The health insurer Aetna will study VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS) ‘ weight loss drug Qsymia in a pilot program that could boost sales, the pharmaceutical said Tuesday. Vivus said Aetna’s pilot program will evaluate the benefits of a prescription weight loss drug and lifestyle support for weight loss, and it will run for the rest of 2014. Vivus said the program is now being offered to self-insured health plan sponsors, and it will include free membership in Aetna and CarePass’ Lose It! app. VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS) shares closed at $ 9.46 on last trade day, by 4.76%. Stock 52 week range is $ 8.00 – 15.62. Company’s market capitalization is $ 962.13 billion.
The Kentucky-based fast food juggernaut, Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM), announced upbeat sales figure from its China division on Monday.The company reported that its same-store sales in December for its China division grew by 2%. Digging deeper, it was revealed that the increase was largely bolstered by one division; same-store sales at KFC jumped by an impressive 5% for the month, while on the other hand Pizza Hut’s sales decline by 3% in the same period. When looking at the fourth quarter as a whole, the China divisions’ same-store sales have declined by 4%. Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) stock decreased/ -0.25% and finished the last session at $ 73.23. The EPS of the stock remained 2.38. Company’s market capitalization is $ 32.61 billion.
Oppenheimer downgraded shares of BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) from a market perform rating to an underperform rating in a report issued on Monday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) stock opened at $8.40 in last trading session and closed at $8.33. The 52 week range of the stock is $5.44 – $18.32 and the day range was $8.22 – $8.50.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s deal with China Mobile Ltd. to sell iPhones won’t be limited to handsets, but will also entail broad cooperation between the two companies, the chairman of the world’s largest carrier said Wednesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock closed at $546.39, 52 week range of $385.10 – $575.14. The stock showed a positive/negative weekly performance of 1.18%.
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