Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has acquired Blink, a mobile startup that offers an app that allows users send message that later disappear, Blink announced on its Website on May 14. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Yahoo shares were up slightly in premarket trade. The deal news comes a week after rival Snapchat settled a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission, which accused the popular mobile messaging company of misleading users “with promises about the disappearing nature” of messages sent through the service. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) stock opened today at $33.99 and is currently trading at $34.32. The stock showed a negative weekly performance of -1.63%.
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has tapped Android global partnerships director John Lagerling as its new vice president of business development for mobile, Re/code reported. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock opened at $59.50, in current trading session and currently is at $59.05, by losing -0.27%. The 52 week range of $22.67 – $72.59. Company’s market capitalization is $151.70 billion.
Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) COO Michel Madelain sold 88,874 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $81.44, for a total transaction of $7,237,898.56. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 56,972 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,639,800. Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) stock is currently trading at $81.40. The EPS of the stock is 3.77. Company’s market capitalization is $17.40 billion.
Alkaline Water Company Inc (OTCBB:WTER) developers of an innovative state of the art proprietary electrolysis beverage process, packaged and sold in 3 liter and 1 gallon sizes under the trade name Alkaline88, is pleased to announce the appointment of industry veteran Steve Horowitz as the newest member of the Company’s Advisory Board. Alkaline Water Company Inc (OTCBB:WTER) stock opened the session at $0.15, and now is at $0.145 . The 52 week range of the stock remained $0.04 – $1.30 and the day range was $0.14 – $0.15.
Experian PLC (ADR) (OTCMKTS:EXPGY) Monday said Independent Non-Executive Director Jan Babiak bought 11,000 shares at a price of 1,042.9085 pence per share Friday. Experian plc (ADR) (OTCMKTS:EXPGY) stock opened today at $17.30 and is currently trading at $17.26 .