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Facebook, Starbucks Boost Big-Cap Heft With Big Buys

About three years after Facebook (FB) acquired Instagram for $1 billion, the photo-sharing site said Tuesday that it hit the 400 million user milestone. Its reach spans the globe — 75% of Instagrammers live outside the U.S., it said. Today’s Screen of the Day features Big Cap Leaders, top-rated institutional-quality stocks such as Facebook, Starbucks (SBUX) and Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX). Here are several big caps that have sought to maintain

Move Aside Apple: 8 IBD 50 Stocks With Earnings Due

Earnings season is now in high gear, with all eyes on Apple’s (AAPL) report Tuesday. While the iPhone maker should deliver another quarter of solid profit and sales growth, Apple isn’t on the IBD 50 list of the very best stocks. In the coming week, eight companies from the elite IBD 50 are on tap to report earnings: Starbucks (SBUX), Alaska Air (ALK), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Illumina (ILMN), Celgene (CELG), Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX),

3 Hot Stocks That Are Bolting Past Facebook Now

Facebook (FB) shares got some attention Monday as they climbed to a new high, but Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Starbucks (SBUX) and Electronic Arts (EA) also entered new high ground. And those three have the social networking stock beat when it comes to relative strength. Today’s Screen Of The Day is Bolting RS Lines, which looks at a selection of stocks with superior price performance. The relative strength line measures the price performance