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Investing
Jefferies Has 5 Stocks to Buy With Big Catalysts This Week
Here are five stocks that Jefferies highlights in its research report that have catalysts that could be important this week.
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Investing
Is Treasury Plan for Tax Inversion REALLY Trouble for Merger Stocks?
The U.S. Treasury has finally made its proposed effort to deal with the waves of corporate tax inversions that have created such a stir of late.
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Health and Healthcare
Abbott, Mylan Join Forces to Dodge U.S. Taxes
Add one more to the litany of pharmaceutical company mergers that are being made to avoid U.S. taxes. Mylan's existing business with part of Abbott's generic drug business.
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Military
Pentagon Awards $10.5 Billion in Defense Contracts
The Department of Defense awarded $10.46 billion in defense contracts Tuesday. The winning defense contractors included included Olin Corp., Boeing, and General Dynamics. The non-defense related companies included Ibis Biosciences, Kellogg, Brown…
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Altria, CenturyLink, Micron, GoGo, AT&T and More
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Monday, May 19, 2014. They include Altria, CenturyLink, Micron, GoGo and AT&T.
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Retail
Why Target Shares Fell Rather Than Rose on CEO Firing
Shares of Target took a hit of around 3% Monday morning following the resignation/firing of CEO Gregg Steinhafel. The interim CEO and chairman do not seem like serious candidates for the job.
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Health and Healthcare
Five Top Health Care Names From RBC to Buy Now
ThinkstockThe intense analysis of quantitative managers may seem like drudgery, but it can turn up absolute gems for investors looking for solid long ideas. In fact, firms like RBC use as much…
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Health and Healthcare
Baxter Split-Up, a Page From Abbott’s Playbook
Baxter International is taking an activist investor role of its own. The health care company has announced that it is splitting itself into two separate companies.
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Investing
Jefferies Highest Conviction Franchise Picks for Big Upside in 2014
The Jefferies "Franchise" stock picks for 2014 are an eclectic group that may offer investors some ideas that are not highly touted on Wall Street. If the Jefferies team is right, these…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: AIG, Genworth, SolarCity and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, initiations and positive analyst research calls seen from Wall Street on Monday, January 6.
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Health and Healthcare
Top Oppenheimer Health Care Stocks to Buy for 2014
ThinkstockHealth care has been a top sector for investors this year. The research team at Oppenheimer continues to believe that health care remains well positioned to deliver further market-topping returns in 2014.…
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Investing
Spin-Offs Back in Vogue: Six Must-Watch Special Situations
ThinkstockWhen the markets go through periods of great gains, it is not uncommon to see companies start to take more radical efforts to increase their total return for shareholders. Some may go…
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Investing
Jefferies Top Stocks to Buy Based on Significant Margin Expansion
Courtesy of Abbott LaboratoriesWith many of the companies in the S&P 500 having margins approaching all-time highs, and implied S&P 500 correlations approaching post-crisis lows, it is becoming harder to make a…
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Investing
UBS New Equity Focus List Features Stocks Designed to Outperform the Market
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsWith the equity markets seemingly hitting new all-time highs every day, we were intrigued by the makeup of the new UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) Equity Focus List. The…
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Health and Healthcare
Royal Birth: Likely Corporate Sponsors Look At 240 Million Pound Windfall
ThinkstockThe U.K.’s royal family is wealthy, but likely not wealthy enough to pass up sponsorships as the heir to the thrown is born to Kate, the wife to Prince William. Or, perhaps…
