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Stock futures are flat in overnight trading ahead of key corporate earnings: Live updates
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were flat in overnight trading Monday as investors awaited key corporate earnings and the beginning of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 20 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq […]
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Here are JPMorgan’s top drug stock picks into earnings
JPMorgan is eyeing a few drug manufacturers ahead of their earnings reports as investors continue to sell out of major technology firms. Major market trends in the first half of 2024 have shifted and sparked a rotation out of large technology stocks into less-loved areas of the market, including value stocks and small caps. The […]
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Healthy Returns: The first round of Medicare drug price negotiations is nearing an end
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good afternoon! The first round […]
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Healthy Returns: Diabetes drug Ozempic may lower dementia risk, nicotine use
A box of Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk is seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good morning! Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic may have more to offer beyond […]
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Morgan Stanley names its ‘highest conviction’ stock picks for Europe, giving 4 more than 30% upside
Morgan Stanley says it’s time for stock-picking in Europe as earnings season and rate cuts are imminent. The investment bank says stock-level dispersion and equities market breadth should rise from here. Stock-level dispersion refers to the range of returns for stocks, while market breadth tracks the number of stocks going up relative to those declining. […]
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FDA approves Merck vaccine designed to protect adults from bacteria that can cause pneumonia, serious infections
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Merck’s new pneumococcal vaccine. Courtesy: Merck The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck‘s new vaccine designed to protect adults from a bacteria known as pneumococcus that can cause serious illnesses and a lung infection called pneumonia, the drugmaker said. Merck’s shot, called Capvaxive, specifically protects against 21 strains […]
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Healthy Returns: Drugmakers release promising cancer drug data – and AstraZeneca wins big
Attendees walk through the lobby at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. Tim Boyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good morning! I’m back in New York City after spending the last weekend in […]
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Moderna, Merck say vaccine improved survival in patients with deadly skin cancer
Moderna and Merck released more positive three-year data Monday on their experimental vaccine, given to patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer in combination with the therapy Keytruda. The vaccine together with Merck’s Keytruda improved survival and showed long-lasting efficacy in a midstage study in patients with a deadly form of skin cancer. […]
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Healthy Returns: Pfizer, Merck, J&J and more to release cancer drug data at industry conference
Attendees walk through the lobby at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. Tim Boyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good afternoon! This is Annika, and I’ll be on the ground at the American […]
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Wells Fargo CEO talks up reasons to love the stock — plus, what’s behind the market drop
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market pressure : The major stock benchmarks were moving lower Wednesday, with the Dow getting the worst of it again. Adding pressure on equities, bond yields […]
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