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Leucadia Stock Soars On Divesture, Will Rename Itself Jefferies
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 10:17am | 425Shares of Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK) rose 11.6% on Apr 9, (its biggest jump since 2009) after the diversified conglomerate disclosed the divesture of its auto dealer group and a portion of its stake in its beef cattle business for roughly $1.33 billion. The company is...
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40 Biggest Movers From Yesterday
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 3:21am | 1259Gainers AveXis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVXS) jumped 81.57 percent to close at $210.46 on Monday after the company agreed to be acquired by Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) for $8.7 billion. Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR) shares gained 28.52 percent to close at $3.29 after the company raised its...
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31 Stocks Moving In Monday's Mid-Day Session
Monday, April 9, 2018 - 11:32am | 954Gainers AveXis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVXS) surged 77.8 percent to $206.07 after the company agreed to be acquired by Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) for $8.7 billion. Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR) shares jumped 46.1 percent to $3.74 after the company raised its guidance for the first quarter...
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20 Stocks Moving In Monday's Pre-Market Session
Monday, April 9, 2018 - 7:06am | 759Gainers AveXis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVXS) rose 85.1 percent to $214.60 in pre-market trading after the company agreed to be acquired by Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) for $8.7 billion. Therapix Biosciences Ltd. (NASDAQ: TRPX) rose 32.5 percent to $6.60 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed...
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Watch These 8 Huge Call Purchases In Thursday Trade
Thursday, June 22, 2017 - 3:04am | 273Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Wednesday's regular session. Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) Jan18...
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Watch These 7 Huge Call Purchases In Tuesday Trade
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 1:51am | 231Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Monday's regular session. Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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What's Happening At FXCM?
Monday, December 28, 2015 - 10:41am | 185FXCM Inc (NYSE: FXCM) stock tripled between December 11 and December 28. On Monday, shares rose as high as 40 percent from the previous week's close. The stock, which has a moderate but not overly high 8 percent of its float short, last hit the $15 range in June (by split-adjusted prices...
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Benzinga's Top Initiations
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 9:54am | 402Analysts at Goldman Sachs initiated initiated coverage on Xerox Corp (NYSE: XRX) with a Neutral rating. The target price for Xerox is set to $10. Xerox shares closed at $10.55 on Monday. JMP Securities initiated coverage on Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: STWD) with a Outperform rating....
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Benzinga's Top #PreMarket Gainers
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 7:12am | 144FXCM Inc. (NYSE: FXCM) shares climbed 7.51% to $2.29 in pre-market trading after the company announced its plans to pay added $54 million owed to Leucadia. Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK) shares gained 5.38% to $23.50 in the pre-market trading session after FXCM announced its plans to...
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Benzinga's Weekend M&A Chatter
Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 6:50pm | 700The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday January 21, 2015 PE Firm TPG Capital Reportedly Considered Acquisition of Herbalife, Nu Skin in 2014 The Rumor:Private equity firm TPG Capital considered the acquisition of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) and...
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UPDATE: Jefferies Group FQ2 Profit Surges 55%
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 7:59am | 142Jefferies Group LLC, owned by Leucadia National (NYSE: LUK), reported a 55% gain in its fiscal second-quarter earnings. Jefferies posted a quarterly profit of $61.3 million, versus a year-ago profit of $39.5 million. Its net revenue rose 9.8% to $723 million. Investment banking net revenue jumped...
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5 Conglomerates Stocks With The Highest Revenue
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 9:23am | 145Below are the top stocks in the conglomerates sector in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) is $62.31 billion. United Technologies' operating margin for the same period is 10.14%. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) is $30...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market Losers
Monday, August 19, 2013 - 7:17am | 106Leucadia National (NYSE: LUK) dipped 1.99% to $26.06 in the pre-market session. Leucadia National has a dividend yield of 0.90%. CarMax (NYSE: KMX) dipped 1.52% to $46.76 in the pre-market session. CarMax's trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 3.90%. Walgreen Co (NYSE: WAG) shares fell 1.49% to...
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Oregon LNG Files Export Application with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 3:34pm | 585Oregon LNG announced today that it has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking the approval necessary to site, construct and operate a bi-directional liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with both import and export capability in Warrenton, Oregon. The...
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5 Conglomerates Stocks With The Highest EPS
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 6:06am | 142Below are the top conglomerates stocks in terms of earnings per share. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) is $7.42. Caterpillar's ROE for the same period is 29.55%. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) is $6.68....