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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 74 top stories this week:
Consumer (20 articles)
- Nike, 2 articles (5, 17)
Technology (15 articles)
- Priceline, 2 articles (2, 14)
Media & Telecom (11 articles)
Financial Services (10 articles)
Energy & Utilities (7 articles)
- BP, 2 articles (1, 4)
- Duke Energy, 2 articles (2, 3)
- Exxon Mobil, 2 article (1, 5)
Industrials & Transportation (6 articles)
Basic Materials (4 articles)
- Barrick Gold, 2 articles (3, 4)
Health Care (1 articles)
All 74 investment stories this week are listed below
Consumer
- Diluted Mexico Tax Reform Is Good News For Wal-Mart Amid A Weak Economy on September 27th
- Why RadioShack’s Gross Margins Will Remain Stagnant on September 27th
- Kimberly-Clark Plans Bulkier But Fewer Tissues Per Box To Fatten Margins on September 27th
- Best Buy’s Worth $26: Factors Behind Our Revised Price Estimate on September 27th
- Nike Shows Growth Momentum Helped By Strong European Demand on September 27th
- Mass Market Gaming Will Bring Growth For Las Vegas Sands on September 26th
- Is The Market Taking GM’s Electric Car Threat Too Lightly? on September 26th
- Bed Bath & Beyond’s Growth Remains On Track on September 26th
- How Will The EU’s Revised Excise Taxes On Cigarettes Affect Consumption? on September 26th
- McDonald’s Hopes To Reinvigorate Sales With Menu Changes on September 26th
- How Jones Group Is Reviving Its Main Brands – Jones New York & Nine West on September 25th
- Target Plans To Reduce Holiday Hiring In Anticipation Of A Weak Season on September 25th
- Costco’s Earnings: Core Value Proposition Will Keep Its Sales Humming on September 25th
- Can Harley-Davidson Sell More Bikes In The U.S.? on September 24th
- Wynn Partners With 888 Holdings For Online Gambling In Nevada on September 24th
- L’Oréal Vies For Top Spot In Growth Markets With Rapid Acquisitions on September 24th
- Can Nike Sustain Its Growth Momentum This Quarter? on September 24th
- Why Daimler’s Stock Has Been Cruising Lately on September 24th
- Chipotle Could Try A Breakfast Menu But It Might Be A Cooked Strategy on September 23rd
- Walgreen’s Results To Show Renewed Growth Momentum on September 23rd
Technology
- Broadcom Can Defend Market Share With iPhone 5S Deal & LTE Asset Purchase on September 27th
- Priceline Partners With NYC Tourism Website In U.S. Push on September 27th
- Surface 2 Is Unlikely To Bolster Microsoft’s Sales on September 26th
- Looking At Amazon’s Risks As The Stock Inches Higher on September 26th
- Perfect World Looks Expensive After Its Stock’s Run on September 25th
- Applied & Tokyo Electron Plan Merger To Form A Stronger Entity on September 25th
- Accenture Preview: Order Book Pipeline In Focus on September 24th
- Apple Issues Improved Guidance On Record iPhone Sales on September 24th
- Facebook’s Upside From Higher Global Digital Ad Market Share on September 24th
- Baidu’s Key Business Drivers and Challenges In 2013 on September 24th
- HP Launches New Products To Counter Slumping PC Sales on September 24th
- Nvidia Adds Surface 2 To Its List Of Tegra 4 Devices on September 24th
- Google’s YouTube Is Capturing The Huge Shift To Online Video Ads – Part 2 on September 24th
- Priceline Launches New Ad Campaign Down Under For Booking.com on September 23rd
- Google’s YouTube Is Capturing The Huge Shift To Online Video Ads – Part 1 on September 23rd
Media & Telecom
- Dish Network’s Shareholders File A Suit Against Charlie Ergen Over The Secured Debt Of LightSquared on September 27th
- Netflix Looks For Partners Among U.S. Cable Operators on September 27th
- How Is Time Warner’s Movie Business Trending? on September 27th
- China Unicom Faces 3G Headwinds As China Mobile Finds Its Footing on September 27th
- Comcast Gains As More Visitors Flock To Universal Theme Parks on September 26th
- China Mobile Shows Glimpses Of Its 3G Potential With Record Net Adds on September 26th
- Nickelodeon Will Continue To Drive Growth For Viacom on September 25th
- Broadband Will Continue To Drive Growth For Time Warner Cable on September 25th
- Disney Is Benefiting From Higher Attendance At Its Theme Parks on September 24th
- Fairfax Likely To Sell BlackBerry In Parts After $4.7 Billion Bid on September 24th
- After BB10 Failure BlackBerry Is Likely To Be Sold In Parts on September 23rd
Financial Services
- Securities Exchange Weekly: NYSE, NASDAQ Mull Collaboration To Prevent Tech Glitches on September 27th
- Here’s Why E*Trade’s Margins Will Continue To Improve on September 27th
- Citigroup Settles All Mortgage-Related Grudges With Freddie Mac For $395 Million on September 27th
- BlackRock Consolidates European ETF Offerings After Credit Suisse Deal on September 26th
- American Express To Spin Off Its Business Travel Division on September 26th
- Credit Suisse Continues To Shake Up Private Banking Business on September 25th
- Visa Gains From A Stronger Economy And Improved Spending Trends on September 25th
- RBS’s Stake In Direct Line Drops Below 30% Raising $1 Billion In The Process on September 24th
- Insurance Stocks Lose Out As The Fed Delays Tapering Plans on September 23rd
- Why Bank Shares Fell When The Fed Delayed Tapering Plans on September 23rd
Energy & Utilities
- BP, Exxon Playing The Growing Dispute In Iraq Differently on September 27th
- What’s Driving Growth For Duke Energy’s U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas Division? on September 26th
- A Look At Duke Energy’s Commercial Power Business And The Wholesale Electricity Market on September 25th
- BP Gains From Deal With European Companies For Azerbaijani Gas on September 25th
- Exxon Readies First Shipment From Huge Kazakhstan Oil Field After Costly Delays on September 23rd
- LDK Solar: Factors Driving Our Price Estimate on September 23rd
- EPA Proposals For Greenhouse Gas Limits Face Stiff Industry Opposition on September 23rd
Industrials & Transportation
- Weekly Defense Note: Boeing And Lockheed Martin on September 27th
- Southwest Wins More Customers With Free Baggage And Ticket Change Policies on September 26th
- Alaska Will Pack More Profits With Higher Baggage Fees on September 25th
- Delta And Virgin Atlantic Get JV Approval For Lucrative New York-London Market on September 25th
- Caterpillar’s Lower End User Sales Point To A Tough Third Quarter on September 23rd
- Corning’s $15.50 Fair Value: Consumer Electronics And Network Bandwidth Demand Drive Growth on September 23rd
Basic Materials
- U.S. Steel: Challenges And Future – Part I on September 27th
- Newmont At Denver Gold Forum: More Copper In Portfolio, Final Call On Conga In 2015 on September 26th
- Barrick May Shed More Assets In Australia To Cut Costs And Debt on September 25th
- An Analysis Of Barrick Gold’s Two Most Important Mines on September 24th
Health Care
- All Eyes On Roche’s Oncology Pipeline At European Cancer Congress on September 27th