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3 Reasons Spark Therapeutics Is a Buy After Its Crash
After Spark Therapeutics and competitor BioMarin Therapeutic (NASDAQ: BMRN) updated investors on the progress that they're making developing competing gene therapies for hemophilia, investors....
MoviePass Wants to Be Netflix to Costco's Lament
The best way to make an unsustainable model even more likely to implode is to make it even cheaper, and that's just what Helios and Matheson's (NASDAQ: HMNY) majority-owned MoviePass is doing by....
Facebook to Back Off "Double Irish" Tax Strategy
Like many tech giants before it, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) adopted the controversial (and popular) "double Irish" tax strategy back in 2012. The method is a common way to minimize tax liability,....
Casey's General Stores' Highest-Margin Segment Fails to Meet Company Goals
Coastal residents might be surprised to find out, but Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ: CASY) -- popular in Midwest and Great Plains towns of 5,000 or fewer people -- is one of the biggest....
Here's Why Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. Fell 21.3% in November
Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: INO), a biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines, fell 21.3% in November according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Despite....
The Best Wearables Stocks of 2017
The wearables market is still rapidly growing, with research firm IDC expecting shipments to rise from 125.5 million this year to 240.1 million in 2021. However, it's also a highly competitive....
Why Infinera Corp. Stock Fell 13.5% in November
Shares of Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) fell 13.5% in November 2017, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. A solid third-quarter earnings report was paired with weak forward....
Apple TrueDepth Supplier Continues to Ramp Production
Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR) reported fiscal second-quarter results earlier this month, and the company continues to ramp production of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). These VCSEL....
Here's Where Things Went Wrong for Helmerich & Payne, Inc. in 2017
This past year has been a bit of a let-down for Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP) investors considering that the stock shed a quarter of its value, erasing a big chunk of last year's rebound. That....
Wal-Mart Wants to Eat Blue Apron's Lunch (and Dinner)
Blue Apron (NYSE: APRN) may have pioneered the meal-kit business, but brick-and-mortar grocery stores aren't going to let it steal its business. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), the nation's largest grocery....
Intel Corp. Expects to Sample 10-Nano FPGAs in 2018
In 2013, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and programmable logic chip vendor Altera announced a collaboration whereby Intel would manufacture chips Altera designs. This move, Altera hoped, would....
5 Ways to Turn a Temp Job Into a Permanent One
If you've been hired for a temporary role, you should know that you're in good company. Over a given year, nearly 15 million temporary and contract workers are hired across the U.S.The problem, of....
Why Fitbit, Inc. Stock Jumped 11% in November
Shares of Fitbit, Inc. (NYSE: FIT) climbed 11.7% in November, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the company reported its third-quarter 2017 results at the....
Is Apple Catching Up to Google and Tesla in Self-Driving Technology?
While Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been arguably the most dominant tech company of the past decade, some regard it as a laggard in the race for self-driving cars. Its Project Titan initiative has been....
Here's Why GlycoMimetics Is Soaring 24.3% Higher Today
After unveiling updated results from a trial evaluating GMI-1271 in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), GlycoMimetics (NASDAQ: GLYC) shares are surging 24.3% as of noon EST....
The RMR Group Inc. (RMR) Q4 2017 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.The RMR Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RMR)Q4 2017 Earnings Conference CallDec. 12, 2017, 10:00 a.m. ETOperatorContinue readingSource: Fool.com
How Tax Reform Treats Dividends and Capital Gains
Tax reform bills have passed both the House and the Senate, and a joint conference is working to try to reconcile the two measures and come up with a compromise solution that both chambers of....
Here's Why Omeros Corporation Is Gaining More Ground Today
Shares of Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) rose as high as 10.8% this morning after the biotech announced a U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval that expands its commercial-stage drug to....
Why Qualcomm Incorporated Stock Jumped 30% in November
Shares of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) spiked 30.5% last month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after Bloomberg reported at the beginning of November that....
Here's Why Investors Are Punishing Oasis Petroleum Inc. Stock Today
Shares of Oasis Petroleum (NYSE: OAS) are getting pummeled today, down more than 15% as of 12:12 p.m. EST. That sell-off comes on the heels of the company's announcement that it would buy more....
Women Are More Likely to Regret Student Debt -- and They're Not Wrong
As student debt crept dangerously close to the $1.5 trillion mark this year, countless borrowers found themselves asking one nagging question: Were those loans worth it? In most cases, the answer....
Why Wynn Resorts Is the Hottest Casino Stock
Shares of Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) are up 84% in 2017 and 131% since the beginning of 2016, leading a recovery in casino stocks in Las Vegas and Macau. The stock gains have coincided with a....
"Dreaming Big & Being Bold": How Doing Things Differently Helped REI Succeed
If you work in retail, most of the time you can only dream of a day off on Black Friday to spend with friends and family exploring the outdoors. But at REI, unique perks like this are par for the....
Northrop Grumman Stock Upgraded: What You Need to Know
Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking two....
6 Ways the Fed's Interest Rate Hike Could Affect You
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise the benchmark federal funds rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, but the impact on consumer borrowing depends on the type of loan. While certain....