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Hedge Funds’ 10 Most Shorted Stocks

A recent article in Seeking Alpha focused on the traditional role of some of Wall Street’s biggest players: hedge funds. In the six-year bull market that has taken the S&P 500 to new all-time highs, there has been little need for hedging or protection from a weak stock market. However, a large part of what…

5 Companies That Narrowly Escaped Disaster

With the low point of the Financial Crisis now more than six years in the rear-view mirror, 24/7 Wall Street recently compiled a list of five of the biggest turnaround stories since the market crash. These five companies teetered on the brink of disaster, but they have since made major comebacks.

JD.com Betting Big On Produce

Chinese e-commerce retailer JD.com Inc JD 0.12% is betting big on online Chinese produce company FruitDay. JD.com was one of several big-name investors that participated in FruitDay’s recent $70 million fundraising effort.

Pizza Hut, Taco Bell Pledge To Remove Artificial Ingredients

The growing group of restaurants and food companies that are removing artificial ingredients from their recipes has now gained two new members. According to Reuters, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, two of Yum! Brands Inc YUM 0.48%‘s key franchises, have committed to removing artificial colors and flavors from their menu items.

4 Biomedical Stocks Canaccord Loves

Cannacord recently attended the EuroPCR 2015 scientific sessions in Paris, and analysts followed up on the event by releasing a report this week on four of their top biotech stock picks. According to the report, the event provided updates that were “testament to our belief that the interventional cardiology arena will be one of the…