In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Merck & Co. ( MRK ) topped the list of the day’s best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 5.4%. Year to date, Merck & Co. registers a 6.0% gain.
GoPro CEO Nick Woodman was the highest paid CEO of 2014, according to the Bloomberg Pay Index. Woodman was recently granted 4.5 million restricted stock units, which were valued at $284.5 million at the end
Benchmarks ended higher on Friday boosted by upbeat quarterly results from Amazon and Microsoft. Friday’s gains helped the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq close at record high levels. Benchmarks also ended the week on a positive note with the