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IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) Shows Durable, Long-Term Responses for Patients with CLL

IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) Shows Durable, Long-Term Responses for Patients with CLL PR Newswire SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 31, 2014 SUNNYVALE, Calif. , May 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Pharmacyclics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCYC) announced today that IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) will be featured in an oral presentation highlighting long-term responses to treatment, with up to three years of follow up in 132 patients with treatment naive or relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL). […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Top Accounting Firm Gettry MarcusShares Information about HowtheNew Net Investment Income Tax Affects Trusts

Top Accounting Firm Gettry MarcusShares Information about HowtheNew Net Investment Income Tax Affects Trusts Leading tax, consulting and forensic accounting firm Gettry Marcus CPA, P.C.shares information about a new tax, called the Net Investment Income (NII) tax, and how it relates to trusts. PR Newswire WOODBURY, N.Y., May 31, 2014 WOODBURY, N.Y. , May 31, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Gettry Marcus CPA, P.C., a leading tax, consulting and forensic accounting firm, shares information about anew tax that applies to certain taxpayers that began in 2013—the 3.8 percent Net Investment Income (NII) Tax […]

Stock Analysts

New KB Home Design Studio in Florida

KB Home ( KBH ) recently unveiled KB Home Design Studio in Jacksonville, FL. The new KB Home Design Studio will help the home shoppers to customize their homes according to their preferences. Customers can take their pick from various designs and latest home automation technologies. […]

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Goodyear’s Capital Allocation Plan for 2014-2016

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ( GT ) updated its capital allocation plan for 2014 to 2016. Under this new plan, the company intends to increase shareholders’ returns and expects favorable impacts from opportunities in North America and Latin America. Goodyear recorded strong cash flow in 2013 […]

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Balanced View on ProAssurance

On May 29, 2014, we issued an updated research report on ProAssurance Corporation ( PRA ). We believe that business expansion strategies, premiums growth and efficient capital deployment should help the company mitigate the adverse effects of weak investment portfolio and lower retention in the physician business. ProAssurance had reported first-quarter 2014 earnings that exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate […]

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Clear Skies Ahead for These Airline Stocks

by Thomas Young If one looked at the graphic below, one might get the impression that Southwest Airlines ( LUV ), Alaska Air Group ( ALK ), and American Airlines Group ( AAL ) are due for a downturn. Presuming one came to such a conclusion, one would be forgetting five factors that may make such an individual look foolish a year from now. […]

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Update on Bayer’s Xarelto

Bayer ’s ( BAYRY ) HealthCare segment has been performing very well with the addition of products like Xarelto (anticoagulant), Eylea (eye drug), Stivarga (oncology), Xofigo (oncology) and Adempas (pulmonary hypertension) to its portfolio. The new products are expected to contribute around €2.8 billion to segmental sales in 2014. […]

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Prologis Expands on Chinese Soil

In order to spread its industrial real estate footprints in China, Prologis Inc. ( PLD ) inked a build-to-suit deal for 447,000 square foot of space in that country with an existing customer. Particularly, this industrial real estate investment trust (REIT) inked this agreement with Deppon Logistics Co, a leading Chinese logistics provider. […]

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Novatel Wireless Slips to Sell

On May 30, 2014, Zacks Investment Research downgraded Novatel Wireless Inc. ( NVTL ), provider of wireless broadband access solutions for the global mobile communications market, by a notch to Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Why the Downgrade? […]

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Emerging Markets Driving Smartphone Growth

As the next-generation handsets, smartphones are continuously gaining popularity throughout the world. Characterized by advanced operating systems, these devices are capable of supporting a wide variety of services and applications. Recently, research firm IDC projected that smartphone shipments worldwide will likely reach 1.2 billion this year, up from 1 billion in 2013. […]