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Merck Is Now in Advanced Talks to Buy Cancer Biotech Seagen for $40 Billion
Text size New Jersey-based Merck has a market value of more than $234 billion. Michael Vi/Dreamstime Merck & Co is in advanced talks to buy Seagen in a deal that could value the cancer biotech at...
Anheuser-Busch InBev Stock Has Had It Tough. Why an Analyst Says It’s a Buy.
Text size Anheuser-Busch InBevh as been seeing ongoing strength in its core Latin American markets. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Investors have had little to cheer when it comes to Anheuser-Busch InBev s...
Is the Stock Market or Post Office Open Today? The Fourth of July Trading Hours.
Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images Text size Investors are likely getting out their hamburger buns—and putting away their stock trading apps—on Monday for Independence Day. This year, the Fourth of July...
Stock Market Today: U.S. Futures Wobble, Global Stocks Rise on July 4 Holiday
Text size Wall Street is closed for the Fourth of July. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Global stocks were mostly higher and U.S. futures wavered on the Fourth of July. While it is set to be a quiet day...
Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Fourth of July Trading Hours.
Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images Text size Investors are likely getting out their hamburger buns—and putting away their stock trading apps—on Monday for Independence Day. This year, the Fourth of July...
GM, NIO, and 3 More of the Best Car Stocks for the Second Half of 2022
Text size The average automotive stock dived about 25% in the second quarter. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The first half of 2022 was painful for the automotive sector, with most car stocks dropping fart...
What Could Be Ahead for Tesla in the Next Six Months
Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently referred to his company’s two new automotive plants as “gigantic money furnaces.” Sean Gallup/Getty Images How many cars Tesla would deliver in...
General Mills and Micron Raised Their Dividends. Banks Will Soon, Too.
Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images General Mills and Micron Technology declared dividend increases this week, and various large banks announced plans for their disbursements. General Mills (ticker...
Home Prices Could Level Out in 2023, Redfin Says. What Could Make Them Drop.
Text size The median home sale price was 14% higher for the four-week period ending June 26 from a year earlier, Redfin said. Joe Raedle/Getty Images As the housing market cools down from its red-hot ...
Apple Stock Is Under Pressure. Why Its Earnings Could Trigger a Rebound.
Text size Apple stock has fallen 23% so far this year. Getty Images Investors are feeling a little jittery about Apple stock, and for logical reasons. The company’s June quarter earnings report is les...
Micron’s Weak Outlook Crushes Chip Stocks. There’s More Trouble Coming for Tech.
Text size Dreamstime Almost every analyst on Wall Street knew that the memory chip company Micron Technology was likely to provide quarterly guidance below previous Street estimates. And that’s exactl...
The S&P 500 Had Its Worst First Half Since 1970. What the Second Half Holds.
The S&P 500 has posted its worst first half of a year since Richard Nixon’s presidency, and many investors worry it has yet to hit bottom. In the first six months of 2022, the widely followed larg...
Carnival Stock Could Fall to $0 in a Worst-Case Scenario, Analyst Says
Text size Carnival Dream cruise ship is docked at Port B in Key West, Florida. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Carnival stock was tumbling Wednesday after Morgan Stanley cut its price target to a ...
DraftKings Lands New Bull as Profitability Nears. This Analyst Also Likes Penn.
Text size Casinos are traditionally unaffected even in a recession scenario. Ethan Miller/Getty Images DraftKings and Penn National Gaming stocks will outperform the market by selling additional produ...
Jefferies Just Posted Results. Investment Banks Should be Worried.
Text size Total underwriting revenue at Jefferies was down by 62% as banks face tougher conditions. Amir Hamja/Bloomberg Wall Street just got a taste of what to expect when investment banks post secon...
Berkshire Holds 16.4% of Occidental Petroleum After Recent Purchase
Text size Buffett likes American companies, and Occidental gets the vast bulk of its energy production domestically. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway continued to add to its stake i...
Carnival Stock Surges as Second-Quarter Revenue Rises Sharply
Text size A large Carnival cruise ship docked at port in turquoise blue water. Dreamstine Shares of Carnival were rising Friday after the cruise line posted second-quarter revenue that rose sharply fr...
Tesla Stock Today: Elon Musk’s Twins, EV Charging and What Else to Know
Text size It was revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives. Getty Images Shares of electric vehicle maker Tesla rose 1% in premarket trading Thursday. Here’s...