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Below is a summary of the activity at Trefis during the past week that Trefis thought Econintersect readers would find interesting.
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Table of Contents for the 98 top stories this week:
Consumer (30 articles)
- Home Depot, 2 articles (7, 30)
- Limited Brands, 2 articles (6, 23)
- Phillip Morris, 2 articles (4, 28)
- Target, 2 articles (9, 24)
Technology (29 articles)
- Apple, 2 articles (3, 20)
- Goupon, 2 articles (10, 27)
- Intel (8, 18)
- Nokia, 2 articles (3, 19)
- Samsung, 2 articles (3, 11)
Financial Services (11 articles)
- CME Group, 2 articles (4, 8)
- JP Morgan Chase, 2 article (6, 7)
- Royal Bank of Scotland, 2 articles (3, 10)
Media & Telecom (7 articles)
Industrials & Transportation (6 articles)
Health Care (6 articles)
- Merck, 2 articles (3, 4)
- Pfizer, 2 articles (1, 6)
Energy & Utilities (5 articles)
- Solar stocks, 2 articles (3, 4)
Basic Materials (4 articles)
- Vale, 2 articles (1, 3)
All 98 investment stories this week are listed below.
Consumer
- Gap’s Q4 Earnings: Strong Results And Better Outlook on March 1st
- Urban Outfitters Earnings: Holiday Sales And Direct-To-Consumer Will Help Drive Big Growth on March 1st
- Ann Taylor Earnings Will Ring Up Growth In Online And Multi-Channel Businesses on March 1st
- Avon’s Insurance-Based Incentives In Mexico Could Help Retention And Growth on March 1st
- A Closer Look At Philip Morris’ Asia Opportunity on March 1st
- Limited Brand Reports Solid Results Despite Weak Holidays on March 1st
- Home Depot Outpaces Lowe’s As Housing Recovery Boosts Sales on February 28th
- What’s The Outlook For Aeropostale’s Branded Stores? on February 28th
- Target Reports Weak Q4 Results But Better Times Are Ahead on February 28th
- American Eagle Outfitters Should Post Strong Results on February 28th
- Three Reasons To Be Cautious About Green Mountain on February 28th
- As European Sales Weaken Harley-Davidson Shifts Gears To Emerging Markets on February 27th
- RadioShack’s Results Show Lack Of Catalysts Amid Industry Headwinds on February 27th
- Honda Pursues The Luxury Market With Acura Revamp on February 27th
- Altria Bets On Its Brand Strength To Drive Long-Term Value on February 27th
- How Will The Competition With Michael Kors Play Out For Coach? on February 27th
- Three Reasons To Be Optimistic About Chipotle on February 27th
- The New CLA Could Be A Game Changer For Mercedes-Benz on February 27th
- Best Buy’s Earnings: Margin Erosion And Sales Outlook In Focus on February 27th
- Why Ford’s Future Could Be Much Brighter on February 27th
- Why Is China Important For Coach’s Long Term Growth? on February 26th
- Why Unilever Will Remain The Leading Player In Deodorants on February 26th
- Limited Brands Earnings: Trends We’re Watching on February 26th
- Weak Holiday Season Will Weigh On Target’s Q4 Results on February 26th
- Rite Aid’s Debt Refinancing Will Help Fund Wellness Stores Push on February 26th
- Housing Recovery Continues To Help Lowe’s Improve Sales on February 26th
- How Well Will GameStop Adapt To The Digital Age? on February 25th
- More Trouble For Phillip Morris As New Zealand Introduces Plain Packaging Legislation on February 25th
- Abercrombie & Fitch Results Show Inventory Improvements And Gains From U.S. Consolidation on February 25th
- Housing Uptick To Boost Home Depot’s Q4 Sales on February 25th
Technology
- How Electronic Arts Can Seamlessly Transition To Playstation 4 on March 1st
- Here’s What Matters For Baidu’s $115 Valuation on March 1st
- Weekly Mobile Notes: Nokia, Apple And Samsung on March 1st
- Here’s How We Think Of Shutterfly’s Stock Value on March 1st
- Poor Prepaid Demand For The iPhone Shows The Need For A Cheaper One on March 1st
- Pandora Puts 40-Hour Listening Cap On Ad-Based Mobile Service on March 1st
- The Solid State Drive (SSD) Threat To Seagate And Western Digital on February 28th
- What’s Impacting Intel’s Notebook Processor Market Share? on February 28th
- Sina Prioritizes Its Mobile Platform To Tap Future Growth on February 28th
- Groupon Sinks On Lowered Guidance And Falling Margins on February 28th
- Samsung Puts BlackBerry In Its Crosshairs With Knox Launch on February 27th
- Priceline Posts A Solid Quarter Though Growth Might Decelerate on February 27th
- How Does The SmartOps Acquisition Fit Into SAP’s SCM Business? on February 27th
- AOL’s Stock Looks Too Richly Valued Despite Improved Outlook on February 26th
- SanDisk’s Jump Is Justified On Growth Outlook For Solid State Drives on February 26th
