Technicals

Is Facebook (FB) Stock Outpacing Its Computer and Technology Peers This Year?

For those looking to find strong Computer and Technology stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Facebook (FB) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? One simple way to answer this question is to take a look at the year-to-date performance of FB and the rest of the Computer and Technology group’s stocks. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Multi-firm merger creates new regional entity, Baker Tilly KDN

Multi-firm merger creates new regional entity, Baker Tilly KDN Canada NewsWire KAWARTHAS, ON, Feb. 5, 2019 KAWARTHAS, ON, Feb. 5, 2019 /CNW/ – Baker Tilly offices in Peterborough , Lindsay and Courtice are pleased to announce they are joining forces, along with industry veteran Sharron Wharram-Spry in Cobourg , to create a single, regionally centric audit, tax and advisory firm – Baker Tilly KDN. […]

Stock Analysts

Lilly/Incyte’s Olumiant Meets Endpoint in Eczema Studies

Eli Lilly and Company LLY and Incyte Corporation INCY announced positive top-line data from two late-stage studies evaluating their oral JAK inhibitor, Olumiant (baricitinib), as monotherapy for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (“AD”), a type of eczema. Data from the phase III studies – BREEZE-AD1 and BREEZE-AD2 – showed that the candidate met the primary endpoints of statistically significant improvements in patients compared to placebo as measured by Investigator's Global Assessment for AD (“IGA”) score after treatment of 16 weeks. Detailed data from these studies along with ongoing phase III studies on barcitinib will be presented and published at future scientific venues and in peer-reviewed journals later in 2019 […]

Stock Analysts

Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA) Q2 Earnings: What’s in Store?

Twenty-First Century Fox FOXA is expected to report second-quarter fiscal 2019 results soon. Investors should note that the majority of Twenty-First Century Fox’s film and television assets will be acquired by Disney DIS in a cash-and-stock deal worth $71.3 billion. The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of calendar year 2019 […]