1-800-Flowers (FLWS 0.28%) took a hard hit after it lost out on profits from the company's biggest day of the year, Valentine's Day, because of a massive blizzard dumping heaps of snow all across the eastern United States. Coca-Cola (KO 0.07%) fell today after announcing that revenue was down for the full year and the fourth quarter, with profit down as well. Waste Management (WM 0.40%) shares took a tumble after the company missed earnings expectations for both its top and bottom lines. And pharmaceutical company ACTAVIS (ACT +0.00%) has announced that it will acquire Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) for $25 billion in cash and stock; both stocks are up on the news. In this segment from Tuesday's Investor Beat, host Alison Southwick and Motley Fool analysts Taylor Muckerman and Mike Olsen take a look at five stocks making moves on the market today.
1-800-Flowers Got Avalanched This Valentine's Day
By Alison Southwick, Taylor Muckerman, and Michael Olsen, CFA – Feb 18, 2014 at 6:13PM
NYSE: KO
Coca-Cola
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$296B
Today's Change
(-0.07%) $0.04
Current Price
$68.94
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1-800-Flowers' biggest day of the year gets crushed under a mountain of snow. Plus, why Coca-Cola and Waste Management tumbled today, and one massive biotech merger that the market loved.
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