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It’s a particularly busy week ahead as the 3rd quarter comes to a close. With economic data, geopolitics, and COVID-19 in focus, it will be a choppy week....
U.S. shale producer Devon Energy Corp is in talks to acquire rival WPX Energy Inc in an all-stock transaction that would create a company worth around $6 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The deal talks show how consolidation in the oil and gas industry is picking up, as low energy prices drive some independent producers to seek scale through mergers. In July, Noble Energy Inc agreed to be acquired by Chevron Corp for $5 billion in stock....
U.S. shale producer Devon Energy Corp is in talks to acquire rival WPX Energy Inc in an all-stock transaction that would create a company worth around $6 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The deal talks show how consolidation in the oil and gas industry is picking up, as low energy prices drive some independent producers to seek scale through mergers. In July, Noble Energy Inc agreed to be acquired by Chevron Corp for $5 billion in stock....
* This weekend's Barron's cover story offers roundtable picks for the health care revolution. * Other featured articles discuss who could benefit from a conservative Supreme Court and how to find reliable dividend stocks in emerging markets. * Also, the prospects for a recently merged regional bank stock, a pair of restructuring companies, a pandemic winner and more.Cover story "The Pandemic Speeds Up the Health-Care Revolution" by Lauren R. Rublin offers Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA) and other Barron's roundtable expert picks for the most promising developments and best investment bets in the sector.Daren Fonda's "A Right-Leaning Supreme Court Will Tackle Some Big Business Cases" suggests that a more conservative court may cut back regulation. Is that good news for likes of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F)?In "Herbalife Faces a Fresh Legal Hurdle," Bill Alpert discusses how a lawsuit that has gathered steam targets 44 of the...
Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Both bullish and bearish calls in coronavirus vaccine contenders were seen this week.Social media platforms were represented in both categories as well.September has a reputation as a harsh month for the markets, and it certainly has lived up to that reputation this year: volatility continued last week for various reasons. The Dow Jones industrials and S&P 500 ended the week essentially flat, with the Nasdaq only a little better, but all three indexes are down more than 4% since the start of the month, with the Nasdaq retreating about 8%.It was also a week in which the race for a COVID-19 vaccine continued, and the world's leading electric carmaker held its annual event - which failed to help the stock much.As usual, Benzinga continues to examine the prospects for many of the stocks most popular with investors....
