In the News highlights key news stories from the prior quarter for companies announcing earnings over the next week, or for other major economic announcements. These stories are not the most read or the most important, but they are the most representative of the stories that mention these companies and events.
The Clorox Company (CLX)
Clorox As A Defensive Stock Looks Solid And Accordingly Priced
How d-to-c is changing the way brands are built
Clorox Implements A Practical Approach To Value Chain Segmentation
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
2018 New Drugs Approvals: An All-Time Record, And A Watershed
The $35 billion race to cure a silent killer that affects 30 million Americans
Did Gilead Sciences Make an $11 Billion Blunder?
Alphabet, Inc. (GOOG/GOOGL)
The Areas Where Google and Amazon Outperform Each Other in Voice Technology
Google DeepMind Looks To Boost Oxford’s Diversity With New Scholarships
Tech Giants Seize TV’s Biggest Stage, After Shunning Mass-Market Ads
Alphabet Can Be Bought as It Survives Third Dip Into Bear Market
Sysco Corporation (SYY)
Amazon Is Expanding Whole Foods. Will Amazon Acquire A Grocery Distributor As Well?
BRIEFS; Sysco to buy Waugh in food merger
Food Distributors Make Changes as Costs Bite
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Flotek Sells Once-Maligned Citrus Flavors Unit
ADM Recognized for Outstanding Sustainability Leadership
Allstate (ALL)
Allstate Is Now A Data And Technology Company – My CES Interview With CEO Tom Wilson
Wildfires Could Cost Insurers $5 Billion To $10 Billion: Credit Suisse Analysts
Chubb (CB)
California wildfires-related insured losses within anticipated level: Fitch
3 Reasons Why We Expect the D&O Market to Harden
Chubb European Group Completes Redomicile to France in Preparation for Brexit
Walt Disney (DIS)
Box Office: ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Highlights Disney’s Reliance On Superheroes
Is Disneyland repeating Apple’s mistake?
Netflix’s price hike: How much is too much for consumers?
Electronic Arts (EA)
CMOs Can Learn How to Be More Progressive and Innovative From Gaming Brands
EA Reportedly Releasing Titan-Free ‘Titanfall’ Battle Royale Game ‘Apex Legends’ On Monday
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Microtransactions Are Terrible, But Do They Ruin The Game?
Estee Lauder (EL)
Deciem Founder Brandon Truaxe Has Died
Why Innovative Hair Care Brand Hairstory Says ‘No’ To Shampoo And To Selling At Ulta And Sephora
Marcia Kilgore, Founder Of Beauty Pie, On Disrupting Everyone From Estee Lauder To Glossier
Emerson Electric (EMR)
CEOs Work to Figure Out Trump — Journal Report
Investors Punish U.S. Companies Vulnerable to China’s Slowdown
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)
Moderna Raises $604 Million in Year’s Biggest Biotech IPO
CRISPR Therapeutics Is Dead Money For Years To Come
Vertex Pharma’s VX-150 successful in mid-stage neuropathy study
Boston Scientific (BSX)
The First Frontier for Medical AI Is the Pathology Lab
Twenty-first Century Fox (FOX / FOXA)
Here’s Why Netflix’s Subscriber Count Is Soaring
Fox Said to Borrow $6.8 Billion for Disney-Related Dividend
After Netflix’s Price Hikes, Hulu Heads the Other Way
General Motors (GM)
GM CEO Barra, Larry Kudlow to meet after layoffs announcement
GM workers will have job options – but they may not be as good
General Motors to discontinue Chevy Impala amid plant closures
General Motors News From Ohio, Michigan Could Hurt Trump 2020 Bid
Humana (HUM)
UPDATE 1-Aetna, other health insurers team up with IBM on blockchain project
Walgreens lays out plan to save $1 billion a year
Aetna, Ascension Join Healthcare Blockchain Alliance To Check Data Quality
Eli Lilly (LLY)
Two Big Pharma Stocks Were Dow’s Best, but 2019 Looks Shakier
Pfizer and Lilly’s tanezumab successful in second late-stage study
O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY)
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Prudential Financial (PRU)
Long-Term Care Insurance Policies Weigh Down GE and Other Companies
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN)
Better Buy: Vertex Pharmaceuticals vs. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Health Investors Get Selective as Markets Churn Into 2019
Pitfalls in the measurement of muscle mass: a need for a reference standard
Fiserv (FISV)
Fiserv to Combine with First Data Corporation to Create Global Leader in Payments and FinTech
A $22 Billion Fintech Tie-Up Aims at Square
Payment Stocks Are Poised for a Sunny 2019
Marathon Petroleum (MPC)
Deepwater Rivalry: Competing offshore crude oil export terminals proposed near Houston
Venezuelan Oil Loses Two U.S. Buyers in 2018 Amid Sanctions
These are the 10 biggest mergers of the year
Philip Morris International (PM)
FDA Moves to Restrict Flavored E-Cig Sales, Ban Menthol Cigarettes
Marlboro Parent Company Looking to Stop Cigarette Production Forever in Favor of Smoke-free Products
Yum Brands (YUM)
Taco Bell is ‘dialing up’ spice levels of their sauces for new restaurants
Junk Food Companies Spend Billions Of Dollars On Ads Targeting Black Children
Supermarkets Warn Government of Empty Shelves in No-Deal Brexit
Exelon Corp (EXC)
Alzheimer’s Treatment (Ed Note: This isn’t about Exelon Corp. But I’m including it as a reminder that computers are still very often in need of supervision. )
Let Exelon Haggle With Your Car Dealer (Ed Note: And this one actually is!)
Exelon Keeps Mid-Atlantic And Chicago Warm And Wired
Environmentalists Warm to Nuclear Amid Climate Change Threat
Phillips 66 (PSX)
Crude spirals to 17-month low amid global economic concerns
Need More Cash Flow And Less Risk? Try These 7% Trades
Phillips 66: Reloading The Growth Pipeline In 2019
Phillips 66 to pour billions in new capital projects next year
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