has had no impact on…
These five top companies with different health care businesses all can provide nice exposure to the sector in growth portfolios. All are rated Buy at Jefferies and make sense now.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Tuesday include Amgen, Caterpillar, Dollar General, Duke Energy, General Electric, Honeywell, 3M, Netflix and Sprint.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Wednesday include Check Point Software, Coca-Cola, Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo and UnitedHealth.
Analysts at Merrill Lynch have made a big move by adding a top consumer goods stock and a life sciences company to the firm's well-respected US 1 list of stocks, while removing…
It is not uncommon for an acquirer to see its shares drop on news when it makes an acquisition. Still, when investors see both companies rise on a merger announcement then they…
Jon C. Ogg The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday morning include Barrick Gold, Home Depot, Kroger, Newmont Mining and SolarCity.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday morning include EMC, MetLife, Pandora Media, Whiting Petroleum, Yelp, Mosaic and Oasis Petroleum.
Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include AK Steel, CVS Health, Micron Technology, Nike, Oracle, Pandora Media, Sunrun and US Steel.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Analog Devices, Barracuda Networks, Gap, Level 3 Communications, Petrobras, Autodesk and HSBC.
