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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)- Johnson & Johnson and Synthes, Inc., a manufacturer of orthopaedic devices, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Johnson & Johnson will acquire Synthes for CHF159 per share, or $21.3 billion. French nuclear reactor maker...

Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT that New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB) is underestimated by people. He added that NYB is a bank, and banks are in bear market mode. He would rather buy Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYB)...

VimpelCom (NYSE: VIP) announced today that it has agreed with its local partner in Vietnam on a financing plan for its Vietnamese joint venture, GTEL-Mobile Joint Stock Company ("GTEL-Mobile"), that could result in the Company providing investments in total of up to US$500 million through 2013. The...

Shares of Frontier Communications Corporation (NYSE: FTR) are higher on the session by 0.87%, trading at $8.08. Overall put volume is now running at 4.59x the daily average, with 48% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 6,166 contracts have traded on the session so far. Frontier...

The market rebounded last week and erased nearly all of this year's negative move. Although the bulls have yet to take-out important 1335 resistance completely, they defended 1301 on multiple occasions in April and look poised to make higher highs into May. While volume has been...

Deutsche Bank has raised the price target from $36 to $37 and is maintaining its Hold rating on Verizon (NYSE: VZ), in light of strong 1Q11 results. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes, “We maintain our HOLD on Verizon (VZ) following an admittedly solid quarter based on our view that VZ's premium...

CNBC Fast Money's Brian Kelly said on the show that he is a buyer of eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) ahead of earnings. eBay Inc. (EBAY) gained 0.60% on Thursday, and it closed at $31.95. Tim Seymour thinks that you should take profits in Mechel OAO (ADR) (NYSE: MTL), and buy it back around $27.75....

South Korea's, Samsung filed patent lawsuits against Apple (AAPL) over smartphone technology- The Asian giant,South Korea's, Samsung is at war with the US Apple Inc. (AAPL) about iPhone and iPad patents. Samsung is accusing Apple of violating its rights to 10 smartphone and computer patents....

In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission, AT&T Inc. (T) said T-Mobile acquisition would allow it to deploy 4G LTE service to more than 97 percent of Americans — up from the 80 percent planned before the deal was announced. The merger would “promote, not diminish competition,”...

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today filed with the Federal Communications Commission its Public Interest Statement regarding its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The filing demonstrates the numerous benefits of the merger, including the deployment of 4G LTE network technology to more than 97 percent...

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) and Samsung Telecommunications America today announced that the DROID Charge by Samsung will be available for purchase on April 28 in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online.

The market jacked higher yesterday. The indices were boosted by superb earnings results, mostly technology earnings from stalwarts like Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) IBM (NYSE: IBM) and VMware (Nasdaq: VMW) which each reported record first quarters. Great financial reports from those...

The holiday rally continues again this morning after strong corporate earnings reports by Apple Inc.(NASDAQ: AAPL), and Qualcomm Inc.(NASDAQ: QCOM). The S&P 500 Index e-mini futures(ES-M1) are trading higher by 5.00 points to 1333.00 per contract. Often, before a long holiday weekend the major...

Shares of McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) fell about 1.3% after the company reported a 11% rise in its Q1 net income. The company's comparable sales increased 4.2%. MCD's earnings came in at $1.21 billion, or $1.15 per share, up from $1.09 billion, or $1 per share, in the year-ago quarter. The company'...

According to Deutsche Bank, AT&T (NYSE: T) reported 1Q results that were mixed vs. consensus. Deutsche Bank said that key beats were in wireless revenue drivers such as post paid ARPU and net adds, both of which benefitted from 3.6M iPhone sales (+1M YoY despite the Verizon iPhone launch). “...