Antares Pharma Stock Soars After $960 Million Halozyme Buyout

Text size Nasdaq-listed Antares Pharma is being bought by Halozyme Therapeutics in a deal valued at $960 million. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Shares of Antares Pharma surged more than 47% in premarket tra...

Sierra Oncology Stock Soars After $1.9 Billion Takeover by GlaxoSmithKline

Text size AFP via Getty Images GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to buy U.S. rare cancer therapy company Sierra Oncology for $1.9 billion in cash, as it looks to boost its portfolio of new specialty medicine...

ARK’s Cathie Wood: ‘Private markets get it,’ but disruptive tech is beaten-up in the stock market

When it comes to valuing disruptive innovation, private markets seem to understand the opportunity better than the stock market, according to Cathie Wood, founder and chief executive of ARK Investment...

Kohl’s Stock Climbs on Reports of a $9 Billion Offer From Franchise Group

Text size Kohl’s stock has risen this year on hopes for a buyout. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Kohl’s stock climbed on a report Tuesday that Franchise Group is the latest company to throw its ha...

Three value stocks that can provide safety as interest rates rise

Stocks have been on a rocky road this year, as investors have tried to anticipate every possible move by the Federal Reserve to combat inflation. Value strategies have held up better than growth strat...

Procter & Gamble hikes dividend by 5%

Procter & Gamble Co. PG, -0.30% said late Tuesday its board approved a 5% dividend hike for its 66th straight year of dividend increases. The consumer products maker said it will pay a quarterly d...

The end of one-chip wonders: Why Nvidia, Intel and AMD’s valuations have experienced massive upheaval

It wasn’t too long ago that Intel Corp. was the unquestioned king of U.S. chip makers and the largest semiconductor company by market capitalization. It’s also not long since most computing was done w...

AT&T ‘Looks More Like Verizon.’ What Wall Street Is Saying About the Stock.

Text size AT&T has spun off WarnerMedia. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Investors sent AT&T stock up nearly 8% on Monday after the spinoff of WarnerMedia. Wall Street analysts seem to be just as upbe...

U.S. Car Sales Are in a Recession. One Analyst Is Bullish on GM and Ford Stock.

Text size U.S. car sales have tumbled Dreamstime Inflation is raging and the Fed is tightening monetary policy, creating a cycle that might push the U.S. economy into a recession. That isn’t great new...

Why Apple’s Stock Buybacks and Its Dividend Could Get a Big Boost

Text size Apple stock has faced headwinds in 2022 but is still up 26% from this time a year ago. Dreamstime Apple ’s quarterly earnings reports frequently hog the spotlight on days when they drop. The...

Warren Buffett Showed Tough Negotiation Skills in Alleghany Deal

Text size Warren Buffett Drew Angerer/Getty Images Warren Buffett is known as a tough negotiator, and that was apparent in Berkshire Hathaway ’s negotiations to buy the insurer Alleghany when the Berk...

Cisco Stock Slumps. It Faces Competition From Arista and Juniper, Analyst Says

Text size Cisco Systems logo Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images Shares of Cisco Systems were falling Tuesday after the networking hardware and software giant was downgraded to a Sell by Citi. Analyst ...

CarMax’s Awful Earnings Send a Warning to All Car Stocks. Here’s What to Know.

Text size Cars sitting in the parking lot are reflected in the windows of used car retailer CarMax. Yana Paskova/Getty Images Used car giant CarMax delivered an earning miss that has sent the stock lo...

2 things all the financial advisers I talked to told me — that I don’t like

How to find the right financial adviser for you. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I’m about three years from FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) status and have been looking at placing a por...

Why Schlumberger and Other Oil Services Firms Are Early in Their Comeback Story

Text size Schlumberger well service trucks. A Piper Sandler analyst thinks Schlumberger stock could rise 29%. Dreamstime Companies producing and selling oil have been the most prominent beneficiaries ...

AT&T Cut Its Dividend With the Spinoff. Why It’s Still Generous.

Text size AT&T’s dividend commitment will total around $8 billion annually. Dreamstime AT&T has officially spun off its media business, with Warner Bros. Discovery trading on its own for the f...

