Vertex Pharmaceuticals leads S&P 500 gainers in 2017
Vertex Pharmaceuticals tops the year’s stock winners with about 110 percent gains while the S&P 500 rises 15 percent. The Boston biotech, maker of Kalydeco and Orkambi for cystic fibrosis, benefits from FDA approvals expanding eligible patients. The Motley Fool recommends Vertex.
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BroadSoft sale to Cisco tops stocks story
BroadSoft agreed to be bought by Cisco Systems for about 1.9 billion dollars in a 55 per share cash deal. The deal follows BroadSoft’s strong stock advance since August as it pursues the sale.
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Market volatility and P E ratio indicators
The Blomme BBOE volatility index gauges expected market swings from S&P 500 option pricing. The S&P 500 price to earnings ratio uses trailing twelve months operating earnings as the denominator.
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Google probes burn in issues on Pixel 2 XL screen
Google says it is actively investigating reports that the Pixel 2 XL shows screen burn-in or image retention with gray backgrounds. Reviewers from The Verge and Android Central noted faint navigation button images, while USA TODAY could not reproduce the issue.
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