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Market forces rained on the parade of Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ:VUZI) shareholders today, when the analysts downgraded… …read more […]

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One thing we could say about the analysts on TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. (NYSE:TRTX) – they aren’t optimistic, having… …read more […]

As the U.S. travel industry remains mostly shutdown, one industry remains set to be hit the hardest. While airlines continue to fly drastically reduced schedules, the cruise lines are shutdown with major questions on future demand.As the coronavirus swept through parts of Asia, the Diamond Princess cruise ship was hit with tons of cases and numerous deaths. The way passengers were quarantined on the ship and subsequent events should really question the legitimate demand for cruising in the near-term. Long-term, passengers have always come back from other virus outbreaks and initial signs for 2021 demand are already positive.Even worse, the …read more […]

Immunomedics, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMMU) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial… …read more […]

One thing we could say about the analysts on Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC) – they aren’t optimistic… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — A fresh look at how a handful of patients are faring on Pfizer Inc.’s gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy will be key for investors in competitor Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.Underwhelming effectiveness or new safety issues in this week’s data could remove an overhang for Sarepta shares, which are on their longest winning streak since November. The update will be important in evaluating the competitive landscape before either company starts pivotal trials, wrote RBC Capital Markets analyst Brian Abrahams.RBC expects Pfizer’s presentation at the virtual meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy on Friday could trigger …read more […]

Ryanair plans to move back towards an all-Boeing fleet by cancelling leases for Airbus A320s for its Lauda subsidiary and likely replacing 30 Airbus jets at the Austrian airline with Boeing 737s, Chief Executive Michael O’Leary told Reuters. Ryanair’s purchase in 2018 of Airbus operator Lauda was pitched as a way to diversify the fleet of the budget airline group, which had until then exclusively flown Boeing jets and currently has over 450 737s. O’Leary, whose expansion plans have been curtailed by the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX, said in March last year he was in early talks …read more […]

Today we’re going to take a look at the well-established CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL). The company’s stock saw a… …read more […]

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Sometimes you come across a phrase that is profound enough to stop you in your tracks.
Such was the case last week when my fellow authentic food conspirator and friend Mark Lilly (of Farm to Family fame) came out to the farm to pick up some pastured meats for his food subscribers.
We hadn’t seen each other for a couple of months, so our conversation naturally went to the coronavirus.
In Mark’s military career, he was a disaster preparedness technician. To say that this pandemic is right up his alley would be an understatement.
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Top news and what to watch in the markets on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Hemmed in by weak demand and scarce storage, the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas may soon face a stark choice: curb output or ignite a battle for market share that has the potential — just as in the oil market — to turn gas prices negative.Qatar began in February redirecting LNG cargoes away from Asia, where the coronavirus was hobbling sales, and sending them instead to northwestern Europe. That quick fix didn’t last, as the pandemic soon engulfed Europe’s biggest economies and left Qatar struggling for places to park unsold cargoes.The Persian Gulf state led by …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Oil edged higher as signs of a recovery in demand continued to surface following the easing of virus-led lockdowns in some regions, while Saudi Arabia pledged to cut production further.Futures rose 2.6% in New York after falling Monday. Pockets of fuel demand are starting to emerge in India and China, and while a huge glut remains, global stockpile builds are starting to slow. Saudi Arabia announced a surprise move to deepen daily output cuts by another 1 million barrels, which was followed by smaller reductions from OPEC allies the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.Oil is still down about …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Vodafone Group Plc kept its sales growing in the three months to March and pressed ahead with plans to bring in new investors for its wireless towers next year. The shares rose as much as 8.8%.Chief Executive Officer Nick Read said Vodafone’s go-it-alone strategy in the U.K. was still the right one, after rivals Liberty Global Plc and Telefonica SA announced a $39 billion merger of their British operations.The international mobile carrier reported organic service revenue growth of 1.6% in its financial fourth quarter, stronger than the 0.9% consensus of analyst estimates gathered by the company, and kept …read more […]