Новости за 25.02.2016

Apple Inc submitted a legal brief on Thursday opposing the U.S. government's attempt to force the technology company to unlock an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, one day before the filing deadline.

B&G Foods is fattening its shareholders with an extra helping of dividend.

What: Shares of Lloyds Banking Group jumped nearly 14% today as of 2:10 p.m. ET as the bank surprised investors with a big dividend increase.

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co, pressured by a prolonged slump in crude oil prices, will further slash its workforce by about 8%, or by 5,000 jobs.

Oil futures erased early losses to end sharply higher Thursday, turning north after news reports said Venezuela's oil minister announced his country would meet with fellow oil producers next month in an effort to stabilize prices.

Image source: Carter's, What: Shares of Carter's were up nearly 11% as of 11:30 a.m. EST Thursday after the children's clothing retailer released better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2015 results and an expanded capital returns initiatives.

What: Shares of personal finance company BankRate are plunging by more than 46% at 2:00 p.m. ET as the market reacts to its fourth-quarter earnings, which missed analyst expectations by a mile.

Halliburton Co. stock dropped 1% after the energy company announced it would cut 5,000 jobs, or about 8% of its workforce, citing "ongoing market conditions," according to The Wall Street Journal.

PowerSecure's distributed powergen business is attractive to utility Southern Co. Image source: PowerSecure.

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Shares of Cablevision Systems Corp. were down less than 1% in premarket trade after the company reported net income of $32.15 million, or 12 cents per share for the fourth quarter.

AMC Networks Inc. shares are up 1% in premarket trading after the company announced revenue that beat expectations, driven by advertising on the AMC channel.

McKesson Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Vantage Oncology LLC and Biologics Inc. in two transactions valued at $1.2 billion.

Team Health Holding Inc.'s stock surged 6.9% in premarket trade Thursday, after the healthcare staffing company disclosed that private-equity firm Jana Partners acquired an 8% stake in the company.

MetLife Inc. confirmed Thursday that it held talks with MassMutual Financial Group over a possible deal related to MetLife Premier Client Group, its U.S. advisor group.

LendingTree Inc. shares rallied 16% in premarket trade Thursday, after the company beat profit and revenue estimates for the fourth quarter and offered upbeat guidance.

Weekly jobless claims rose by 10,000 to 272,000 last week. That came in higher than the estimate for 270,000. The prior week was unchanged at 262,000.

The Commerce Department reports durable goods orders were up 4.9% in January from the prior month, coming in higher than the estimate for a rise of 2.5%. Take out the transportation component and orders increased 1.8%. The estimate was for that part to rise by 0.2%.

Rouse Properties Inc. agreed on Thursday to be acquired by real estate asset management company Brookfield Asset Management Inc. in a deal valued at $2.8 billion, after Brookfield raised its per-share bid by 7.4%.

Stocks opened modestly higher on Thursday after a late-session rally on Wednesday reversed steep losses.

What happened? Spotify, the biggest player in music streaming, announced that it will be moving its data centers and technology infrastructure to the cloud, opting to partner with the Google over the reigning champion, Amazon .

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These days, there is a lot of talk about virtual reality headsets and the impact that these will have on the performance requirements of gaming-focused computers.

Stocks opened sharply lower, but climbed throughout the trading session to end up in positive territory.

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