Electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc.’s shares declined for the fourth consecutive session Wednesday, after a report of a hiring freeze and plans for layoffs. Tesla TSLA, -0.17% is planning layoffs for th...
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GE HealthCare Stock Is Trading. We Were Wrong.
The GE HealthCare spinoff General Electric is going to be a big event for the company, and investors, in the new year. Shares begin trading, officially, on Jan. 4. Some are trading now too and the pri...
Binance Scoops up Voyager Assets as Acquisitions Continue
Binance continues its acquisition spree by securing an Indonesian exchange, as it adds Voyager Digital assets to its books. As the world’s largest crypto exchange struggles to find auditors for its pr...
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Tesla, Microsoft, and More Stock Market Movers Monday
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DraftKings Is Questioned by the Market. Citi Says the Stock Is a Buy.
DraftKings doesn’t get enough credit from the market, says one Citi analyst, citing the company’s ability to grow as more states legalize online sports betting. In a research note issued Thursday, Cit...
BioNTech upgraded to buy on high hopes for combined flu/COVID vaccine and oncology pipeline
Bank of America analysts upgraded BioNTech SE stock to buy from hold on Thursday, citing excitement about its mRNA technology and the outlook for a combined flu/COVID vaccine and oncology vaccines tha...
Clovis Enters Bankruptcy With Deal to Sell Cancer-Drug Candidate to Novartis
Clovis Oncology Inc., maker of the ovarian and prostate cancer drug Rubraca, filed for bankruptcy over the weekend with a proposed deal in hand to sell its rights to a cancer therapy under development...
Horizon Therapeutics, Coupa Software, Rivian, and More Stock Market Movers
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Novozymes and Chr. Hansen agree deal to merge
Danish biotechnology companies Novozymes AS NZYM.B, -13.67% and Chr. Hansen Holding AS CHR, +23.64% said Monday they have agreed to merge, creating a biological solutions provider with combined annual...
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Buys Up More Howard Hughes Stock
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Tech Stocks Could Keep Falling but IAC Stock Already Looks Like a Buy
With the Nasdaq Composite down more than 30% over the past 12 months, almost every tech stock is cheaper than a year ago, and there is temptation to bottom-fish. There’s a big difference between cheap...
CVS Wants to Be a Healthcare Provider. So Why Doesn’t It Have Any Doctors?
Late last year, CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch unveiled a new strategy: Rather than remain simply a pit stop for toilet paper and flu shots, CVS stores would become a place that Americans—particularly old...
GE Healthcare Plans to Reduce Debt and Costs, Pursue Tuck-In Acquisitions
General Electric Co.’s healthcare division plans to cut debt, bring down costs and pursue tuck-in acquisitions after its spinoff in early January, finance chief Helmut Zodl said Thursday at an investo...
Verizon stock has had a tough year. Is a ‘drastic’ shakeup in order?
At a time when AT&T Inc. is winning praise for disentangling itself from recent deals, is it time for rival Verizon Communications Inc. to actually think about a merger of its own? LightShed Partn...
AT&T has been ‘a star’ this year. Why this analyst says its stock can be one too.
AT&T Inc. has gotten itself out of its unwieldy media gamble, and the company is back to making strides in what it does best. The refined focus and wireless momentum have given the stock’s story a...
AT&T Stock Is Now a Buy, This Analyst Says. Growth Potential Is Why.
AT&T has had a strong year, and it’s now on pace for “sustainable long-term growth,” according to Argus Research. Analyst Joseph Bonner upgraded shares of AT&T (ticker: T) to Buy from Hold and...
Why this cruise stock remains JPMorgan’s favorite as leisure travel keeps roaring
The outlook for cruise stocks is still “more positive than not,” according to JPMorgan analyst Daniel Adam, but given macroeconomic and financial concerns in the sector, not all names are worth buying...
Battered SPACs and Closed-End Funds Finally Look Tempting. How Investors Can Play Them.
With apologies to the Bard, SPACs are now in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, along with other excesses, such as meme stocks and nonfungible tokens. But some special purpose acquisition companies...
Buy Zillow stock now to profit from ‘brighter environment’ next year, UBS says
Investors should buy Zillow Group Inc. now, UBS says, even if they have to wait a year before the U.S. housing market starts improving. Analyst Lloyd Walmsley initiated research coverage of the online...
Tesla stock closes lower than $150 for first time in more than two years as analysts say they can’t ignore Elon Musk’s Twitter ‘nightmare’ anymore
Tesla Inc. shares closed lower than $150 for the first time in more than two years Monday, after analysts said they are concerned that Chief Executive Elon Musk is being distracted from running the $4...