Medtronic

Covidien (NYSE: COV), which currently is being courted by medical device maker Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter results Friday, July 25, before the markets open. Like AbbVie's deal to acquire Shire and other similar deals, Medtronic is looking to...

News of the recent partnership between European drugmaker Novartis (NYSE: NVS) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) to develop a contact lens designed to monitor blood sugar levels in diabetics has drawn attention to several other new diabetes treatment developments. Information Week...

Analysts believe that Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: TEVA), UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) shares still have some headroom, though they all have handily outperformed the S&P 500 over the past six months. They are all dividend payers as well....

U.S. stocks rose as investors and traders digested comments from the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve Open Committee announced that it will further taper its asset purchases by another $10 billion. The Fed is now committing towards purchasing $35 billion of assets per month. The Fed also...

U.S. stocks closed the day slightly higher as a mergers and acquisition heavy trading session eased fears over escalating violence in Iraq. The New York Federal Reserve's Empire State index for June showed that business conditions in June rose from May. In fact, June's reading proved...

Sunni insurgents tightened their grip on northern Iraq over the weekend when they overtook Tal Afar, stirring worries that the nation may fall into a civil war. Rebels from the Islamic State of Iraq seized the mostly ethnic Turkmen city on Sunday as they pressed closer to the capital. The...

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) kicked off earnings season for the big retailers last week with disappointing first-quarter results. Taking their turns on the earnings stage this week are Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Target (NYSE: TGT) and several more retailers. Below is a brief look at...

AOL, Kinder Morgan and Tyco International are among the companies that have seen insider buying lately. So is Opko Health, which sees insiders frequently scooping up shares. Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of...

U.S. stocks rose as investors cheered recent earning reports and a positive home sales data for March. A $45 billion M&A offer also contributed to Tuesday's buying action as investors could be excited and motivated to buy stocks ahead of a few rough weeks of bearish activity. The S&P...

U.S. stock futures were pointing towards a modestly higher open as investors found enough optimism from Dow components Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson who both reported better than expected quarterly results. Investors were further spooked by reports of pro-Russian separatists taking...

U.S. stocks rose to start off the holiday-filled shortened trading week on a positive note as investors found plenty of reason to be optimistic on retail sales which jumped the most since 2012. Investors were also encouraged by Citigroup's better than expected earnings which eased investor...

The earnings season is winding down, but on the docket this week are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) and others. Later in the week, the parade of quarterly reports from big retailers kicks off with...

The focus is on retail as the as the crucial holiday shopping season is set to get underway. Last week, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) offered weak third-quarter results, while Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) turned in earnings beats. Plenty more retailers are on deck this...

This weekend in Barron's online: a profile of Howard Marks, investors return to online brokers, and the prospects for Bed Bath & Beyond, Live Nation Entertainment and Genworth Financial. Cover Story "Master of Disaster" by Jonathan R. Laing. This week's cover story is a profile of Howard...

U.S. markets are closed on Monday for the Presidents' Day holiday, and many of the S&P 500 have already posted results for the most recent quarter. But PC makers Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) step into the earnings spotlight this week. Also, the world's largest retailer...