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Stock Market News for June 10, 2014 – Zacks Investment Research

Merger and acquisition activities and a rally in small-cap stocks propelled benchmarks to record highs on Monday. New deals between Analog Devices and Hittite, Hillshire Brands and Tyson Foods, and Merck and Idenix lifted investor sentiment. Meanwhile, news that Carl Icahn has a 9.4% stake in Family Dollar was also a catalyst. The S&P 500 ended at another high; the […]

Stock Market News for May 30, 2014 – Zacks Investment Research

Merger and acquisition activity in the food industry and better-than-expected initial claims helped benchmarks close in the green on Thursday. Investors chose to focus on the positives rather than on GDP data that showed the economy contracted in the first quarter. Thursday’s gains helped the S&P 500 hit an intraday high and close on a record high for the […]