On last trading day Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) advanced 1.99% to close at $31.75. Its volatility for the week is 1.29% while volatility for the month is 1.30%. SNE’s sales growth for past 5 years was 0.10% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -4.90%. Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) monthly performance is 22.97%. Sony Corp. (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) predicted on Wednesday a group net loss of 50 billion yen (about 489 million dollars) for the current fiscal year through March 2015, the fifth annual loss in six years, local media reported.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc – Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:JAZZ) in last trading activity advanced 2.29% to close at $187.00. Company weekly performance is 3.66% while its quarterly performance stands at 15.67%. Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc – Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:JAZZ) is -1.67% away from its 52 week high. A well-known hedge-fund manager is taking a novel approach to making money: filing and publicizing patent challenges against pharmaceutical companies while also betting against their shares. Kyle Bass, head of Hayman Capital Management LP—which made a fortune wagering on the housing bust—is targeting patents that he says have little value other than to drive up prescription drug prices. His latest challenge seeks to employ a relatively new and inexpensive petition process to invalidate a Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc – Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:JAZZ) patent for Xyrem, a narcolepsy drug with sales of $779 million last year, two-thirds of Jazz’s 2014 revenues. Jazz Pharmaceuticals, of Dublin, Ireland, didn’t respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.
On last trading day Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEGR) advanced 1.35% to close at $26.36. Its volatility for the week is 2.61% while volatility for the month is 3.97%. AEGR’s EPS growth for past 5 years was 32.10%. Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEGR) monthly performance is -5.42%. On 9 April, Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEGR) has appointed Jorge Plutzky, M.D., to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Dr. Plutzky will serve as a Class I director and will be up for reelection to the Board of Directors in 2017.
Telefonica Brasil, S.A. (NYSE:VIV) has 4.21% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 15.00%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $14.97. Analysts at TheStreet downgraded shares of Telefonica Brasil S.A. (NYSE:VIV) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note on Monday, April 6th.
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has 0.10% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 64.10%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $207.83. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is disputing reports that it plans to pay an average hourly wage of $25 at its huge battery factory under construction near Reno, Nev. Tesla said it has never stated what it would pay battery plant workers. Spokeswoman Khobi Brooklyn said in an email that the company won’t comment on what it will pay.