The Traderszone Network

LinkedIn Corp Executive Chairman Reid Hoffman lost almost half his $2.8 billion fortune on paper Friday as shares of his social media company suffered their largest drop on record. Other executives at LinkedIn, some at business analytics company Tableau Software Inc, and a number of the companies’ venture capital backers also took losses running into tens of millions of dollars as both stocks tumbled on dismal financial outlooks.

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The tumble in share prices for biotechnology stocks has created some buying opportunities, with drugmakers Celgene Corp (CELG.O) and Gilead Sciences (GILD.O) poised for a 30 percent rise over the next year, Barron’s said. Celgene, which specializes in treatments for a blood plasma cell cancer called myeloma, could see double-digit growth for its Revlimid drug for years to come, with significant growth potential from overseas, Barron’s said.

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The dollar held onto its post-payrolls gains early on Monday in a sluggish start to the week.

Here’s the breakdown on the Denver Broncos’ 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers in Sunday’s Super Bowl 50, from USA Today.

Not generally a yen market-moving piece of data. Then again, not much is out of Japan. AmIright?

The laser-maker is still seeing its stock under pressure from a weakening global economy.

The mortgage-processing software company has gotten beaten down with broader-based enterprise companies, but not necessarily for valid reasons.