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AAPL...		Hot Stocks 19:31 EDT Fly Intel: Top five weekend stock stories - Catch up on the weekend's top five stories with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart (WMT) store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 others, Reuters' Julio-Cesar Chavez reported. The suspect was officially identified as a 21-year-old white male named Patrick Crusius from Allen, Texas, the author noted. Less than 24 hours later, another gunman dressed in body armor opened fire in downtown Dayton, Ohio, killing nine people including his sister and wounding 27 others, Reuters' Steve Gorman and Kim Palmer reported. Police officers who were on routine patrol nearby arrived on the scene in less than a minute and shot the attacker dead, likely preventing a much higher casualty toll, police and the city's mayor said. 2. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) reported second quarter net earnings of $14.07B versus $12.01B last year, and second quarter operating earnings of $6.14B versus $6.89B last year. In its earnings release, Berkshire Hathaway said that, "As of August 3, 2019, Kraft Heinz's [KHC] financial statements for the first and second quarters of 2019 were not yet available to Berkshire." 3. Apple (AAPL) bulls swooned last week over the company's better-than-expected reported earnings and all it took was a return to revenue growth after two quarters of declines, Tae Kim wrote in this week's edition of Barron's. But investors should be careful in evaluating the shifting narrative as the long-term driver of Apple shares has been excitement about the company's services businesses, which remain a question mark and could still disappoint, the author noted. 4. Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal's "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw" won the North American box office with $60.8M from 4,253 locations and opened to $120M overseas for a worldwide launch of $180.8M. The "Fast & Furious" spinoff received an A- CinemaScore and 67% no Rotten Tomatoes. 5. Best Buy (BBY), Target (TGT), Dick's Sporting (DKS), HP Inc. (HPQ), and Experian (EXPGY) saw positive mentions in this week's edition of Barron's.
FOXA FOX		Hot Stocks 19:03 EDT Fox Corp. to acquire Credible Labs - Fox Corp. announced the entry into a definitive merger agreement for the proposed acquisition of 67% of the equity in Credible Labs. The price per CHESS Depositary Interests of AUD2.21 in cash represents a 31% premium to Credible's closing price on the day prior to Fox's initial May 29 proposal. Following the equity purchase of approximately $265M, FOX will commit up to $75M of growth capital to Credible over approximately two years. As part of the transaction, and subject to certain approvals from the Australian Securities Exchange, Credible Founder and CEO, Stephen Dash, will exchange shares equal to 33% of Credible's outstanding common stock into units of a newly created Fox subsidiary. Dash will continue to serve as CEO of Credible. The transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, is conditioned on the receipt of a majority vote of all Credible shareholders, as well as a majority vote of all shareholders other than Dash and his affiliates, and is subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
KKR		Hot Stocks 16:31 EDT KKR to acquire majority stake in German fintech heidelpay from AnaCap - heidelpay and its majority shareholder AnaCap Financial Partners have reached an agreement on the terms of an investment from KKR. KKR will acquire a majority shareholding in the company, with Mirko Hullemann, founder and CEO of heidelpay, and other key managers remaining as long-term shareholders. The offer is subject to approval by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier and other customary closing conditions. It is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020. KKR will make this investment from its European Fund V. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
BRK.A...		Hot Stocks 16:29 EDT Berkshire says Kraft Heinz has not made financial statements available - In its earnings release, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) said that, "As of August 3, 2019, Kraft Heinz's [KHC] financial statements for the first and second quarters of 2019 were not yet available to Berkshire. Accordingly, Berkshire's Consolidated Financial Statements for the second quarter and first six months of 2019 exclude its share of the earnings and other comprehensive income of Kraft Heinz for those periods. Berkshire intends to record its share of Kraft Heinz's earnings and other comprehensive income for the first six months of 2019 during the period that such information becomes available. During the second quarter and first six months of 2018, we recorded equity method earnings from our investment in Kraft Heinz of $187M and $421M, respectively. At June 30, 2019, insurance float - the net liabilities we assume under insurance contracts - was approximately $125B at June 30, 2019, an increase of $2B since year-end 2018."
GLYC PFE		Hot Stocks 16:14 EDT GlycoMimetics reports results from Pfizer's Phase 3 trial evaluating Rivipansel - GlycoMimetics (GLYC) reported that Pfizer (PFE) announced that the Phase 3 Rivipansel Evaluating Safety, Efficacy and Time to Discharge - RESET - pivotal study did not meet its primary or key secondary efficacy endpoints. The objective of the trial was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rivipansel in patients aged six and older with sickle cell disease who were hospitalized for a vaso-occlusive crisis and required treatment with intravenous opioids. The primary endpoint was time to readiness-for-discharge and the key secondary efficacy endpoints were time-to-discharge, cumulative IV opioid consumption, and time to discontinuation of IV opioids.