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Botox maker Allergan’s shares fell 4.2 percent to $155.16 (112.8 pounds) in late-morning trading, and are down more than a third over the last year. Allergan has hired multiple advisers, Saunders said on a Monday conference call following the company’s quarterly earnings. It is considering five options: deploying capital to buy back shares, doing divestitures, splitting the company, making acquisitions, or continuing to operate Allergan as is. …read more […]

Exelixis is likely to beat on earnings when it reports first-quarter results (May 2) driven by strong growth of Cabometyx sales. …read more […]

Disney’s “Avengers: Infinity War” broke domestic and international weekend box office records, beating out “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” by more than $2 million. The super-hero flick was also one of the most expensive to produce, accounting for more than 5% of Disney’s Studio Entertainment costs last year. Watch Walt Disney shares trade in real-time here. …read more […]

If you’re seeking value in the oil and natural gas sector, Hi-Crush Partners, Kinder Morgan, and ExxonMobil should be on your short list. …read more […]

A funny easter egg surfaced over the weekend where you can get Siri to curse.All you have to do is ask your iPhone to define the word “mother.” …read more […]

Enterprise Products Partners LP. (NYSE:EPD) saw a double-digit share price rise of over 10% in the past couple of months on the NYSE. With many analysts covering the large-cap stock,Read More… …read more […]

A multiyear turnaround plan launched by Chief Executive Steve Easterbrook three years ago, has brought menu changes, new technology to stores and restaurant upgrades to drive more traffic. High-margin “gourmet” burgers which offer fresh and more expensive ingredients, costing $6 or $7 a time compared to the chain’s $1 to $3 value options, raised the overall average U.S. check value. Sales at McDonald’s U.S. restaurants rose 2.9 percent, topping analysts expectations of 2.7 percent, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. …read more […]

President Donald Trump is again railing against the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner amid criticism of the comedian who roasted his spokeswoman. Trump says on Twitter Monday: “The … …read more […]

(Reuters) – Chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O), which counts Apple Inc (AAPL.O) among its customers, on Monday cut the top end of its previously issued second-quarter revenue forecast, citing weak demand for … …read more […]

Walmart’s strategy to get itself fighting fit against Amazon saw one more …read more […]

The jury that convicted Bill Cosby at his sexual assault retrial said that its decision was only influenced by what happened in court, and the youngest member of the panel said that the comedian’s own words sealed his fate. Harrison Snyder said in an interview aired Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that Cosby’s deposition — in which he admitted giving women drugs to have sex with them — was the evidence that made him believe he was guilty. Mr. Cosby admitted to giving these quaaludes to women, young women, in order to have sex with them,” Snyder …read more […]

Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights: NVIDIA, Facebook, Lam Research, Alibaba and Apple …read more […]

This dividend has nearly two decades of contracted cash flows backing it. …read more […]

The Syrian army unleashed a massive bombardment against one rebel enclave on Monday and prepared for the withdrawal of insurgents from another as President Bashar al-Assad pushes to crush the rebels’ last besieged strongholds. More than 140 Syrian army air strikes hit the town of Rastan and surrounding villages in the rebel enclave between the cities of Hama and Homs early on Monday alongside sustained shelling, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said. Last week a Syrian government minister said the enclave would be the army’s next target …read more […]

(Reuters) – U.S. oil refiner Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N) missed Wall Street forecasts for quarterly profit by a wide margin on Monday, as its expenses surged during a period of increased refining activity. … …read more […]