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20:05 EST Fly Intel: Top five weekend stock stories - Catch up on the weekend's top five stories with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Novo Nordisk (NVO) announced that all regulatory closing conditions relating to the review of its pending acquisition of Catalent (CTLT), including expiry of the timing agreement in the U.S., have been fulfilled. The parties are now free to close the transaction, as well as Novo Nordisk's subsequent acquisition of three Catalent manufacturing sites from Novo Holdings. Novo Nordisk now expects the acquisition to be completed in the coming days. 2. Apple (AAPL) is preparing a series of major design and format changes to its lineup of iPhones and potentially other products, a bid to revive growth after years of offering largely incremental upgrades, The Wall Street Journal's Aaron Tilley and Yang Jie report. Starting next year, Apple plans to introduce an iPhone that will be thinner than the approximately 8-millimeter profile of current models, said people familiar with the company's plans. The model is intended to be cheaper than Pro models, with a simplified camera system to reduce costs. 3. The Magnificent Seven stocks--Apple, Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Meta (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA) and Tesla (TSLA)--thoroughly dominated the stock market in 2024, but they might not be the only place to invest in 2025, Andrew Bary writes in this week's edition of Barron's. The list of Barron's 10 favorite stocks for 2025 reflects an expectation that opportunities exist outside the Magnificent Seven, while overall stock market returns could be more muted after back-to-back gains of more than 25% for the S&P 500 index. It reflects a bet that value-oriented investing isn't completely dead. The list includes Alphabet, ASML Holding (ASML), Alibaba (BABA), Uber Technologies (UBER), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Citigroup (C), Everest Group (EG), Moderna (MRNA), SLB (SLB), and LVMH (LVMUY). 4. Walt Disney's (DIS) sequel "Moana 2" won the weekend at the North American box office with $26.6M for a domestic cume of $337.5M, as it crossed the $700M mark globally. Meanwhile, Sony's (SONY) comic book movie "Kraven the Hunter" disappointed with only $11M in its debut, the worst start ever for a Sony-produced Marvel title. 5. Exxon Mobil (XOM) saw a positive mention in this week's edition of Barron's.
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