Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) magazine published The Top 25 Global Biotech Companies 2018 ranking based on market capitalization as of Oct 30, 2018. Reference 1 Shire stock continues to be traded even though the company has agreed to be acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical for £46 billion ($59.8 billion), in an acquisition expected to close in the …
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Biotech companies tend to spring up around clusters. In the US, some of the biotech clusters are around Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, etc. Similarly in Europe the Berlin region is one of the major biotech clusters. Factors such as research institutions, universities, venture capital, strong government support, etc. tend to encourage the growth of clusters. …
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The World’s Top 10 Dividend Payers in the third quarter of 2018 as per the Janus Henderson’s Global Dividend Index report are shown in the table below: Click to enlarge Source: Janus Henderson via Money Observer The three US firms in the list are Keurig Dr Pepper(KDP), Apple(AAPL) and Exxon Mobil(XOM). Keurig Dr Pepper appears in the …
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Success with equity investing is not easy. Seemingly solid blue chips can crash any time for any number of reason. Similarly volatility in the markets can appear any time like we are seeing in the global markets in the past few weeks. Trying to time the market is also a fool’s game. So the best …
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