Stocks

Marriott’s pending $12.2 billion purchase of Starwood would create the world’s largest hotel company, with more than 1.1 million rooms in over 5,500 hotels. Read more

An earnings guidance downgrade by UnitedHealth spurred a broad selloff of health insurance stocks last week. Was the fear overdone? Read more

The airline industry has improved significantly over the last few years, but it’s starting to take a turn for the worse. Read more

There’s still plenty of runway for hospital stocks. Some 9 million people got insurance last year, but there are still 33 million uninsured in the U.S. Read more

Before Thursday’s Blue Buffalo earnings release, the natural pet food maker looked to be headed the way of the ill-fated Pets.com. Read more

Expedia’s acquisition of HomeAway, a rival to Airbnb, leaves no doubt that competition is heating up in the alternative vacation rental business. Read more

Gaming company Amaya Inc. reported earnings on Tuesday, and the stock shed more than a third of its value for absolutely no good reason. Read more

The possible M&A combinations between all the agricultural companies are almost too much to get one’s arms around. So grab your merger mania scorecard. Read more

The market overreacted on Monday after the Priceline earnings report and guidance, sending the stock tumbling. Is Priceline stock a buy now? Read more