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Better Buy: bluebird bio vs. Exelixis
Exelixis (NASDAQ: EXEL) and bluebird bio (NASDAQ: BLUE) are two biotech companies that have been moving in opposite directions on the stock market this year. While Exelixis has provided healthy
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Bristol Myers Squibb Receives a 'Refuse to File' Letter for an Experimental Cancer Therapy on a Deadline
Critically ill patients with multiple myeloma will need to wait a lot longer for an experimental new cancer therapy from Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and bluebird bio (NASDAQ: BLUE) than they
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Today Is the Absolute Last Day to Act if You Don't Want to Wait Months for Your Stimulus Check
COVID-19 stimulus payments have already been distributed to millions of Americans, but the IRS is still sending out money. The payments, worth as much as $1,200 for adults and an additional $500 per
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3 Great Reasons to Take Social Security Benefits at 62
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis is changing lots of things in obvious ways, such as how we get our food and what we wear when we're outside, but it has longer-term, less obvious effects, too. As my
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Is Dropbox Stock a Buy?
With its enterprise value that represents less than nine times management's forecasted free cash flow of at least $1 billion in 2024, Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX) looks like a cheap software-as-a-service
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Here's Why Infinera's Earnings Miss Wasn't as Bad as It Looked
High-speed networking systems specialist Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) reported first-quarter results on Tuesday, May 12. It posted mixed results, where the bottom line was hamstrung by the early closing
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Las Vegas Sands Pulls Out of Japan Resort Race
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) will no longer try to build an integrated resort (IR) in Japan. The world-class casino operator doesn't believe the 10-year time frame for a concession is long enough to
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Parsley Energy Believes It Can Thrive in an Oil Market Rebound
Parsley Energy (NYSE: PE) is far from immune to the issues currently facing the oil market. The company has had to make significant changes to its 2020 operating plan so that it can navigate these
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Is Boeing a Buy Right Now?
Boeing (NYSE: BA) shares have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, down 60% year to date. And with good reason.
The pandemic has caused air travel demand to crater, and has sent airlines
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Infinera Corp (INFN) Q1 2020 Earnings Call Transcript
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Infinera Corp (NASDAQ: INFN)Q1 2020 Earnings CallMay 12, 2020, 5:00 p.m. ET
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The Long-Term Potential of PayPal's Honey Acquisition
PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) acquired Honey Science last fall for a whopping $4 billion. After closing the deal last quarter, PayPal wasted no time working to grow Honey's user base. Honey had about 17
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J.C. Penney Seeks $450 Million Loan as Friday Bankruptcy Filing Looms
J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) was expected to be the first retailer to declare bankruptcy due to the coronavirus lockdown, but was beaten to the punch by J.Crew and Neiman Marcus.
Yet it looks as though
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Where Will Gilead Sciences Be in 1 Year?
These days, when most people think of Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD), they think of remdesivir -- the company's investigational coronavirus treatment.
The drug was recently given emergency use
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3 Smart Moves Americans Are Making During the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 crisis hasn't been easy on anyone. Even those who have managed to keep their jobs are feeling the financial strain, and the fact that retirement plan and investment portfolio values are
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3 Top Fintech Stocks to Buy in May
If you paid for anything online recently, you've undoubtedly engaged the services of a fintech company. While some companies such as PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) are fairly well-known, others operate more
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Wingstop: What You Should Know That Nobody Else Does
Restaurant chain Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING) stock is up over 40% in 2020. Despite that stellar performance, the company is still not on many investors' radars. But there's something you should know
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After 27 Years, This Outlet Mall REIT Just Stopped Its Dividend
One of the biggest reasons to like Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (NYSE: SKT) was its steadfast commitment to its dividend. Even the deep 2007-to-2009 recession, which led many of its mall peers to
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PepsiCo Is First Major Consumer Foods Name to Take a Big Dive Into DTC
A handful of consumer goods names have been touching on the idea for years. Blue Apron, for instance, capitalized on the idea that people don't have the time or desire to piece together the
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Investors Should Worry That L Brands Is Sticking With Victoria's Secret
There was a good case to be made that L Brands (NYSE: LB) could become a growth business once again if it just unloaded the ailing Victoria's Secret lingerie business and focused instead on its
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Is Booking Holdings Stock a Buy?
In just two months, Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) has experienced one of the toughest challenges in the history of the company. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life as we know it, causing
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Will Disney World's Top Rival Reopen First?
Central Florida's defining theme parks aren't allowed to open just yet in the current phase of the state's recovery efforts, but The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Universal Orlando parent
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Better Buy: McDonald's vs. Monster Beverage
Until fairly recently, energy drink maker Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) was a plucky little upstart, chasing extreme revenue growth as energy drinks inched their way into the global mainstream
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3 Top Oil Stocks to Buy Right Now
The U.S. economy is slowly opening up in the hopes that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Oil prices will likely remain depressed from the shockwaves of lower demand, namely from
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Energy Majors Slash Capex by Nearly $30 Billion
The energy-producing world is dominated by five major companies: BP (NYSE: BP), Total SA (NYSE: TOT), Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) and (NYSE: RDS.B), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and Chevron (NYSE: CVX). Prior to
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Fannie Mae Takes a Big Credit Writedown on Forbearance
The coronavirus crisis has systematically suspended large pockets of the mortgage universe. While private lending is still getting done (albeit at a very reduced level), government-backed lending