Pharmacy benefits provider Express Scripts Holdings Co. (NASDAQ: ESRX) reported on Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings leaped 74%, thanks to its acquisition of Medco Health Solution in last April. Express Script also boosted its outlook on fiscal 2013 earnings, dispelling investors’ concerns over lower pace on earnings growth.
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Shares of office supplies companies Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP), OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) and Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) are seeing a huge rally in trading today after the Wall Street Journal reported that OMX and ODP are close to merging.
Continue reading Major Movers on February 19; ODP, OMX, SPLS, HUM, SPWR, GIS
Shares of Qlik Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: QLIK), a Radnor, Pennsylvania-based company providing business intelligence solution, saw a huge rally in trading on Friday after the company posted better-than-expected financial results for the fourth quarter of 2012.
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Shares of New York City-based mass media company, CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS), have edged higher in early trading today after it reported record fourth-quarter financial results.
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Shares of Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM), a natural and organic foods supermarkets, are down sharply in trading today after the company narrowed its same-store sales forecast for fiscal 2013. The company also reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2013.
Shares of Angie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI), providing consumer-driven solution to its members to research, hire, rate and review local professionals for critical needs, are seeing a huge rally in trading today after the company reported its fourth-quarter financial results.
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Shares of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), a manufacturer and marketer of a range of food products throughout the world, are seeing a huge rally in trading today after the company agreed to be acquired by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital.
Shares of Proto Labs Inc. (NYSE: PRLB), a manufacturer of computer numerical machined and plastic injection modeled parts, are seeing a huge rally in trading today after the company reported strong fourth-quarter financial results.
Continue reading Major Movers on February 13; PRLB, Z, RAX, CLF, WCG
Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) reported higher than expected fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue on Wednesday and raised its outlook on fiscal 2013 earnings as the world’s largest agricultural equipment supplier anticipates strong demand for its products in coming quarters as farmers in the U.S. are likely to sow huge amounts of corn and soybeans seeds this year after witnessing worst drought in the U.S. Midwest in 56 years in last summer.
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Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), on Tuesday, announced that it will acquire remaining 49% equity stake from General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) in their NBC Universal joint-venture, which it does not already own, for about $16.7 billion.