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IBM Common Stock (NYSE: IBM) shares are higher after reporting a fourth-quarter earnings and sales beat after Tuesday's close. Fourth-quarter adjusted earnings came in at $4.87, beating estimates by 3 cents. Sales came in at $21.76 billion, beating estimates by $10 million. IBM also issued...

Shares of Editas Medicine Inc (NASDAQ: EDIT) tumbled 20 percent Tuesday after the CEO of the genome editing company announced her resignation. Editas said Katrine Bosley will step down as president, CEO and board member while board member Cynthia Collins will run the company as interim CEO. The...

Last year, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates four times, but the S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index (SPSIRBKT), a widely followed gauge of regional bank stocks, plunged 19 percent. So it is safe to say regional banks were among 2018's most disappointing assets. What Happened...

The Russell 2000 Index is snapping out of its fourth-quarter slump. After tumbling in the last three months of 2018, leading small-cap stocks into a bear market, the Russell 2000 is up 10.5 percent to start 2019. In fact, the Russell 2000 is off to its best start to a year since 1987. What Happened...

Small-cap biotech Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AUPH) fell Tuesday morning following the release of clinical trial results. What Happened Aurinia said a mid-stage study that evaluated its dry eye syndrome treatment Voclosporin ophthalmic solution (VOS) -- 0.2 percent --...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) to report quarterly earnings at $1.95 per share on revenue of $20.17 billion before the opening bell. Johnson & Johnson shares gained 0.1 percent to $130.80 in after-hours trading....

There were numerous political announcements shaping the industry last week, with a Michigan state board ruling that more than 60 medical cannabis dispensaries that had to close at the end of last year due to new regulations will be allowed to re-open until March 31, providing them time to become...

Health care, the second-largest sector weight in the S&P 500 behind technology, was one of just three sectors to post positive returns last year. As measured by the Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLV), the largest exchange traded fund dedicated to health care stocks, the sector is off to...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a top automaker and a leading airline. Bearish calls included a troubled utility and a video game giant. When the big U.S. banks kicked off the fourth-quarter earnings season last week, their...

Small-cap stocks are off to their best start since 1987, with the iShares Russell 2000 Index (NYSE: IWM) up already 8 percent in 2019, said CNBC "Trading Nation" host Mike Santoli. Does this mean investors should be adding exposure to the small-cap group? These two pros...

Shares of PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG), the embattled California utility, have shed a stunning 70 percent of their value this year as the company is considering bankruptcy amid facing $30 billion in liabilities from the 2017 and 2018 California wildfires. The specter of bankruptcy and those wildfire...