Turmoil in iraq. And also positive data ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting this week. Stocks notched up slightly and helped by all those mergers and the fact that Oil Prices Held steady at 106 a barrel, despite concerns about fighting in iraq. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. The s p 500 added one points. It was metronics buyout of rival medical device maker covidion that had wall street buzzing today. Shares shot up more than 20 on the takeover news while shares were down 1 . Whats behind the deal and whether there will be more. Metronics acquisition of covidion is part of two trends sweeping the industry. The deal will enable metronics to reincorporate on the emerald isle and benefit from the lower tax rate there. A strategy employed by Many Health Care companies over recent years. Including pfizer, in its failed attempt to bias electra zeneca. The rational is one of simply to secure a lower Corporate Tax rate. You generate higher level of earnings power, and any future
Stocks notched up slightly and helped by all those mergers and the fact that Oil Prices Held steady at 106 a barrel, despite concerns about fighting in iraq. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. The s p 500 added one points. It was metronics buyout of rival medical device maker covidion that had wall street buzzing today. Shares shot up more than 20 on the takeover news while shares were down 1 . Whats behind the deal and whether there will be more. Metronics acquisition of covidion is part of two trends sweeping the industry. The deal will enable metronics to reincorporate on the emerald isle and benefit from the lower tax rate there. A strategy employed by Many Health Care companies over recent years. Including pfizer, in its failed attempt to bias electra zeneca. The rational is one of simply to secure a lower Corporate Tax rate. You generate higher level of earnings power, and any future deals with a lower tax rate if you look back into u. S. Companies that have higher tax
The Federal Reserve meeting this week. Stocks notched up slightly and helped by all those mergers and the fact that Oil Prices Held steady at 106 a barrel, despite concerns about fighting in iraq. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. The s p 500 added one points. It was metronics buyout of rival medical device maker covidion that had wall street buzzing today. Shares shot up more than 20 on the takeover news while shares were down 1 . Whats behind the deal and whether there will be more. Metronics acquisition of covidion is part of two trends sweeping the industry. The deal will enable metronics to reincorporate on the emerald isle and benefit from the lower tax rate there. A strategy employed by Many Health Care companies over recent years. Including pfizer, in its failed attempt to bias electra zeneca. The rational is one of simply to secure a lower Corporate Tax rate. You generate higher level of earnings power, and any future deals with a lower tax rate if you look back int
Turmoil in iraq. And also positive data ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting this week. Stocks notched up slightly and helped by all those mergers and the fact that Oil Prices Held steady at 106 a barrel, despite concerns about fighting in iraq. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. The s p 500 added one points. It was metronics buyout of rival medical device maker covidion that had wall street buzzing today. Shares shot up more than 20 on the takeover news while shares were down 1 . Whats behind the deal and whether there will be more. Metronics acquisition of covidion is part of two trends sweeping the industry. The deal will enable metronics to reincorporate on the emerald isle and benefit from the lower tax rate there. A strategy employed by Many Health Care companies over recent years. Including pfizer, in its failed attempt to bias electra zeneca. The rational is one of simply to secure a lower Corporate Tax rate. You generate higher level of earnings power, and any future
Here at this hour, by the way. We also have both covered with a live report from iraq and our pros weigh in on just what the fed may do this week. Also, a very special and exclusive interview after the bell, traveler ceo jay fishman in a rare oneonone. He is widely viewed as one of the most respected and effective ceos in the corporate world. Fishman will weigh in on the state of his business, the overall economy and much, much more. You dont want to miss it. All right, we cant wait. In the markets right now, take a look at the dow. It is down about nine points. The situation in iraq is certainly weighing heavily on the minds of investors today. The fed meeting, which is looming, which begins tomorrow, is as well. The nasdaq holding on to a gain of just under four points. And the s p 500, we can call that flat on the day. Joining our Closing Bell Exchange right now is rob stein of Astor Investment management, joe tanias, kim forrest of fort pitt capital group. Wow, i got that right, fi