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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 87 top stories this week:
Technology (22 articles)
- Fox, 2 articles (4, 15)
- Nvidia, 2 articles (5, 15)
Consumer (19 articles)
- Green Mountain, 2 articles (2, 11)
- Tesla, 2 articles (1, 12)
- Toyota, 2 articles (6, 15)
Financial Services (14 articles)
- AIG, 2 articles (8, 13)
- Barclays, 2 articles (2, 5)
- Morgan Stanley, 2 articles (2, 3)
- Prudential, 2 articles (4, 9)
Energy & Utilities (12 articles)
- Chesapeake, 2 articles (2, 9)
- Duke Energy, 2 articles (3, 10)
- First Solar, 2 articles (7, 12)
- Transocean, 2 articles (4, 8)
Media & Telecom 10 articles)
- DirecTV, 2 articles (2, 10)
- Disney, 2 articles (1, 9)
Basic Materials (4 articles)
- ArcelorMittal, 2 articles (1, 3)
Industrials & Transportation (3 articles)
Health Care (3 articles)
All 87 investment stories this week are listed below.
Technology
- Why We Increased Our Price Estimate For Monster on May 9th
- We Reduce Our Price Estimates As Groupon’s Business Sustainability Comes Under Question Again on May 9th
- Here’s Why Cree Can Manage To Increase Its Gross Margins on May 9th
- Cable Networks Help Fox Beat Q3 Estimates on May 9th
- Professional Graphics, PC Gaming & Tegra Drive Nvidia’s Growth In Q1’15 on May 9th
- TripAdvisor Posts Strong Results On Meta Improvements, Ups Guidance on May 8th
- Why Intel Can Gain Additional Share In The Mobile Market? on May 8th
- Ctrip Q1FY14 Earnings: Revenue Growth Accelerates, Increased Operating Expenses Strain Margins on May 8th
- AOL Earnings: Restructuring Lowers Profitability Even As Ad Revenues Soar on May 8th
- Yahoo Eyes Big Bucks As Alibaba Files For IPO on May 7th
- Higher ARPU And Customer Base Growth Prospects Boost Valuation To $31 For Constant Contact on May 7th
- EA And Activision Beat Expectations As Digital Revolution Continues on May 7th
- Market Is Valuing LinkedIn More Realistically Now on May 6th
- Travelocity Partnership Boosts Expedia’s First Quarter Results on May 6th
- Nvidia’s Earnings Preview: PC Gaming, Tesla & Tegra Processors Will Drive Growth on May 6th
- Ctrip Q1FY14 Preview: Strong Top Line Growth, Margin Contraction Expected on May 6th
- Softer Ratings Will Weigh Over Fox’s Q3 Earnings on May 6th
- Akamai’s Solid Q1 Performance Offset By Near-Term Margin Concerns on May 6th
- AOL Earnings Preview: Growth In Ad Tech Platform To Take Center Stage on May 5th
- Slow Customer Growth A Bigger Problem For OpenTable Than Q1 Loss on May 5th
- Electronic Arts And Activision Earnings Preview: Digital Streams Should Lead To Margin Expansion on May 5th
- Motorola Posts Disappointing Q1 On Government Slowdown, Narrowbanding Impact on May 5th
Consumer
- Tesla Earnings Review: Profits Decline But Tesla Still On Track To Meet Full-Year Targets on May 9th
- Brewer Sales Drive Keurig Green Mountain’s Q2 Earnings on May 9th
- Ralph Lauren Earnings Preview: Strength In Wholesale Segment Likely To Offset Slow Growth In Retail on May 8th
- Innovative Product Launches Boost Q3FY14 Sales For Estèe Lauder on May 7th
- Target’s CEO Steps Down Following The Massive Data Breach And Canadian Debacle on May 7th
- Toyota Earnings Preview: A Weak Yen To Improve Profitability on May 7th
- Energy Drinks Could Be The Growth Driver For Coca-Cola In The Domestic Market on May 7th
- A Late Easter Boosts Walgreen’s April 2014 Sales on May 6th
- Weakness In Sales Should Continue For Avon on May 6th
- Wynn Sees Solid Macau Growth In Q1; Las Vegas Stay Muted on May 6th
- Green Mountain Earnings Preview: Stock Worth $81 On Rising Competition on May 6th
- Tesla Earnings Preview: Updates On Gigafactory, China And Assembly Line Anticipated on May 6th
- Revlon Posts Strong Numbers Post TCG Consolidation on May 5th
- Strong Performance in PBM Drives CVS’ Growth In Q1’14 on May 5th
- Japanese Consumption-Tax Hike Could Hurt Toyota’s Profits on May 5th
- Chipotle Delivers A Spectacular Quarter; Same-Store Sales Touch Record High After 8 Years on May 5th
- Dr. Pepper’s Growth In Latin America Could Come From Penafiel on May 5th
- Hillshire Brands’ Q3FY14 Earnings Preview: Higher Sales, Thinner Margins Expected on May 5th
