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Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) is raising the stakes in the race for Vectura Group PLC (OTC: VEGPF) with a bid valuing the company at more than $1.41 billion, Reuters reports.   In May, U.S.-based Carlyle Group Inc (NASDAQ: CG) had...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included leaders in entertainment, tobacco and video games. Bearish calls included a Detroit automaker and big box retailer. Last week began with a mystery that could have geopolitical implications and...

Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors. Banking and tobacco giants appeared on our insider buy screens this week. Insiders at a flooring products maker and a REIT returned to the buy window this week. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10-percent...

Three of the big U.S. banks help to kick off a new earnings season this week Wall Street analysts expect to see earnings declines from all three of them. But consensus forecasts also predict marginal top-line growth from two. The third-quarter earnings reporting season is just getting underway...

Three big banks are among companies kicking off the new earnings season this week. Consensus forecasts from Wall Street analysts call for bottom-line declines from all three of them. However, one is expected to offer some growth in revenue, relative to the year-ago period. The second-quarter...

The first-quarter earnings reporting season kicks into high gear this week. Highlights will include the latest results from two technology giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from both of them. The new earnings season is underway, and among the highlights this week will...

The first-quarter earnings reporting season kicks into high gear this week. Highlights will include the latest results from two beverage giant rivals. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings declines from both of them. The new earnings season is underway, and among the highlights this week...

Three Internet giants are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from Google-parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD). Expectations for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) are considerably more...

U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday as the Dow Jones index traded lower by 206 points before recouping most of these losses. However, the index closed the day in negative territory for the sixth straight day, despite encouraging U.S. labor data being reported. Speaking to Bloomberg, St. Louis...

U.S. stocks rose ahead of next week's busy earnings schedule, but still finished lower for the week. On Tuesday, Yahoo! and Intel kick off earnings in the tech sector with eBay following on Wednesday. Investors will also see results from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase in the...

U.S. stocks were little changed as investors digested comments coming from head of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The Fed's Jim Bullard said that the 2.9 percent decline in the first quarter GDP is “giving me heartburn.” Bullard added that the worse than expected figure...

U.S. stocks finished the week slightly lower as investors gave today's poor housing data a slack, and blame it on the weather. “Investors are willing to cut the market some slack because of the weather; I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the economy heats up as the weather warms up,” Jack...

January, with its five percent correction, is behind us, and earnings continue to roll out this week, whether or not the groundhog saw his shadow. Highlights will include quarterly results from General Motors (NYSE: GM), Merck (NYSE: MRK), Philip Morris (NYSE: PM) and Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS),...