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That Hiss Is Coming From the Trump Bubble

By Stephen Gandel
  • What Calpine's Leveraged Buyout Doesn't Have

    Leverage

    Private Dancer

    Calpine Winds Down the Party

    Deals

    Liam Denning
  • Gone Hiking

    Gone Hiking
    Price hikes have helped prop up sales of Biogen's lead medicine as volume has tapered off
    Source: Bloomberg Intelligence/Symphony Health Solutions

    Been There

    Why Pharma May Not Fear the Latest Drug-Price Probe

    Health

    Max Nisen
  • SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF Return Over 3 Years

    7.37%

    Missing Variable

    Uncovering a Hidden Junk-Bond ETF Fee

    Markets

    Lisa Abramowicz
  • Not So Active

    Fly Charts: Bill Ackman's ADP Flop and Target's Food Fight

    Max Nisen
  • MassMutual Asia sale

    $1.7 billion

    Premium Purchase

    Mass Reasons to Like Ma's Yunfeng Deal

    Deals

    Nisha Gopalan
  • Still Hungry

    Still Hungry
    Even after five years of expansion, food and beverage is one of the fastest growing categories
    Source: Local Data Company

    Gluttons for Punishment

    Britain Has Too Many Restaurants

    Consumer

    Andrea Felsted
  • Buyback Bounce, Exit Blues

    Buyback Bounce, Exit Blues
    Infosys shares fell 7 percent in Mumbai in Friday morning trading after CEO Vishal Sikka resigned; they'd risen 4.7 percent Thursday on news of a buyback
    Source: Bloomberg
    ***Intraday times are displayed in ET.

    Reboot

    Sikka's Infosys Exit Is Ctrl-Alt. Now Hit Del

    Tech

    Andy Mukherjee
  • Quarterly sales growth

    1.8%

    Asda Price

    Wal-Mart's Own Brexit

    Consumer

    Andrea Felsted
  • Zinc, YTD

    +20%

    Metal Mirage

    Zinc's Supply Surge Is Coming

    Commodities

    David Fickling
  • Unbalanced Act

    Unbalanced Act
    Lenovo's assertion that it's balancing profit and growth doesn't look too solid after a return to loss
    Source: Bloomberg

    null

    Lenovo: A Comedy in One Act

    Tech

    Tim Culpan
  • Fearless

    Fearless
    Blackstone's decision to purchase an MLP investor comes at a trying time for the sector
    Source: Bloomberg

    Oil Patch Match

    Blackstone's Lonely Energy Club

    Finance

    Gillian Tan
  • Number of Ackman ADP Slides

    Too many

    A Man, A Plan

    Bill Ackman Is Long ADP But You Wouldn't Know It

    Deals

    Brooke Sutherland
  • A Turn of the Tide

    A Turn of the Tide
    Target posted a comparable sales increase after four straight quarters of decline
    Source: Bloomberg

    Stale Approach

    Target Isn't Winning the Food Fight

    Consumer

    Sarah Halzack
  • What Moving Averages Do

    Move

    Five-Year Plan

    The Oil Glut Rewrites History

    Energy

    Liam Denning
  • Rise in spending on non-core businesses:

    45%

    The Long Game

    Alibaba Uses Its Shopping Leverage

    Tech

    Tim Culpan
  • Tower of Strength

    Tower of Strength
    Vestas has a large net cash position and can afford to return some to investors
    Source: Bloomberg

    Vestas buffetted

    Wind Power Is All Grown Up Now

    Energy

    Chris Bryant
  • E-Commerce Boom

    E-Commerce Boom
    Walmart has recently kicked its online sales growth into high gear
    Source: Company filings

    Steady Eddy

    Walmart Charts Firm Course in Retail Storm

    Consumer

    Sarah Halzack
  • Decline in U.K., Ireland sales

    1%

    Home-Improvement Mishaps

    Kingfisher Papers Over the Cracks

    Consumer

    Andrea Felsted
  • Fishy

    Fly Charts: Fiduciary Rule Red Herrings and MLP Madness

    Max Nisen
  • China Unicom share sale

    $11.7 billion

    Raw End

    Uber Gets a China Ride It Can't Cancel

    Deals

    Nisha Gopalan
  • Final destination

    The H-shares

    Wealthy friends

    Unicom Isn't Cheap at Twice the Price

    Deals

    Shuli Ren
  • Clunk

    Clunk
    Telstra shares suffered their sharpest fall since a 1997 listing on Thursday
    Source: Bloomberg
    Note: Intraday times are displayed in ET.

    Hung Up

    Income Can Be Taxing

    Markets

    David Fickling
  • Infosys cash hoard

    $5.2 billion

    CODED WARNING

    Reboot or Booted? Infosys Must Choose

    Tech

    Andy Mukherjee
  • Taking Credit

    Private Equity Follows the Money

    Finance

    Gillian Tan