A handful PacWest Bancorp insiders, including Chief Executive Paul Taylor, bought the bank’s stock late last week after it started to tumble, as SVB Financial Group’s Silicon Valley Bank’s troubles be...
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Qualtrics stock gains after company agrees to $12.5 billion take-private deal
Qualtrics International Inc. shares XM, +6.13% were rising more than 6% in premarket trading Monday after the software company said it has agreed to be taken private by Silver Lake, in partnership wit...
Pfizer to purchase Seagen in $43 billion all-cash deal, cancer biotech’s stock pops 20%
Pfizer Inc. PFE, -0.18% plans to acquire cancer biotechnology company Seagen Inc. SGEN, -0.59% in a deal with a $43 billion enterprise value, the companies announced Monday morning. Pfizer intends to ...
Sanofi to buy Provention Bio in deal worth $2.9 billion
French pharmaceutical group Sanofi said Monday that it will buy Provention Bio, Inc., a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company focused on autoimmune diseases, for $25 per share in cash, in a deal with a...
This Energy Stock Is Rocketing. Its Chairman Just Bought Shares.
Transocean stock has been on a tear, to the point where many investors would think about taking some money off the table. But Chairman Chad Deaton just bought more shares of the offshore-drilling comp...
Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker cashed out $2 million just before the collapse
The chief executive of Silicon Valley Bank SIVB, -60.41% cashed out stock and options for a $2.27 million net gain in the weeks before Friday’s collapse, public filings show. CEO Greg Becker exercised...
SoFi CEO Noto makes ‘opportunistic’ million-dollar stock purchase as SVB crisis fuels selloff
As SoFi Technologies Inc. shares fell Friday amid the fallout over Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, the financial-technology company’s chief executive bought up stock. SoFi Chief Executive Anthony Noto...
Oil Sector Dealmaking Heats Up
Investment in oil and gas companies listed on the S&P 500 increased by more than 26% this past year, … [+] even as the index tumbled by 5% overall. getty Reports of the shine going off the o...
CrowdStrike’s Latest Earnings Convince Analyst It’s a Top Cybersecurity Stock
CrowdStrike’s strong fourth-quarter earnings and upbeat guidance underlines its status as one of the top performing software security names, according to one analyst. D.A. Davidson analyst Rudy Kess...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys More Occidental Stock. How Much It Owns Now.
Berkshire Hathaway bought almost 6 million shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, bringing its stake in the big energy company to 200.2 million shares worth $12.2 billion, according to a filin...
Occidental Petroleum’s stock rises after Buffett boosts stake, CrowdStrike after earnings beat
These were some of the biggest movers and shakers in premarket trading Wednesday: Stock gainers: Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s stock OXY, -1.35% rose almost 3% premarket after filings disclosed that Wa...
Buffett’s Berkshire Buys More Occidental Stock. How Much It Owns Now.
Berkshire Hathaway bought almost 6 million shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, bringing its stake in the big energy company to 200.2 million shares worth $12.2 billion, according to a filin...
Diversey stock rallies on private equity-backed buyout by Solenis
Diversey Holdings Ltd. DSEY, -3.09% stock is rallying by 37% in premarket action on Wednesday after the Bain Capital-backed chemical company agreed to a $4.6 billion go-private buyout offer from Solen...
CrowdStrike Earnings Show It’s a Top Cybersecurity Stock, Analyst Says
CrowdStrike’s strong fourth quarter earnings and upbeat guidance underlines its status as one of the top performing software security names, according to one analyst. D.A. Davidson analyst Rudy Kess...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway boosts its stake in Occidental Petroleum
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway increased its stake in Occidental Petroleum Corp. in recent days. Berkshire bought about 5.8 million shares of Occidental in a series of purchases Friday, Monday an...
Apple’s stock surges again after Goldman says to buy, citing nearly 30% upside potential
Shares of Apple Inc. surged toward a third straight gain Monday after Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng urged investors to buy, as a growing installed base of users, which encourages repeat purchases, ...
Altria deepens push into vape biz with two deals
Altria Group Inc. said Monday it would buy e-vapor company NJOY Holdings Inc. for $2.75 billion in cash, its second deal in recent days in the smokeless-tobacco space. Altria MO, +0.59% said the trans...
Hertz Warrants Offer a Good Alternative to the Stock. How to Play It.
Bulls on Hertz Global Holdings should consider the rental car company’s unusual and attractively priced warrants, which offer an alternative to Hertz common shares. First, some details on Hertz Global...
KBW recommends buying these 11 financial stocks, including First Republic, following federal backstop for banks
On a Monday following high-profile bank failures on Friday and Sunday, it may seem to be a strange time to recommend buying stocks of banks and other financial services companies, but Keefe, Bruyette ...