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Ariad Announces FDA Has Given Clearance To Begin Clinical Development Trial
Monday, February 1, 2016 - 3:49pm | 251Shares of Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) hit a new 52-week low of $4.72 on Monday and was trading lower by more than 4 percent. Ariad Pharmaceuticals announced earlier in the day that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has completed its review of the company's Investigational New...
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GNC, Southern Copper And Others Insiders Have Been Buying
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 1:34pm | 835Annaly Capital Management, GNC Holdings and Southern Copper are among the companies that have seen insider buying recently. Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For February 25
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 12:12pm | 1082Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com BlackBerry: Is the turnaround on track? BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) revealed its first Foxconn manufactured smartphone, the BlackBerry Z3. According to Techcrunch.com the phone is “a Nokia-like touchscreen smartphone with rounded sides, a...
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Biotech And Natural Gas ETFs On A Roll
Sunday, February 16, 2014 - 11:08am | 884Shares of the following exchange traded funds are trading more than 20 percent higher than 90 days ago, and they are within 10 percent of their 52-week highs. This set of ETFs provides a peek at areas of investor interest during and after the holiday shopping season, as uncertainty over the...
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Market Wrap For January 17: Stocks Finish Week With Mixed Results
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 5:40pm | 2758Stocks traded mostly lower today as investors digested a new set of earnings that were disappointing. A mixed housing data and a consumer sentiment coming in lower than expected was enough to tame the bulls as major indices finished the day mixed. Markets will be closed on Monday for Martin...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For January 17
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 11:17am | 637Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com. Ariad Pharmaceuticals On Friday morning, Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARIA) announced the commercial availability of Iclusig for adult patients with refractory chronic myeloid leukemia and Philadelphia-chromosome positive acute...
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Market Wrap For January 6: Busy Day For Analysts Upgrades and Downgrades
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 5:58pm | 2261Monday's trading session featured a plethora of analyst upgrades and downgrades. With little key economic data released, markets were relatively tame as major indices failing to meaningfully move in any one direction. The Senate appears to be set to officially Janet Yellen to lead the Federal...
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Market Wrap For January 2: Markets Begin 2014 on Negative Note
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 5:45pm | 1461Major indices saw plenty of red during the first trading session of 2014. There were no fundamental reasons for the Dow to suffer a triple digit point loss, along with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices ending the day lower. "People are taking profits and seeking bargains," according to Jim...
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Market Wrap For December 20: Markets Gain On GDP Data
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 5:44pm | 1875Major indices received a boost in Friday's trading activity following a better than expected third quarter GDP. The surprising economic data is yet another key data that may suggests that the economy is healthy enough and could handle the Fed's recent decision to taper its bond buying program....
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Market Wrap For December 9: Investors Digest Further Clues Hinting at An Upcoming Taper
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 5:45pm | 1739According to Jim Bullard, the chances of the Fed tapering have increased due to recent labor market data. “There is no widely accepted reason why inflation is running as low as it is in the face of extraordinarily accommodative policy for the Fed,” he added. The St. Louis Fed chief added that...
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Market Wrap For November 25: Nasdaq Breaks 4,000 Level For First Time Since 2000
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 5:57pm | 1904The Nasdaq index traded above 4,000 for the first time since 2000. The other major indices were flat for the day as markets couldn't hold on to early gains that were boosted by an international accord with Iran. Economic news was rather light and there were no comments from a Fed chairperson that...
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Market Wrap For November 22: Markets Finish The Week On a Positive Note
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 5:57pm | 1641While not offering any specifics, investors seemed comfortable enough with Dennis Lockhart's comments to end the week on a positive note. While speaking to CNBC the Atlanta Fed chief commented that tapering will begin “when the economy is ready and when the market is ready.” Lockhart also noted...
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Three Biotech Stocks Analysts Are Keen On (ARIA, MACK, GEVA)
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 2:57pm | 549Here is a quick look at three top-performing biotech stocks, each with a consensus recommendation (among analysts) of Strong Buy. They are Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARIA), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MACK) and Synageva BioPharma (NASDAQ: GEVA). Ariad Pharmaceuticals Shares of this...
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Best Biotech Stocks of 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 11:39am | 830Here's a quick look at nine of the best-performing biotech stocks of the past year. Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ACHN) is up almost 88% year to date and about 37% higher just in the past month. This Connecticut-based biopharmaceutical company has three drugs in clinical trials to treat...
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J.P. Morgan Reiterates Overweight Rating On Ariad Pharmaceuticals
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 8:31am | 89According to J.P. Morgan, Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARIA) Overweight rating is reiterated. J.P. Morgan said that it reiterates its OW rating on ARIA following Friday's very well attended R&D Day in NYC. “While ARIA shares could be volatile (along with the rest of biotech) over the summer...