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AVI Biopharma announced encouraging results for its Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug which could be the first effective treatment against this disease which affects around 10,000 people in the U.S. alone. Its stock, which at $1.40 is near its year-ago levels, could rise if AVI gets a deep-pocketed drug partner.

Fund managers David King, Jeffrey Vinik, John Fields and Wally Weitz have found several stocks they believe are great bargains among those that declined in the Apr 1994 market slide. Recommended stocks include American International Group, Merrill Lynch and Fleming Cos.

Presents news briefs related to stock trading in the United States, as of January 24, 2000. Trading gains recorded by the Nasdaq Composite Index and losses reported by the Dow Jones industrial average; General Electric Co.'s stock performance; General Motors Corp.'s performance against economically sensitive stocks.

Analyzes the stock performance of companies in the United States, as of September 17, 1999. Includes stock movements in the Dow Jones industrial average; Industries showing positive results in the S&P 500 index; Stock gainers in the high technology sector; Stock trading of energy companies; Declines in the stocks of food companies.

Presents stock market news for the week ending July 18, 1997. Indications that the Microsoft stock is overpriced; The stumbling of the consistent profits of Intel and Hewlett-Packard; Focus on the Dow Jones Industrial Average; IBM as the Dow's biggest gainer; The poor performance of General Motors; Lucent Technologies as outperforming AT&T.

Presents stock market news for the United States for the week ending June 13, 1997. The Dow Jones Industrial Average setting its sixth straight record; The strength of corporate profits with the exception of Intel and Nike; Rumors that American Express might be purchased by Citicorp; Small stocks as favored by most Wall Street strategists; Financial and technology stocks as good bets for investment in 1997; The underperformance of mutual funds.

Presents news from the stock market for the week of May 12-16, 1997. Applauding the performance of Jack Welch as chief executive officer of General Electric, as the company's stock market value surpassed $200 billion for the first time; Hewlett-Packard as the major reason why the Dow Jones industrial average ended the week on a sour note; A list of the limited partnerships that may have their tax-advantaged status protected; The Dow Jones averages; Other news.

Discusses the stock market in the United States as of May 5, 1997. The almost full recovery of the market from a near-ten percent plunge in April; The rebound in share prices resulting from robust earnings and heartening economic data; The April jobs report showing moderate growth and little inflation; The biggest gainers among technology stocks; The positive performance of mutual funds based on high-growth momentum stocks; Various financial data; Analysis.

Discusses issues related to the performance of the Dow Jones for the week of August 19, 1996. The fall in bond prices as a result of the US government's announcement that there had been an unexpected rise in orders for durable goods in July 1996; A renewed appetite among individual investors for equity mutual funds; Comments by Steven Einhorn of Goldman Sachs regarding the likelihood of the bull market lasting; Large stocks performance as compared with small stocks; Other issues.

The article narrates about the corporate battle over the control of Caesars Entertainment casino company between controlling shareholders Apollo Global Management and TPG versus Caesars bondholders, which is rumored to include Appaloosa Management and Oaktree Capital. It reveals that Caesars was taken private in 2008 by private equity firms Apollo and TPG in a leveraged buy-out (LBO). It also informs that Caesars is one of the largest casino operators in the U.S., with 39 casinos in 13 states.

Reports on Unilever's offer to acquire Bestfoods and why Bestfoods rejected the bid. Unilever's restructuring program in 1999; Why Unilever was willing to pay such a high price for Bestfoods; Why Unilever should wait to buy Bestfoods.

Reports on concerns over the overvaluation of the Internet Capital Group Inc., a Wayne, Pennsylvania company specializing in business-to-business (B2B) electronic commerce. Comparison between the company's market price and asset value; Complaints against the shoddiness of Internet research; Difficulties of B2B in changing established business practices.

Reports that some investors believe that the share prices of electric utilities in the United States will rebound. Six recommended stocks; Comparison between the performances of the Standards & Poor's 500 general index and the S&P Electric; Attractions of investing in utilities. INSET: Blackout (electric utility stocks)..

Reports that United States carmaker General Motors Corp. (GM) is under pressures from institutional investors to divest its Hughes Electronics Corp. unit. Hughes's failure to obtain its true market value; Investors' enthusiasm for the satellite television equipment manufacturer; Criticisms against the investment program of GM. INSET: Asset play..

