ev3, Inc. (Nasdaq: EVVV) 17.5% HIGHER; Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) to acquire ev3 for $2.6 billion. Click here for the full report. Mediacom Communications (Nasdaq: MCCC) 16.3% HIGHER; received a non-binding proposal from Mediacom’s founder, Chairman and CEO, Rocco Commisso, for a going private transaction. The proposal contemplates the acquisition ...

UPGRADES Janney Montgomery Scott upgrades Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) to Buy. Click Here for more color. J.P. Morgan upgrades Genzyme (Nasdaq: GENZ) from Underweight to Neutral , with a price target increased from $45 to $50. Stifel Nicolaus upgrades Visa (NYSE: V) from Hold to Buy. Goldman Sachs upgrades Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT) from Ne...

Covidien PLC (NYSE: COV) announced Tuesday that it has agreed to buy vascular device manufacturer ev3 Inc. (NASDAQ: EVVV) in a $2.6 billion cash deal that will continue the company’s move to remake its business. Details of deal will see Covidien pay $22.50 for each share of ev3, representing a premium of 19 percent over the closing price of the ...

US stocks bounced around the flat line but closed lower on the day, as the day’s mixed macroeconomic data gave support to both the bulls and the bears ...

Investors were looking for a haven as BP alone dragged the Footsie into negative territory ...

Investors fled from mining and commodity stocks after eurozone manufacturing figures failed to impress but markets later rallied, buoyed by jobs data ...

Shares fell for the first time in five sessions as the new trading month got off to a faltering start on fears over slowing Chinese growth and political un­certainty in Tokyo ...

A new commodity is set to be traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange from Wednesday – lattes ...

Phoenix Equity Partners will shrug off the tough fundraising climate for private equity by announcing that it has surpassed its £375m target to hit its hard cap limit ...