Новости за 03.03.2016

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Barnes & Noble Inc. shares are down 1.1% in premarket trading after the company's earnings missed estimates in the third quarter.

Barnes & Noble, the largest U.S. bookstore chain operator, reported a 1.8 percent fall in quarterly sales, hurt by lower online sales, store closures and weak demand for its Nook tablets.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.'s stock dropped 1% in premarket trade Thursday, after the drug maker said late Wednesday that Executive Vice President Deb Jorn resigned, effective immediately.

Angie's List Inc. laid out a new profitable growth plan in a statement released ahead of its investor day that will cut its ratings and reviews membership fee and offer new tiered services.

The Kroger Co. shares fell 4% in premarket trade Thursday, after the supermarket chain reported weaker-than-expected sales for its fiscal fourth quarter.

This is the first in a three-part series on mergers and acquisitions.

Weekly jobless claims rose by 6,000 to 278,000 last week. That came in higher than the estimate for 271,000. The prior week was unchanged at 272,000

U.S. equity markets traded along the unchanged line Thursday as oil prices calmed and traders awaited the all-important February jobs report on Friday.

February is now over, which is sad news for income investors.

Chinese shares rose for the third straight session on Thursday, extending the previous day's 4 percent rally.

Corporate bonds are riskier than Treasuries or municipals right now

Some companies use the regular calendar year of Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 for accounting and budgeting purposes.

When a company acquires assets, those assets usually come at a cost.

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Under Armour CEO KEVIN PLANK, left, AND Golden State Warrior STEPHEN CURRY.

The information contained in the chart above has engendered quite a response, most of which appears to be negative.

Apple CEO Tim Cook.

GoPro recently announced plans to acquire two mobile video editing app companies, Paris-based Stupeflix and Austin-based Vemory, for $105 million in cash and stock.

Stocks ended the trading session higher today despite spending much of the day in negative territory: ^DJI data by YCharts The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 33 points, or 0.2%, and the S&P 500 rose 8 points, or 0.4%.

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iPhone 6s.