Shire Rejects a $46.5 Billion AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) Takeover Offer

Goldman Sachs has been hired by Shire as the London-listed drug maker confronts a takeover offer, as explained in the Financial Times morning briefing. Shire turned down a $46 billion bid from Chicago-based AbbVie last week. According to a report from the New-York Times, people briefed on the matter said AbbVie was likely to come back with a higher offer. Allergan, which is fending off … Continue reading Shire Rejects a $46.5 Billion AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) Takeover Offer

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VMware, Inc (NYSE:VMW) COO Carl M. Eschenbach unloaded 5,897 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.05, for a total value of $560,509.85. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 81,879 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,782,599. VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) stock performance was 1.54% in last … Continue reading Hot Stocks: VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON), AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA)

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AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) rival Gilead makes exclusive deal with CVS for hep C drugs. The deal blocks North Chicago-based AbbVie Inc.’s treatment, called Viekira Pak, which will only be available to patients given approval because of medical exceptions or through a process called prior authorization, according to CVS. Patients already taking Viekira Pak will be allowed to finish their treatment. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) belongs to … Continue reading Market Movers: AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Sanmina Corporation (NASDAQ:SANM), Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (NYSE:ASX), Resource Capital Corp. (NYSE:RSO)

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On Dec. 23, AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) will participate in the Goldman Sachs Healthcare CEOs Unscripted Conference on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Richard A. Gonzalez, chairman and chief executive officer, will take part in a question and answer session at 2:15 p.m. Central time. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its net profit margin is 18.90% and weekly performance is -1.38%. On last trading day company … Continue reading Trader’s Buzz: AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV), Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOXA), Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC), Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT:LNG), Forward Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:FORD)

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AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) said that it presented new results from a Phase 2 study of investigational compound venetoclax (ABT-199/GDC-0199) in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia or AML at the 56th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its net profit margin is 18.90% and weekly performance is 0.74%. On last trading day company shares ended up $69.71. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) … Continue reading Stocks Swings: AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV), Yelp, Inc. (NYSE:YELP), Universal Health Services Inc. (NYSE:UHS), Tompkins Financial Corporation (NYSEMKT:TMP), Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG)