M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE: MTB) has agreed to acquire Provident Bankshares Corporation (NASDAQ: PBKS) for roughly $401 million in stock.  ALERT: Take This Retirement Quiz Now  (Sponsored) Take the...
CTI BioPharma has practically become a penny stock overnight following an update from its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for pacritinib.
The economic data on the housing front seems to have very little to cheer about.  Maybe there is some hope on pending sales today, but actual sale closings in existing homes and new homes just...
TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE: TCB) has received approval from the U.S. Treasury to pay back TARP money it received.  The bank will repurchase all of its 361,172 outstanding shares of Series A 5%...
Updated throughout the day.Kraft (NYSE:KFT) will make its official offer to Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) shareholders  (Reuters)The 300 richest people in Switzerland lost $10 billion this year. ...
This week was pretty light in the week of share repurchase announcements, and most of these were mere add-on buybacks to existing plans.  Here are some of the plan additions announced this week:...
From Silicon Alley Insider Medialink Worldwide (MDLK), a video distribution, production, tracking, and marketing company, reported a second-quarter loss and added to its C-suite this morning....
As The Wall Street Journal points out, the DJIA is up 6% in a month. That is because, if results from financial firms in the index are backed out, the rest of the companies are doing OK, The paper...
The football world was shocked when retired former Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas died last year at age 33 after suffering a seizure, initially thought to be related to injuries from a...
While there is a fervor throughout Chicago that hasn’t been matched in more than a decade, secondary market ticket prices are reaching historical highs at Wrigley Field.
Maybe the Chicago Cubs will make it to the World Series this year, and maybe the team will win it. The chances are improbable.
This morning’s July data for existing home sales, or used homes, posted another gain and this makes it the fourth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors.  This...
After perusing the list of 52-week lows this afternoon, there was a surprising name: Campbell Soup Co, (NYSE: CPB).  Shares are trading down over 3% and south of $25.00 late today, and the previous...
Among the teams that make up Major League Baseball, ticket prices per game range from $160 for a Chicago Cubs game to $56 for tickets to the Colorado Rockies.
Food is one of the defensive sectors for equity investors if there ever was one.  Now, step back for a minute and consider a company like Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB).  Canned soup and similar...