- What Factors Influence Perfect World’s Active Paying User Base? on February 26th
- Symantec Has Upside From Storage Software Market Growth And Mobile Security Needs on February 26th
- Intel Expands Its Mobile Push With New Chips & Platforms on February 26th
- Nokia Looks To Stem Market Share Decline With More Affordable Lumias, 620 And 520 on February 26th
- Forget Einhorn, Apple Needs To Lay Out Its Plan For Growth Markets on February 26th
- A Snapshot Of Paychex’s $35 Stock Value on February 26th
- Siemens May Sell Its Stake In Nokia Siemens Networks For Way Too Little on February 26th
- Qualcomm Eyes Emerging Markets With New Entry Level Quad-Core Chipsets on February 25th
- Salesforce’s Social Media Push And Rising Costs In Focus With Earnings on February 25th
- A Look Into Factors Supporting Our PayPal Projections on February 25th
- HP Still Has A Long Way To Go Despite Encouraging Results on February 25th
- Groupon’s Earnings Will Highlight The Progress On Its Shifting Business Model on February 25th
- Broadcom’s Vying For Greater Share Of The LTE Baseband Market With New Chip on February 25th
- Dell’s Results Show Its Shifting Focus And Recovery Will Take Time on February 25th
Financial Services
- Charles Schwab’s Class Action Win Might Have Long Term Implications on March 1st
- Mobile Phone Evolution Will Help Visa And MasterCard Enter Developing Economies on March 1st
- Improving Operational Results Outweigh $4 Billion Q4 Loss For RBS on March 1st
- A Look At CME Group’s Business And $58 Price Estimate on February 28th
- The Country’s Biggest Banks Under Scrutiny For Aiding Payday Lenders on February 28th
- JPMorgan To Slash 17,000 Jobs With Eye On $27.5 Billion Income Target For 2014 on February 28th
- JPMorgan Spent Most On Lobbying Activities Among Banks Last Year on February 27th
- Why CME Group And Deutsche Bourse Merger Talks Make Strategic Sense on February 27th
- Why American Express Is Growing Its Third Party Issued Cards Business on February 27th
- RBS Earnings: More Investment Banking Cuts And Citizens Spin-Off on February 25th
- Here’s Why Wells Fargo’s PE Unit Will Flourish Despite The Volcker Rule on February 25th
Media & Telecom
- Dish Comes Up Short In Suit Against ESPN Over Contract Violations on March 1st
- More Differences Between Pay-TV & Media Industries: Will The Landscape Shift? on February 28th
- Sizing Up Netflix’s International Subscriber Growth Potential on February 28th
- Clearwire Accepts Sprint Financing Making Its Dance With Dish Less Likely on February 27th
- Cisco Focuses On Service Providers And Software With Intucell Acquisition on February 27th
- What’s The Outlook For Netflix’s Margins? on February 27th
- New York Times’ Plan To Trim Non-Core Businesses Makes Sense on February 25th
Industrials & Transportation
- Here’s A Breakdown Of Union Pacific’s Key Businesses on March 1st
- How Is Southwest’s Fleet Modernization Aiding Its Growth? on February 28th
- Overcapacity In The Solar Industry Is Weighing On Corning on February 28th
- Union Pacific Hauls In A $140 Price Estimate On Better Pricing And Efficiency on February 26th
- Boeing Hopes To Return 787s To The Skies Soon With Its Proposed Fix on February 25th
- Norfolk Southern’s Coal Business Feels The Pinch Of Weak Utility And Export Demand on February 25th
Health Care
- Pfizer Oncology Drugs Have Robust Growth Giving Stock Upside Potential on March 1st
- Boston Scientific: Downside Risks To Our $8 Price Estimate on February 28th
- Merck Patent Cliff: A Look At The Musculoskeletal Drugs Division on February 28th
- Merck Partners With Samsung Bioepis To Tap Billion Dollar Biosimilars Market on February 26th
- An Overview Of UnitedHealth’s $70 Fair Value on February 26th
- Weekly Healthcare Notes: Pfizer And Roche Holdings on February 25th
Energy & Utilities
- Kinder Morgan Estimate Revised To $91 On Earnings And Deals on March 1st
- Transocean Q4 Preview: Performance In U.S. Gulf Of Mexico Will Drive Results on February 28th
- Trina Solar Posts Lackluster Q4 Numbers Despite Shipment Growth on February 27th
- First Solar’s Q4 Revenue Looked Good But New Project Orders Needed To Sustain Growth on February 27th
- After Chesapeake Gives Sinopec A Sweetheart Deal Are More To Come? on February 26th
Basic Materials
- Vale Reports Net Quarterly Loss On Low Prices And Massive Impairments on March 1st
- Mongolian Government Suspending Licenses Doesn’t Augur Well For Rio Tinto on February 28th
- Weak Vale Results Expected As Production And Investment Guidance Closely Watched on February 25th
- Newmont’s Revenues Decline On Lower Production on February 25th