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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 86 top stories this week:
Technology (23 articles)
- Intel, 3 articles (2, 8, 17)
- Alibaba, 2 articles (14, 21)
- Baidu, 2 articles (13, 18)
- Micron, 2 articles (2, 7)
- Paychex, 2 articles (9, 23)
Consumer (23 articles)
- Bed Bath & Beyond, 2 articles (13, 22)
- Ford, 2 articles (6, 11)
- Home Depot, 2 articles (15, 17)
- Nike, 2 articles (3, 17)
- Target, 2 articles (1, 23)
Energy & Utilities (12 articles)
- Petrobas, 3 articles (1, 5, 10)
- Exxon Mobil, 3 articles (5, 6, 10)
- BP, 2 articles (5, 7)
- Trina Solar, 2 articles (8, 12)
Media & Telecom (8 articles)
- Blackberry, 2 articles (3, 4)
Industrials & Transportation (7 articles)
Financial Services (5 articles)
- JP Morgan, 2 articles (1, 2)
Basic Materials (5 articles)
- Rio Tinto, 2 articles (3, 4)
Health Care (3 articles)
All 86 investment stories this week are listed below.
Technology
- Applied Materials: Here’s Why China Is An Important Market For The Diplay Equipment Businesson September 26th
- Weekly Semiconductor And Tech Update: INTC, BRCM, FFIV, MU, TXN on September 26th
- Week In Review: Google, Yahoo, AOL, Yelp on September 26th
- How Significant Can The New Candidate Management Tool Be For Monster? on September 26th
- Mobile Weekly Notes:Apple’s iPhone Sales, BlackBerry’s New Device and Samsung’s Note 4 Launch on September 26th
- A Look At Symantec’s Individual Business Units on September 26th
- Micron Closes Its Fiscal 2014 On A Strong Note Driven By Healthy Memory Market Conditionson September 26th
- Intel’s Collaboration With Tsinghua To Expand Its Footprint In The Chinese Mobile Chip Marketon September 26th
- Paychex Posts Strong Growth On Pricing Increase And New Service Offerings on September 25th
- Twitter Raises $1.8 Billion In Debt – What Does This Tell Us? on September 25th
- Accenture Earnings: Revenue Growth Across Divisions But Order Booking Slows on September 25th
- Seagate’s Baidu Deal Could Help With Cost-Effective Cold Data Storage on September 25th
- Market Potential For Baidu’s Popular PC Faster Software on September 24th
- Will eBay Face Heat From Alibaba? on September 24th
- How Is Fox Sports Network Subscription Trending? on September 23rd
- Factors Responsible For Our Revised Price Estimate For Priceline on September 23rd
- Intel Invests $6 Billion In Israel To Create Advanced Chip Manufacturing Facility on September 23rd
- Baidu Inks Strategic Research Agreements With Seagate and BMW on September 23rd
- Expedia Adds HomeAway’s Vacation Rentals To Its Product Portfolio on September 22nd
- Accenture Earnings Preview: Challenging Business Environment Would Continue To Temper Revenue Growth on September 22nd
- What Will Justify $100 Price Estimate For Alibaba Group? on September 22nd
- SAP To Acquire Concur Technologies To Boost Cloud Sales on September 22nd
- Growth In Client Base Could Offset Impact Of Weak U.S. Job Market On Paychex’s Earnings on September 22nd
Consumer
- Target Plans Conservatively For The Holiday Season Despite A Promising Industry Forecast on September 26th
- Last Two Weeks In The Beverage World: KO, PEP, DPS And BUD on September 26th
- Strong Showing In China, Europe and North America Keeps Nike’s Topline Growth Rate Humming Nicely on September 26th
- Fortnightly Tobacco Companies Review: Lawsuits In Florida And Uruguay on September 26th
- Refurbished Accord Critical To Honda’s Success In The U.S. Car Market on September 26th
- Ford’s Russia Woes Could Affect European Operations Negatively on September 26th
- Can Volkswagen Succeed In India? on September 26th
- Fremont Factory Delays Shouldn’t Affect Tesla’s Sales This Quarter on September 25th
- Will Ann’s Management Decide To Sell? on September 25th
- Hyatt To Sell A Portfolio Of 38 Properties To Lone Star Funds on September 25th
- What’s Ford Doing To Revive Its European Business on September 25th
- Ralph Lauren: Main Supply Chain Challenges Ahead on September 25th
- Margins Remain A Concern For Bed Bath & Beyond Despite EPS Beat on September 25th
- Walgreen In Talks To Sell Off Its Infusion Services Business on September 24th
- Home Depot: Could The Impact Of The Data Breach Be Significant? on September 24th
