Stocks Active in news: Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (NYSE:PBR), salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM), The Home Depot (NYSE:HD)

On 14 MAY 2014 Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) announced that clinical data on Iclusig® (ponatinib) and AP26113, its investigational oral inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology being held in Chicago, May 30 to June 3, 2014.Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) weekly performance is -4.65%. On last trading day company shares ended up $6.36. Analysts mean target price for the company is $9.47. Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -14.96%.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) agreed to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion, or $95 per share, a move that gives telecommunications company a larger base of video subscribers and increases its ability to compete against Comcast and Time Warner Cable, which agreed to a merger in February.AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) shares advanced 0.60% in last trading session and ended the day on $36.74. T Gross Margin is 59.80% and its return on assets is 6.60%. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) quarterly performance is 12.29%.

On May 13, 2014, Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) announced first-quarter profit of $2,280.0 million, down from $3,854.0 million in the year-earlier quarter. Earnings per ADR came in at 34 cents (1 ADR = 2 shares), lower than the year-ago profit of 60 cents and below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 42 cents. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) shares moved up 0.07% in last trading session and was closed at $15.28, while trading in range of $15.12 – $15.50. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) year to date (YTD) performance is 14.63%.

salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) is scheduled to be releasing its Q115 earnings data on Tuesday, May 20th. Analysts expect salesforce.com, inc. to post earnings of $0.10 per share and revenue of $1.21 billion for the quarter. salesforce.com, inc. has set its Q1 guidance at $0.09-0.10 EPS and its FY15 guidance at $0.48-0.50 EPS.salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) ended the last trading day at $51.80. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.62% and price to cash ratio as 37.91. salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) showed a positive weekly performance of 3.02%.

On 17 MAY 2014 the Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) announcement of its results for the fourth quarter (4Q) of its fiscal year 2014 (FY14). However, it has seen a lot of volatility during this period with 1.1% standard deviation in its returns compared to 0.7% standard deviation in the returns from the S&P 500 Index over the same period. This is due to the increasing confusion about the industry’s growth prospects and mixed sentiments about recovery in housing. The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) net profit margin is 6.80% and weekly performance is -4.65%. On last trading day company shares ended up $77.36. Analysts mean target price for the company is $89.65. The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -1.74%.

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