Новости за 29.02.2016

Image source: CONSOL Energy corporate website.

Image Source: Alexion Pharmaceuticals The biotech sector as a whole has been out of favor for several months now, which has caused the stocks of even the strongest and most successful companies in it to plunge.

Shares in embattled drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc fell as much as 21 percent on Monday after Bloomberg reported that the company is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision in a previously undisclosed probe.

bluebird bio reported earnings on Wednesday.

U.S. equity markets ended February not too far from where they started, but weren’t completely void of the volatility that gripped sentiment in the first month of 2016.

AT&T and Intel recently announced that they would jointly test consumer drone flights on AT&T's LTE network.

Many in the U.S. are unfamiliar with Nexus 6P manufacturer Huawei.

Source: Kinder Morgan.

For quite a while, fast food was out of vogue.

What happened? Power utility Southern Company is soon to be one asset larger.

If only corporate profit margins were this juicy! Image source: Pictures of Money via Flickr.

Image source: Healthcare.gov.

An ad from PayPal's home page promoting the company's mobile app and "One Touch" payment feature.

Contracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes fell to their lowest level in a year in January, likely weighed down by harsh weather and a shortage of properties for sale, a report showed on Monday.

Business activity across the Midwest unexpectedly contracted this month as producers curtailed production, another indication that the domestic economy has started 2016 on shaky footing.

There are many terms used to describe energy stocks these days -- "stable" definitely isn't one of them.

Why do millennials get such a bad rep in the financial media?

What happened? The shine is off precious metals miner Goldcorp , which has slashed its dividend.

U.S. stocks were little changed on Monday as investors weighed China's decision to cut the reserve requirement for banks, a move aimed at boosting the economy.

Online retailer Amazon is set to enter the British fresh food market after striking a supply deal with supermarket Morrisons.

China stocks closed at their lowest in a month on Monday, as investors sold on fears that rising real estate prices will cannibalize funds from shares, aggravated by disappointing earnings by small-cap growth stocks on the ChiNext index.

Catholic Church abuse movie "Spotlight" was named best picture, the top award at Sunday's Oscars ceremony, after a night peppered with pointed punchlines from host Chris Rock about the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that has dominated the industry.

Intangible assets are non-physical assets on a company's balance sheet.

Typically, a company reduces the value of its fixed assets steadily over time as its real estate, equipment, and other assets are used in the normal course of business.

Liquidity, or the amount of cash or cash-like assets on the balance sheet, is critical for any bank.