Maria Ripps

Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ: HMNY) announced Thursday it acquired Moviefone from Verizon Communication Inc. (NYSE: VZ)’s Oath for about $8.6 million. The complete transaction involves $1 million in cash, about 2.6 million shares and warrants for 2.6 million additional shares...

Morgan Stanley analysts Benjamin Swinburne, Maria Ripps and James J. Luan downgraded Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) from Equal-Weight to Underweight and lowered th price target from $86 to $72 Monday. They also lowered the price target for Interpublic Group of Companies Inc (NYSE: IPG) from $24 to...