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News Breaks | | | | May 4, 2012 | | 14:32 EDT |  | FB, YHOO, MSFT, BKS | Stocks poised for lower week on U.S. economy, French election worries
Stocks are set to end the week lower, after the government reported that the U.S. economy had created fewer jobs than expected in April, and investors worried about the fallout from Sunday's French presidential election. MACRO NEWS: The U.S. economy added 115,000 non-farm jobs in April, significantly lower than the consensus estimate of 165,000. However, the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1% from 8.2%. Some investors worried that the jobs data was weak, but not weak enough for the Federal Reserve to embark on a new round of quantitative easing....This Sunday's election in France is also on the minds of investors, as concerns continue that socialist Francois Hollande, narrowly ahead in the polls, could win the contest and force changes in the euro zone's economic policies...Yesterday's weaker than expected ISM non-manufacturing index for April also weighed on stocks. COMPANY NEWS: Microsoft (MSFT) agreed to invest $300M in Barnes & Noble's (BKS) Nook and college bookstore business...Yahoo's (YHOO) largest investor, Third Point, called for the company's CEO, Scott Thompson, to be fired, after Yahoo admitted that the college major listed on Thompson's resume was inaccurate....Facebook (FB) disclosed that it plans to sell 337.4M shares in its upcoming IPO, and set a $28--$35 price range for the shares. | |
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| May 21, 2013 | | 10:59 EDT |  | MSFT | Microsoft to hold a company event
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 10:20 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo CEO says impact of Tumblr, other deals should be seen in 2014
Subscribe for More Information | | | 09:48 EDT |  | MSFT | Microsoft breakout continues, levels to watch
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:03 EDT |  | YHOO | Yahoo price target raised to $30 from $27 at Oppenheimer
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:25 EDT | | MSFT | Microsoft price target raised to $40 from $33 at UBS
UBS believes Microsoft's shares can continue to move higher driven by improved earnings visibility, cloud momentum, a bottom in PC weakness, enterprise strength, and expectations for a seasonally strong 2H 2013. As a result, the firm reiterates its Buy rating and raised its price target to $40 from $33. | | | 06:39 EDT |  | MSFT | Microsoft to begin shipping volume shipments of new Xbox in Q3, Digitimes says
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 20, 2013 | | 17:49 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo CEO announces new office in NY, 1TB of free space on Flickr, AllThingsD says
Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced, in a joint press conference, that Yahoo has a new office in the old New York Times building in Times Square, reports AllThingsD. Mayer also announced that Flickr users will have a free terabyte of storage space, the website added. Reference Link | | | 16:22 EDT |  | YHOO | On The Fly: Closing Wrap
Subscribe for More Information | | | 13:06 EDT | | YHOO | On The Fly: Midday Wrap
Stocks on Wall Street were modestly higher at midday as the Dow and S&P seek to continue their march higher after closing last week at record levels. ECONOMIC EVENTS: In the U.S., the light domestic economic calendar included the Chicago Fed National Activity index, which slipped to -0.53 for April from its prior reading of -0.23. In Asia, the Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite both climbed after Chinese home prices were reported to have risen in April. COMPANY NEWS: Yahoo (YHOO) confirmed it is buying social media platform Tumblr for $1.1B, as widely reported over the weekend, and promised "not to screw it up" in its press release to announce the deal... Actavis (ACT) agreed to acquire Warner Chilcott (WCRX) in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $8.5B. The deal, which was approved by the boards of both companies, equates to a value of $20.08 per Warner Chilcott share based on Actavis' closing share price on Friday, the companies said. MAJOR MOVERS: Among the notable gainers were some other companies with M&A news: Acquity Group (AQ) shares more than doubled after Accenture (ACN) agreed to buy the company for $13.00 per American Depositary Share, and Pactera Technology (PACT) gained 31% after receiving a non-binding proposal from a Blackstone (BX) affiliate to be taken private for $7.50 per ADS. Among the noteworthy losers was XenoPort (XNPT), which fell 11% after one of its drugs failed in a Phase III trial for multiple sclerosis spasticity. Also lower were shares of Red Hat (RHT), which slid 4% following a downgrade to Market Perform at BMO Capital. INDICES: Near 1 pm ET, the Dow was up 13.67, or 0.09%, to 15,368.07; the Nasdaq was up 1.13, or 0.03%, to 3,500.10; and the S&P 500 was up 2.18, or 0.13%, to 1,669.65. | | | 11:21 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo acquisition a step in right direction, says Piper Jaffray
Piper views Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr as a step in the right direction and one that could increase the company's top line growth from its current 1% estimate to 2% in 2013 and from 5% to 8% in 2014. However, Piper feels the deal is too small to materially change Yahoo's growth rate and continues to view the Alibaba IPO as the biggest part of the Yahoo story. The firm raised its price target for shares to $27 from $21 and keeps a Neutral rating on the name. | | | | 10:52 EDT | | FB | Facebook near session lows, levels to watch
The stock is drifting lower today, nearing session lows at $25.73. At that price, next support is at $25.33, the 1-month low. Resistance is at $26.25. | | | 10:03 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo hosted a conference call
Conference call was held to discuss the acquisition of Tumblr on May 20 at 9 am and has a replay available from 11 am on May 20 through May 26. Webcast Link | | | 09:26 EDT | | YHOO | On The Fly: Pre-market Movers
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:51 EDT | | BKS | Barnes & Noble to add browser, email to low-cost e-readers, TechCrunch says
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:40 EDT | | MSFT, BKS | Barnes & Noble could rise above $30 a share, Barron's says
Barnes & Noble (BKS) shares are up about 15% since TechCrunch said Microsoft (MSFT) may pay $1B for its Nook e-reader business but the stock may have another 50% upside to $30 per share based on Barnes & Noble's asset value, contended Barron's in a report this weekend. Barron's, however, called the situation "admittedly tough to assess" because neither Microsoft nor B&N will comment on the purchase rumor. The Fly notes Barnes & Noble shares are up 4% to $20.80 in pre-market trading. Reference Link | | | 08:23 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo shares slip on Tumblr purchase, levels to watch
The shares are down just over 1% after the company agreed to purchase Tumblr in a deal valued at $1.1 billion. At the current share price of $26.25, next support is at $25.55. Resistance is at $26.66, a prior pivot high. | | | 08:03 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo confirms plan to acquire Tumblr for $1.1B
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:01 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo confirms plan to acquire Tumblr for $1.1B
| | | 07:45 EDT | | YHOO | Yahoo Tumblr deal won't move needle strategically, says Stifel
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:42 EDT | | MSFT | Cohasset Associates to host a conference
National Conference on Managing Electronic Records is being held in Chicago on May 20-22. | | |
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