- CFO Departure Could Further Delay Turnaround For Avon Products on September 23rd
- Earnings Preview: Nike’s Strategy Should Keep Delivering Growth Across All Categories on September 23rd
- The Week That Was: Home Depot And Lowe’s on September 23rd
- Weekly Notes On Restaurant Industry: McDonald’s, Burger King & Chipotle Mexican Grill on September 23rd
- Weekly Auto Notes: General Motors on September 23rd
- RadioShack: Hopes That New Products & Initiatives Can Lift The Mobility Business on September 22nd
- Bed Bath & Beyond Earnings Preview: Profits Will Be Under Pressure on September 22nd
- Retail Week In Review: Wal-Mart, Target And Costco on September 22nd
Energy & Utilities
- Petrobras’ New Gas Discovery Increases Its Potential In The Sergipe-Alagoas Basin on September 26th
- The Main Trends Driving Duke Energy’s International Business on September 26th
- Here’s Why Marcellus Shale Play Is So Important For Chesapeake on September 26th
- ANR: Trends Driving Metallurgical Coal Prices on September 26th
- Weekly Oil & Gas Notes: Exxon, BP and Petrobras on September 26th
- U.S. Sanctions On Russia Weigh On Exxon’s Arctic Exploration Program on September 25th
- BP Breaks Ground On The Southern Gas Corridor Amid Increasing EU Sanctions On Russia on September 25th
- Trends Driving Our $15 Price Estimate For Trina Solar on September 24th
- First Solar Could Benefit As India Plans Solar Overhaul on September 24th
- Weekly Oil and Gas Notes: Petrobras, ConocoPhillips And Exxon on September 23rd
- Oilfield Services Week In Review: Higher Land Rig Count, Schlumberger’s Probable Contract Win on September 22nd
- Solar Week In Review: Trina’s Capacity Constraints, Yingli’s Distributed Project, SunPower’s Production Milestone on September 22nd
Media & Telecom
- How Is News Corp’s Print Media Business Trending? on September 25th
- Juniper’s Cloud Computing Gaining Traction With New Orders on September 25th
- BlackBerry Q2 Preview: Subscriber Trends And BBM MAUs In Focus on September 24th
- Passport Launch May Not Be A Solution To BlackBerry’s Handset Woes on September 24th
- What Justifies A $445 Price Estimate For Netflix? on September 23rd
- China Mobile’s 4G Subscribers Soar In August; iPhone 6 Could Provide Further Boost on September 23rd
- China Unicom’s 3G-4G Subscriber Adds Slow Down In August On Growing Competition, Dual 4G Strategy on September 23rd
- Weekly Review: U.S. Wireless Carriers on September 22nd
Industrials & Transportation
- Aviation Week In Review: Boeing & United Technologies on September 26th
- Industrials Week In Review: Johnson Controls, Deere, Caterpillar and 3M on September 26th
- Railroads Week In Review: Norfolk Southern, CSX And Union Pacific on September 26th
- How Successful Has Alaska Been In Lowering Its Costs? on September 26th
- Southwest’s Near Term Growth Drivers: Expiry Of Wright Amendment Restrictions & Slot Winson September 24th
- Initiating Coverage Of Textron At $38 Trefis Price Estimate on September 24th
- Logistics Industry Week In Review: FedEx and United Parcel Service on September 23rd
Financial Services
- Financials Weekly Notes: U.S. Bancorp, Citigroup, JPMorgan And RBS on September 26th
- JPMorgan Sells Health Savings Account Unit To Webster Financial on September 26th
- A Look At Loan-To-Deposit Ratios At The Country’s Largest Banks on September 25th
- How BlackRock Is Dealing With Negative Interest Rates in Europe on September 24th
- Goldman Details Plans To Foray Into Active ETF Market on September 24th
Basic Materials
- Weekly Chemical Notes: Peltz Pushes DuPont For Split, Dow Receives Regulatory Approvals on September 26th
- Alcoa Launches Aluminum Truck Wheel In Europe As Shift Towards Value-added Products Continues on September 26th
- Three-Dimensional Mapping Technology To Help Rio Tinto Control Operating Costs on September 25th
- Weekly Metals And Mining Notes: ArcelorMittal, Rio Tinto And U.S. Steel on September 23rd
- Cooperation Agreement With Cosco Will Help Vale Lower Transportation Costs on September 23rd
Health Care
- Intuitive Surgical: Concerns Remain But Expansion Into Emerging Markets Could Revive Growthon September 26th
- What Is InterMune’s Revenue Potential For Roche? on September 25th
- Weekly Medical Technology Update: Medtronic And Boston Scientific on September 22nd