Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will take its latest step toward the conquest of car dashboards at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show this week. The tech giant will unveil CarPlay, a new way to integrate an iPhone into the infotainment systems of certain new cars. The system was known in development as iOS in the Car, and demonstrates Apple’s interest in the automotive market. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock opened at $526.24 in last session, and closed at $529.08, while the day range of stock is $522.12- $532.75. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 0.19%.
Access Midstream Partners (NASDAQ:ACMP) was upgraded by analysts at Wunderlich from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. Access Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:ACMP) stock opened at $57.27, in last session and closed at $56.45, by losing -1.59%. The 52 week range of the stock is $37.00 – $59.19. Company’s market capitalization is $11.53 billion.
Equities research analysts at Thomson Reuters/Verus assumed coverage on shares of Pedevco Corp (NYSE:PED) in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports. The firm set a “sell” rating on the stock. Pedevco Corp (NYSEMKT:PED) stock decreased -8.09% and finished the last session at $2.50. The EPS of the stock remained -0.78. Company’s market capitalization is $65.25 million.
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK), which is best known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, recieved a positive opinoin from Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on its new tablet formulation Noxafil. The CHMP’s outlook will now be appraised by the European commission and if approved will grant Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) with centralised marketing authorization. Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK) had its price target increased by Leerink Swann from $49.00 to $57.00 in a research report sent to investors on Thursday morning, Analyst RN reports. Merck & Co., Inc (NYSE:MRK) stock opened the session at $56.73, and closed the session at $56.99. The 52 week range of the stock remained $42.33 – $57.46 and the day range was $56.65- $57.46.