Shares of technology giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and coffee retailer Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) slipped in Wednesday’s pre-market session, after the European Commission said it opened in-depth investigations into their tax treatments by Ireland and the Netherlands, respectively. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock opened today at $94.13 and is currently trading at $94.20. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 3.48%.
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) announced that it has hired the top executive of eBay’s PayPal division to lead the social network’s efforts to boost its mobile messaging. David Marcus, who has been president of PayPal, was named to the new post as Facebook appeared set to focus increasingly on messaging. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock opened at $65.32, in current trading session and currently is at $65.27, by losing -0.73%. The 52 week range of $23.26 – $72.59. Company’s market capitalization is $167.53 billion.
On May 30, 2014, Vringo, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNG) a company engaged in the innovation, development and monetization of intellectual property and mobile technologies, announced that hearings scheduled to have taken place today before the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in both of its lawsuits against ZTE in India have been postponed. Vringo expects the injunction against ZTE will remain in force until at least July 8, 2014. Vringo, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNG) stock is currently trading at $3.12. The EPS of the stock is -0.50. Company’s market capitalization is $270.75 million.
Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) broke the news late Monday night at Sony’s pre-E3 press conference. Although the announcement had been expected, that didn’t dampen the response from fans. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) stock opened the session at $20.10, and now is at $19.91. The 52 week range of the stock remained $14.10 – $22.41 and the day range was $19.89 – $20.69.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW) CEO Mark D. Mclaughlin sold 75,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $77.62, for a total value of $5,821,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 100,151 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,773,721. Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW) stock opened today at $77.28 and is currently trading at $77.67. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 5.22%.