AT&T Stock Rises After Completion of WarnerMedia Spinoff

Text size AT&T has completed the spinoff of WarnerMedia. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T wrapped up its WarnerMedia spinoff late last week, and the stock was rising on Monday. The stock jump...

How the AT&T Spinoff Has Complicated Trading in Its Stock

Text size Photograph by Mike Mozart Trading in AT&T stock on Monday may confuse some investors, because the base share price has been adjusted to reflect the closing on Friday of the merger of AT&...

Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Is Now Trading. Why It’s a Buy.

Warner Bros. Discovery is the new kid on the media block, with the assets to be a winner in the streaming wars and a cheap stock to get investors interested. Merger-related cost savings and content li...

Stock Surge Validates AT&T’s Move to Spin, not Split, Stake in Warner Bros.

Text size AT&T’s spinoff appears to be popular with its legions of retail investors. Chris DELMAS / AFP / Getty Images The 7% gain in AT&T shares Monday offers some validation for the co...

Nvidia Stock Is Downgraded. China and Russia Are Headwinds.

Text size Dreamstime Nvidia shares were falling on Monday after the stock was downgraded by a Baird analyst, who cited concerns over slowing consumer demand exacerbated by the Russian embargo. Nvidia ...

How to Handle the Taxes on the AT&T Spinoff of Warner Bros.

Text size The Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. AT&T shareholders have received a 0.242 share of Warner Bros. Discovery for each AT&T share. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg Bing Guan/B...

Rivian Gets Its First Sell Rating From Wall Street. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size Rivian is expected to produce fewer cars than Wall Street had anticipated this year. Courtesy Rivian Wall Street has been pretty positive on Rivian Automotive stock, despite some rocky tradi...

‘It put everyone in a weird position’: Our waitress said a 20% service fee was added to cover benefits and health insurance, but that it was not a tip. Is this normal?

I went to brunch last weekend and, when the server handed us the bill, she said a 20% service fee was added to cover her benefits and health insurance, but that it was not a tip.  I am absolutely supp...

‘It seems a bit like Lucy pulling the football away.’ Student loan borrowers got another break on payments — what comes next?

President Joe Biden extended the lifeline the federal government has provided to most student-loan borrowers during the pandemic. But that doesn’t mean these borrowers are feeling any more assured of ...

Pfizer’s New CFO David Denton Negotiated One of the Biggest Healthcare Deals in History

Pfizer on Monday named a new chief financial officer with a resume that hints at the company’s plans to spend big with its Covid-19 vaccine windfall. David Denton is taking up the CFO role at Pfizer (...

Costco Stock Is Challenging Amazon as the Most Richly Valued Retailer

Text size Costco Wholesale continues to grow its membership, to 61.7 million members in the latest fiscal year. Mario Tama/Getty Images Costco Wholesale is challenging Amazon . com as the most richly ...

China’s Nio halts EV production as COVID lockdowns disrupt its supply chain

Nio Inc., the China-based electric-vehicle maker, over the weekend warned of delivery delays after suspending production due to COVID-19 restrictions that have disrupted its supply chain. “There will ...

Tesla Needs Lithium. Elon Musk Suggests It Could Get Into Mining Business.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has suggested that the electric vehicle maker might get into the mining business. Patrick Pleul/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk lamented the rising cost of ...

S&P downgrade indicates Russia headed for historic default

The credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded its assessment of Russia’s ability to repay foreign debt, signaling rising prospects that Moscow will soon default on external loans for ...

Warren Buffett Loves Cheap Stocks. The HP Purchase Is Proof.

Text size Warren Buffett. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Warren Buffett is at heart a value investor. Berkshire Hathaway ’s recent investment activity, including the purchase of more th...

Profit Margins Will Be Down in Earnings Season. When Buying Beaten-Up Stocks Makes Sense.

Text size Lulu Lemon Athletica shares dropped 12% this year before it reported earnings, then climbed 10% after the company beat earnings estimates. Octavio Jones/Getty Images The good news is that co...