Reports on the attachment of oil stock warrants to Brady bonds in Mexico. Purpose of the warrants; Response to Mexico's exchange offer for Brady bonds; Other oil-linked Brady bonds.

Examines the strategy of Japan to invest in the United States Treasury market to support its banks. Strategy based on the action of the US Federal Reserve from 1991 to 1993; Implications to other bond buyers.

Reports on the popularity of Monthly Income Preferred Securities (MIPS) among companies in the United States. Higher dividend yields; Dependence on bond market; Interest rate savings; Mechanics of issuance of trust MIPS.

Reports on the problems of movie films bondholders with the expected revenue returns of Walt Disney's 19 non-animated movies. Insufficient revenues from the movies; Decrease in the pledged interest rates of bondholders.

Discusses the Federal Reserve's decision to raise short-term interest rates on federal funds. Eurodollar futures; Statistics; Banks and thrifts.

The article reports that the shares of Sarepta Therapeutics skyrocketed to 35 U.S. dollars from 15.53 U.S. dollars in October 2012 upon news of a favorable clinical trial for the drug, eteplirsen, a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Reports on the failed economic strategy, the contrarian strategy, for buying Dow Jones stocks. Poor stock performance of the first-half of 2000; Reasons for high losses including major declines in industrial stocks DuPont, Caterpillar, and International Paper; Disfavor of the strategy among investors.

Evaluates the investment viability of a convertible security from Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) in August 1996. The complex transaction in which Viacom sold its cable systems to TCI; The TCI issue as one of the most attractive in the market, according to some; TCI's chief executive, John Malone; Concerns about cable's fundamentals given the growth in satellite television; The strategy of investing in local-currency, short-term debt securities in the developing world.

Reports on the lack of interest of investors in the stock of the investment bank Salomon Brothers. Comparison with the performance of the stocks of Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley; Dollar's drop against the German mark; Effect of the resignation of Argentine Economic Minister Domingo Cavallo on Argentina's Brady bonds.

Reports on the role of Time Management Corp. in the planned public offering of Korea Mobile Telecommunications Corp. in the United States. Underwriting of the offer by a Goldman Sachs group; Plan to offer 20 million American depositary shares; Concerns on the expected financial windfall for Tiger in connection with the offering.

Reports on developments on thrift banks in the United States as of August 14, 1995. California Federal Bank's issuance of lawsuit-linked shareholder certificates; Rise on the share prices of defunct Meritor Savings Bank; Glendale Federal Bank's warrants for its common shares; List of institutions with lawsuits against the government.

Reports on developments in the United States financial services industry as of June 12, 1995. Includes CS First Boston's efforts to revive the kitchen-sink bond; Increase in the demand for derivatives; Increase in corporate bond issuance and mortgage refinancing.

Reports on the effects of Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan's policies on the market for leveraged bonds in the United States. Improvement in trading; Reduction of risks for investors; Increased arbitrage activity by bond dealers.

Reports on the actions of bond speculators in the week ended January 6, 1995 in expectation of significant tightening by the Federal Reserve. Purchase of March and June Eurodollar futures contracts.

Reports on the performance of leveraged closed-end municipal bond funds in the week ended January 6, 1995. Dividend cuts in six funds managed by Dean Witter; Use of leveraged funds to augment dividends.

Focuses on leveraged bond strategies in Orange County, California. Significance of the mortgage funds sold abroad by Morgan Stanley in late 1993 and early 1994; Purchase of adjustable-rate mortgage securities; Need for the funds to be liquidated.

Reports that municipal bond insurers are beneficiaries in the bankruptcy of Orange County, California. Comments from Marty Whitman of M.J. Whitman & Co.; Recoup of all the payments advanced to bondholders; Rise in investor demand for insurance on their municipalities.

Reports on Federal Home Loan Banks' selling of bond issues in the middle of Orange County, California's bankruptcy. Opinion of Wall Street dealers; Implication in the agency debt market; Competitive bidding.

Focuses on developments regarding the Orange County, California's debt. County's filing of bankruptcy; Comments from a noted investor in distressed securities, Marty Whitman of M.J. Whitman & Co.; Investors' post-petition interest.

Reports on developments in trade in the United States as of November 14, 1994. Purchase of the securities at the original yield; Physical deterioration of the apartment complexes; Decline in rent rolls.

Reports on the strong showing of junk bonds in 1993 in the United States. Factors contributing to the performance of junk bonds; David Glancy; Fidelity Spartan High Income.