- Severe Weather Impacts Dunkin’ Brands’ Q1 Results on May 5th
Financial Services
- Q1 2014 U.S. Banking Review: Assets Under Custody on May 9th
- Financials Weekly Notes: Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Barclays on May 9th
- FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley $5 Million For Improper IPO Procedures on May 8th
- Prudential’s Earnings Helped By U.S. Retirement Growth, International Operations Disappoint on May 8th
- Poor Trading Revenues Weigh On Barclays’ Q1 Results on May 7th
- IntercontinentalExchange Earnings Preview: Post-Acquisition Derivatives Trading In Focus on May 6th
- UBS Follows Up Lukewarm Q1 Results With Proposal For A New Global Structure on May 6th
- FX Headwinds And Adverse Weather Conditions Nullify AIG’s Expansion on May 6th
- Prudential Financial Earnings Preview: Focus On Retirement Solutions, International Growth on May 5th
- Manulife’s Pricing Strategy Hurts U.S. Insurance Operations, Asian Expansion On Track on May 5th
- RBS Shares Soar After Low Impairment Costs Boost Q1 Results on May 5th
- MasterCard Maintains Growth Despite Severe Winter Conditions In The U.S., FX Headwinds In Asia on May 5th
- AIG Earnings Preview: P&C Profitability Holds The Key to Results on May 5th
- CME’s Q1 Driven By Interest Rate Products, Positive Outlook For FX And Metals on May 5th
Energy & Utilities
- BP Revised To $54 On Improving Production, Margin Outlook on May 8th
- Higher Gas Prices, NGL Production Drive Chesapeake Energy’s Earnings on May 8th
- Duke Energy’s Earnings Benefit From Colder Weather, International Business on May 8th
- Transocean Has A Good Q1 As Dayrates And Revenue Efficiencies Rise on May 8th
- Yingli Green Energy Q1 Preview: ASPs and Gross Margins Should Increase on May 7th
- Trina Solar’s Q1 Results Should Improve On Utility Scale Projects, Better ASPs on May 7th
- First Solar Earnings Driven By Campo Verde Project, Lower Costs; Stock Worth $66 on May 7th
- Transocean Q1 Preview: Ultra-Deepwater Fleet, Costs In Focus on May 6th
- Chesapeake Q1 Preview: Production Costs and Natural Gas Price Realizations In Focus on May 5th
- Duke Energy Earnings Preview: Colder Weather, Cost Management Will Drive Results on May 5th
- Natural Gas Prices, Wattenberg Development To Fuel Earnings Growth At Anadarko on May 5th
- First Solar Earnings Preview: Large U.S. Projects To Drive Results on May 5th
Media & Telecom
- Disney Posts Record Earnings As Frozen Obsession Continues on May 8th
- DirecTV Continues To Add Pay-TV Subscribers In The U.S. And Latin America on May 8th
- Nothing Unexpected In Sirius XM’s Q1 2014 Earnings on May 7th
- Non-Advertising Revenues Will Drive CBS’ Q1 Earnings on May 7th
- News Corp Q3 Earnings Preview: Watch For Trends In News And Information Service, Book Publishing on May 7th
- Chinese Wireless Carriers In Talks For A Joint Network Infrastructure Company on May 7th
- Q1 Earnings Preview: Dish Network’s Pay-TV Subscriber Trend In Focus on May 6th
- Viacom To Acquire U.K.’s Channel 5 Broadcasting; Earnings Grow 13% As Media Networks Continue To Shine on May 5th
- Disney Will Continue To Reap Benefits From Frozen In Fiscal Q2 on May 5th
- Q1 Earnings Preview: DirecTV’s U.S. And Latin America Pay-TV Subscriber Trends In Focus on May 5th
Basic Materials
- ArcelorMittal Sells Stake in ATIC Services As Part Of Efforts To Deleverage on May 8th
- Vale Loses Mining License, Faces Legal Battles on May 7th
- Higher Steel Prices Will Boost ArcelorMittal’s Q1 Results on May 6th
- Lower Prices Of Precious Metals To Impact Silver Wheaton’s Q1 Results on May 5th
Industrials & Transportation
- UTC’s Aerospace Business Is Poised For Solid Organic Growth Through The End Of This Decade on May 8th
- Alstom Acquisition Will Strenghten GE’s Power Business But Roadblocks Exist In Deal Completion on May 7th
- Volume Growth In Developing Markets And Price Increases Drive 3M’s Sales on May 6th
Health Care
- Boston Scientific Looking To Gain In Gynecological Device Market With IoGyn Acquisition on May 9th
- Despite Disappointing Performance, Pfizer Pins Its Hope On These Drugs on May 8th
- Abbott May Be Looking To Divest Part Of Generic Drug Business on May 7th