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Ellipse Technologies Inc. on Friday filed for an initial public offering, seeking to sell $75 million worth of shares. The Aliso Viejo, Calif., medical technology company makes adjustable orthopedic implants. Underwriters include Piper Jaffray and William Blair. The company said its revenue reached $26 million in 2014, while net losses reached $3.2 million that year. Ellipse lost $3.5 million in the six months ended June 30. The company is expected to trade on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol MGEC. Читать дальше...

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Jo White told an audience of hedge fund managers and investors on Friday that the regulator’s intense scrutiny of the private funds industry is paying off.

U.S. stocks ended Friday's session slightly higher, ending a third consecutive week with gains. The S&P 500 closed 9.21 points, or 0.5%, higher at 2,033.07, its best level since Aug. 20. The benchmark index gained 0.9% over the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 74.09 points, or 0.4%, to 17,215.84 and booked a 0.8% weekly gain. The Nasdaq Composite ended the day up 16.59 points, or 0.3%, at 4,886.69 and gained 1.2% over the week.

U.S. stocks end higher Friday, gaining for third straight week

The Fresh Market Inc.'s stock rocketed as much as 14% before paring some gains in afternoon trade Friday, erasing an earlier loss of as much as 2.6%, in the wake of a report that the specialty grocer's founder was mulling a buyout bid. Founder and Chairman Ray Berry was the company's seventh-largest shareholder with a 1.97 million-share stake, according to FactSet's analysis of the latest regulatory filings. Reuters reported earlier, citing people familiar with the matter, that Berry was teaming... Читать дальше...

Oil futures finish higher after a four-session decline, but log a weekly decline of almost 5%.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester on Friday said politics have never been a factor in monetary policy decisions, pushing back on Donald Trump who earlier Friday said Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen was keeping rates low to help President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. "I would say politics don't come into it. We're really are putting policy on what the economy can handle and what the outlook is," Mester said. The Cleveland Fed president repeated she favors a rate hike this year. Читать дальше...

Steve Ballmer confirms that he owns 4% of Twitter, making him one of the social media company’s top investors.

Steve Ballmer confirms that he owns 4% of Twitter, making him one of the social media company’s top investors.

Steve Ballmer confirms that he owns 4% of Twitter, making him one of the social media company’s top investors.

Shares of Facebook Inc. rose Friday after a J.P. Morgan analyst reiterated his overweight rating on the stock. "Facebook remains our top overall pick as we believe it is still early in monetizing Facebook's base of 1.49 billion users, and the company is building other strong franchises in Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp," said analyst Doug Anmuth in a report. Anmuth noted Facebook's engagement in mobile Internet time was strong at about 22% while engagement via desktop reached 18% in September. Читать дальше...

Obama calls on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to 'tamp down' rhetoric

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - President Barack Obama on Friday called on leaders of Israel and Palestine to seek to end rhetoric that might be flaming violence. Obama said he recognized that Israel has a right to protect its citizens from knife attacks. He then called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to "try to tamp down rhetoric that may feed violence or anger or misunderstanding and try to get all people in Israel and the West Bank to... Читать дальше...

Oil futures settled higher on Friday after Baker Hughes reported a weekly decline in the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil. Prices, however, lost about 4.8% for the week on the back of a hefty increase in U.S. crude supplies. November crude settled at $47.26 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up 88 cents, or 1.9%, for the session.

Emerging-markets assets are posting a surprising recovery as expectations for a near-term Federal Reserve interest-rate hike have deteriorated.

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Dow industrials turn narrowly negative in afternoon trading

Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s stock climbed 1.2% in afternoon trade Friday, and had been up as much as 4.6% earlier in the session, after the yoga-gear maker was upgraded at Credit Suisse. Analyst Christian Buss raised his rating to outperform, after being at neutral since Dec. 13, 2013, because he said he believes demand is "back on track" and margins are "increasingly likely to recover." He raised his stock price target to $64, which is 20% above current levels, from $57."We performed a detailed... Читать дальше...

Shares of Wynn Resorts Ltd. fell Friday after the casino operator posted weak quarterly results on shrinking revenue from Macau operations. Wynn said third-quarter profit sank 61% as revenue at its Macau operations slumped 38%. Chief Executive Steve Wynn said during a conference call that there is a lot of confusion in the Macau gambling industry due to the lack of clarity on the Chinese government's policy toward new hotels and casinos. "None of us are really clear on what our environment is going to be like going forward... Читать дальше...

Gold futures fell on Friday, but scored a gain for the week. "Gold is down a bit after U.S. inflation data turned down the heat on the yellow metal, putting some support under the dollar," said Adam Koos, president of Libertas Wealth Management Group. Gold's recent rally, however, managed to erase most of the losses from earlier this year, he said. December gold settled at $1,183.10 an ounce on Comex, down $4.40, or 0.4%. That put an end to a five-session streak of gains, but prices ended the... Читать дальше...

United shares down 3% following news of Muñoz heart attack

Spirit Airlines Inc. was downgraded to equal-weight from overweight at Morgan Stanley following a guidance update late Thursday in which the airline said it expects a year-over-year unit revenue decline in the fourth quarter that's greater than the third-quarter decline. Margin guidance for the third quarter rose to 27% from the guidance range of 22% to 25%, prompted by better-than-expected unit costs. "Altogether, we believe the growth story, while still intact, has less appeal when margins... Читать дальше...

United says company is operating normally with CEO hospitalized

United Continental Holdings Inc. said Friday its Chief Executive Oscar Munoz was admitted to a hospital Thursday, without giving further details. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and we are respecting their privacy," the airline said. The company continues to operate "normally," it said. Earlier Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Munoz had a heart attack and United executives were waiting to hear back from his family and doctors about the severity of the heart attack and... Читать дальше...

Oil futures gained more ground Friday after data from Baker Hughes showed that the number of active U.S. oil-drilling rigs fell 10 to 595 as of Friday. The total active U.S. rig count, which includes natural-gas rigs, was at 787, down 8 rigs. Compared to last year, the total rig count has fallen by 1,131, with the oil rig count down 995. Nov. crude climbed to $47.24 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up 86 cents, or 1.9%. It was trading at $47.10 just before the data.