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Oracle Works With White House For Informal Testing Of Antimalarial Drugs For COVID-19 Effectiveness
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 9:53pm | 475Benzinga is covering every angle of how the coronavirus affects the financial world. For daily updates, sign up for our coronavirus newsletter. Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is creating a website and mobile applications for collecting data on the treatment of novel coronavirus (COVID-19...
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Where Are They Now? A Review Of Every Time Person Of The Year This Decade
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 5:04pm | 769Every year, Time recognizes one person, group of people or an inanimate object that influenced the course of the year, for better or worse. Someone has filled each slot since 1927. This year, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg joined a list that includes Bill Gates, the computer, Richard...
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Drug Prices Will Be Included In TV Ads Under New Trump Admin Rule
Thursday, May 9, 2019 - 3:13pm | 538The Department of Health and Human Services announced a new policy Wednesday to improve transparency in the pharmaceutical industry. Starting this summer, TV commercials for prescription drugs covered by Medicaid or Medicare must mention the list price if it exceeds $35 for the standard treatment...
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The Latest Media Merger: Meredith, Backed By Koch Brothers, To Buy Time
Monday, November 27, 2017 - 9:34am | 347Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP), a company that owns multiple TV stations, digital and mobile operations and other media platforms, agreed to acquire Time Inc (NYSE: TIME), the content company best known for operating People, Time, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines. What You Need To Know...
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What Would The Koch Brothers Do With Time, People?
Thursday, November 16, 2017 - 5:53pm | 364Time Inc (NYSE: TIME) traded up 27 percent Thursday after Charles and David Koch were revealed as the backers of Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP)’s takeover bid. The Koch brothers agreed to back Meredith’s purchase with more than $500 million, according to the New York Times ...
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Will The Return Of Biz Stone Alleviate Fundamental Concerns At Twitter?
Friday, May 19, 2017 - 11:35am | 989Biz is back, but his excitement to return to Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), a company crippled by public criticism and metric declines, hasn’t exactly resonated with investors. Although Biz Stone's Tuesday announcement initially prompted a 2-percent stock spike, shares ultimately closed down 6...
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Biz Stone Is Going Back To Twitter
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 1:50pm | 583After a four-year hiatus to co-found and lead Jelly Industries, Inc., another member of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)’s co-founding team is coming home. “There’s something about the personality of a company that comes from the folks who start it,” Biz Stone wrote in a Tuesday...
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A Timeline Ahead Of Time's Buyout
Sunday, March 5, 2017 - 9:05pm | 693Time Inc (NYSE: TIME), which was spun off from Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) in mid-2014, could be another casualty of an industry-wide malaise that has rendered print media on the brink of extinction. As print advertising revenues suffered, the company was striving to make a mark in the digital...
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Trump: I'm Going To Bring Down Drug Prices
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 10:14am | 343Biotech investors thought they dodged a bullet on Election Day, but drug prices may soon be back in the spotlight. Time just named President-elect Donald Trump its 2016 Person of the Year. In an interview with Time, Trump was asked about prescription drug prices. “I’m going to...
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Jim Cramer: Donald Trump Doesn't Want To Hurt Your 401(k)
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 11:49am | 282President-elect Donald Trump is likely to face a major dilemma when it comes to his views on the stock market. The majority of Trump's personal wealth stems from real estate, but he does hold some investments in stocks. According to Time, Trump held a few blue-chip stocks in his investment...
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Your Last Chance To Wear White -- A History Of Labor Day
Friday, September 2, 2016 - 5:49pm | 527With the college football season officially kicked off Thursday, it is starting to look a lot like fall. Labor Day weekend is generally considered the unofficial end of summer as we prepare for the long weekend and, traditionally, your last chance to wear white. Labor Day is always held on the...
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This Niche Fund Has Returns Of 7.3% Over The Last 10 Years
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 11:23am | 279Low-priced stocks are often associated with being high risk investments. On the other hand, high risk also offers the chance for investors to reap higher returns — and this is exactly what Fidelity® Low-Priced Stock Fund (MUTF: FLPSX) has achieved. According to Time, the Fidelity Low-Priced...
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Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People Of 2016: Famous And Unknown
Friday, April 22, 2016 - 7:37am | 760On Thursday, Time magazine revealed the 2016 edition of its annual list of the “100 Most Influential People” in the World. The list honors pioneers, world leaders, local activists, artists, athletes, scientists and moguls from around the globe, along with several U.S. presidential...
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Time Inc Hits All-Time Low Following Q4 Earnings Miss
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 12:52pm | 247Shares of Time Inc (NYSE: TIME) plunged lower by more than 7 percent to a new all-time low of $12.47 on Thursday after the company reported its fourth quarter results. Time said that it earned $0.58 per share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $877 million. Wall Street analysts were expecting the...
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Facebook Is Stepping Outside Its Walled Garden
Friday, February 5, 2016 - 10:09am | 377Between apps like Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has taken over quite a bit of average smartphone users' time. However, it appears that accounting for approximately 20 percent of users' time isn't enough for the social media firm— Facebook is looking to...