Roche To Acquire The Most Dominant Fibrotic Lung Disease Innovator InterMune And Deliver Hope To Patients Worldwide
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Retail Investor 360
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Monday, August 25, 2014 3:02 AM EDT
The Swiss Pharmaceutical Giant, Roche, has agreed to acquire InterMune Inc. for $8.3 billion in cash. InterMune (NASDAQ: ITMN) is a biopharmaceutical company, based in Brisbane California, specializing in the development and commercialization of medicine to treat fibrotic lung diseases.
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Right Of Reply In Missouri
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Vivian Lewis
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 4:42 PM EDT
The largest plastic tube producer in Latin America moved to extend its domain again. This time the victim is US Dura-Line, maker of high density polyethylene precision tubes for telecom voice and data, energy transmission, and infrastructure with a blue-chip client base.
How To Play The M&A Revival For Extraordinary Profits
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Casey Research
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Monday, August 18, 2014 2:02 PM EDT
here’s no sugarcoating it: 2013 was one of the worst years for mining industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in nearly a decade.
Samsung Acquires Home Automation Company SmartThings For $200 Million
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Shelly Palmer
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Friday, August 15, 2014 2:37 AM EDT
Samsung has bought SmartThings, the startup that makes smart-home controllers. While the companies did not disclose the price, sources said the South Korean consumer electronics giant paid about $200 million.
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Bring On The Orphans: Aegis Capital's Raghuram Selvaraju Lays Out A Winning Biotech Strategy
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The Life Sciences Report
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Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:48 AM EDT
For former drug researcher Raghuram "Ram" Selvaraju, picking biotech stocks is both science and art. It's about understanding the competitive landscape and the mechanisms of drug action, and then making sure all the pieces fit together for a plausible investment case.
Bill Ackman On Why Using Debt To Buyback Stock Is Great And Much More: Full Q2 Investor Letter
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Tyler Durden
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014 1:32 PM EDT
Everyone is finally focusing on the strategy of bloating any available company with massive leverage in order to use the proceeds to either buyback stock or engage in "synergy-creating" M&A (leading to countless pink slips).
Investview, Inc. Announces The Acquisition Of A Majority Interest In Vickery Brown Investments, LLC
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Scott Brown
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 9:16 AM EDT
The new venture could potentially add significant revenue and will expand Investview, Inc.’s financial investment platform to include the development and marketing of Exchange Traded Mutual Funds, or Unit Investment Trusts (UITs).
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A Whiff Of Inflation
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Global Economic Intersection
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 7:23 AM EDT
Since the 1970s, many of us have feared the threat of inflation looming just around the corner. Within the past year, economists and central bankers have led us to believe the inflation dragon has been permanently relegated to a dark hole, never to rain fire on the kingdom of men.
Sector Detector: August Consolidation Offers Chance To Buy Top Stocks From Top Sectors
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Sabrient Systems
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Monday, August 11, 2014 4:47 AM EDT
Stocks saw elevated volume and volatility last week, and the 100-day simple moving average on the S&P 500 proved to be the proverbial line-in-the-sand for bullish investors.
In this article: LUV, NXP, PRU, BIIB, ESRX, FFIV, BBH, DEF, FXU, IYE, IYF, IYH, IYJ, IYK, IYM, IYW, IYZ, PSI, SPY
The Financialization Of American Business: How Cheap Debt Fuels The Bubble
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David Stockman
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 1:11 PM EDT
Monetary central planning is failing to achieve Keynesian “escape velocity” because it has deeply impaired the engines of capitalist enterprise.
Facebook Acquires Cybersecurity Company ‘PrivateCore’
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Shelly Palmer
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 12:37 PM EDT
Facebook, looking to better secure the vast amounts of customer data stored on its servers, agreed to acquire the cybersecurity company PrivateCore.
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Google Acquires Emu, A Messaging And Personal Assistant App
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Shelly Palmer
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 7:15 AM EDT
Google has acquired Emu, a new mobile messaging application that just exited beta earlier this year.
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Google And YouTube Acquire Mobile Ad Company ‘Directr’
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Shelly Palmer
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 6:07 AM EDT
In its latest effort to boost advertising by small businesses, Google said its YouTube unit had acquired Directr, a mobile-video app used by small businesses to create marketing videos.
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Report: Sprint Has Ended Talks To Acquire T-Mobile
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Shelly Palmer
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 10:31 AM EDT
Sprint has ended talks to acquire T-Mobile, a person with knowledge of the matter said, as regulatory concerns outweighed the potential benefits of a deal.