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Activision, Take-Two Interactive Crushed Estimates

Reporting strong revenue and earnings growth is important. Growth that tops estimates is even better. Today’s IBD Screen Of The Day is Estimate Beaters, companies such as Activision Blizzard (ATVI) whose actual profit exceeded projections in the prior quarter. The list includes a pair of top-rated video game makers that are burning up the charts, racking up points with investors. Activision Blizzard The Los Angeles area-based game maker Activision

Ethical-Drug Firms Horizon Pharma, Bristol-Myers Rally

Specialty drugmaker Horizon Pharma jumped more than 3% to a new high Monday after it issued strong preliminary Q2 sales and raised its full-year guidance. Horizon (HZNP) said sales in the quarter were about $170 million to $172 million, roughly a 160% increase over the year-earlier quarter and more than $40 million above analysts’ consensus, according to Thomson Reuters. It didn’t release any earnings numbers, but said Q2 EBITDA margin should be

Spam Email Declines, But New Malware Threats Rise

Unsolicited commercial email, or spam, accounted for 49.7% of all email in June. While still a lot, June marked the first time in over a decade that the spam rate has fallen below 50%, Internet security firm Symantec (SYMC) said in its June report on cybersecurity. The last time the percentage of spam was below 50% was in September 2003, Symantec sa ys. Phishing rates and email-based malware were also down in June. But cybercriminals appear to have