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Horizon Pharma Soars On Big Q3 Beat, Guidance Raise

Specialty drugmaker Horizon Pharma (HZNP) jumped in Friday trade after it pounded Wall Street’s Q3 estimates and raised its guidance. Horizon’s adjusted earnings soared 268% over the year-earlier quarter to 70 cents a share, some 30 cents above analysts’ consensus, according to Thomson Reuters. Sales tripled to $226.4 million, more than $40 million past consensus. Horizon added $85 million to its full-year revenue guidance, now $750 million to

‘Grand Theft Auto’ maker steals record high on Q2 earnings

Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO) stock jumped to a record high on Friday after the “Grand Theft Auto” video game maker reported better-than-expected September quarter results. Late Thursday, Take-Two said that it had earned 30 cents a share excluding items on sales of $365 million in its fiscal second quarter, which ended Sept. 30. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected Take-Two to earn 15 cents a share minus items on sales of $318