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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 91 top stories this week:
Technology (19 articles)
- SanDisk, 2 articles (5, 22)
Consumer (18 articles)
- Altria, 2 articles (8, 12)
- Starbucks, 2 articles (4, 15)
Financial Services (15 articles)
- American Express, 2 articles (3, 12)
- E*Trade, 2 articles (2, 9)
- TDAmeritrade, 2 articles (5, 8)
- Travelers, 2 articles (4, 7)
Industrials & Transportation (13 articles)
- Alaska Air Group, 2 articles (2, 9)
- Johnson Controls, 2 articles (3, 8)
- Southwest Air, 2 articles (5, 7)
- Union Pacific, 2 articles (4, 10)
- United Continental Holdings, 2 articles (2, 12)
Media & Telecom (11 articles)
- Fox News, 3 articles (7, 10, 11)
- Comcast, 2 articles (2, 7)
- Netflix, 2 articles (3, 9)
- Verizon, 2 articles (1, 8)
Health Care (7 articles)
- Intuitive Surgical, 2 articles (3, 6)
- UnitedHealth, 2 articles (4, 7)
Energy & Utilities (5 articles)
- Baker Hughes, 2 articles (3, 5)
- Haliburton, 2 articles (2, 4)
Basic Materials (3 articles)
All 91 investment stories this week are listed below.
Technology
- Expedia And Priceline’s Mobile Application Releases And The Trends That Govern These Launches on January 23rd
- Lexmark Earnings Preview:Growth In Laser Supplies And Perceptive In Focus on January 23rd
- Chinese Internet Weekly Note on January 23rd
- Yahoo Earnings Preview: Mobile Ads And Monetization Of Content In Focus on January 23rd
- SSD Sales Offset Weakness In Retail Channel As SanDisk Posts Mixed Q4 Results on January 23rd
- Enterprise And Compute Storage To Drive Seagate’s Earnings on January 23rd
- eBay: PayPal Carries Earnings, Even As Marketplaces Segment Continues To Struggle on January 22nd
- F5′s Q1’15 Earnings Hit By Lower Million Dollar Deals, Though Pipeline Remains Strong For Q2on January 22nd
- IBM Earnings: Revenues And 2015 Guidance Disappoints As Restructuring Continues on January 22nd
- Microsoft Earnings Preview: Hardware And Cloud Sales In Focus on January 22nd
- TI To Close 2014 On A Strong Note: Earnings Preview on January 22nd
- Oracle Moving Full Steam Ahead on Cloud, Releases 3 New Offerings in 4 Days on January 21st
- SAP Posts Strong 2014 Results, Cloud Business to Drive Future Growth on January 21st
- Cree’s Q2’15 Earnings Highlighted By Lighting Revenue & Margin Growth on January 21st
- Earnings Review: AMD Focuses On Reigniting Its PC Business & Continued Growth In New Markets on January 21st
- Travelzoo Q4 ’14 Earnings Preview: Hotel Booking Platform Might Lend Some Positivity To The Otherwise Grim Performance on January 21st
- Here’s Why We Think Amazon’s Stock Trades At Lofty Valuations on January 20th
- Weekly Radio Notes: Pandora Media and Sirius XM on January 20th
- SSDs To Drive SanDisk’s Q4 Results As iNAND, Retail Sales Stagnate on January 20th
Consumer
- Weekly Beauty And Personal Care Notes: L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, Avon on January 20th
- Rite Aid Poised For Long-term Growth But Short-term Concerns Remain. on January 23rd
- Abercrombie & Fitch Changing Its Long Standing Strategies on January 23rd
- SUVs Key To GM’s Plans of Cadillac Revival on January 23rd
- Starbucks’ Gift Cards Initiative and Mobile Commerce Drive Customer Traffic In Q1 2015 on January 23rd
- Weekly Auto Notes: Why Ford’s New Supercar GT Is Important For The Company on January 23rd
- Under Armour’s Management Changes Show That It Is Focused On Growth on January 23rd
- Coach Earnings Preview: North America Weakness To Dampen Overall Performance on January 23rd
- Weekly Tobacco Notes: Altria And Philip Morris on January 23rd
- How Many Chevy Bolts Does It Take To Disrupt a Tesla? on January 22nd
- PepsiCo Puts Trian Business Advisor On Board on January 22nd
- Key Trends In Housing Impacting The Home Improvement Market on January 22nd
- Trends That Impact The Altria Group In The U.S. on January 22nd
- McDonald’s Earnings Preview: Issues In Eastern Markets To Hamper Growth on January 21st
- Currency Headwinds and Restructuring Costs May Subdue Kimberly-Clark’s Q4 Results on January 21st
- Starbucks’ Earnings Preview: Robust Expansion Plans & New Beverage Markets To Drive Growth In 2015 on January 20th
- Best Buy Reports Positive Results Too, But Remains Cautious About FY’16 on January 20th
- Unilever’s Revenues Decline in 2014 on Emerging Markets Slowdown, Profits Jump on Cost Savings on January 20th
Financial Services
- U.S. Bancorp Capitalizes On Strong Loan Growth To Report Record 2014 Results on January 23rd
- E*Trade Q4 Earnings: Growth In Interest Revenues, Trading Commissions Lead To Improved Margins on January 23rd
- Higher Spending, FX Headwinds Impact American Express’ Earnings on January 23rd
- Business Growth, Improved Underwriting Performance Lift Travelers’ Earnings on January 23rd
- TD Ameritrade Ends 2014 On A High Note As Core Businesses Drive Growth on January 22nd
- Morgan Stanley Details 2015 Goals Alongside Lukewarm Q4 2014 Results on January 21st
- Travelers Earnings Preview: Business Growth, Underwriting In Focus on January 21st
- TD Ameritrade Earnings Preview: Client Assets, Trading Volumes Continue Growth on January 20th
- E*Trade Earnings Preview: Interest Revenues, Trading Commissions To Drive Results on January 20th
- Insurance Weekly Notes: MetLife, UnitedHealth on January 20th
- Lower Employee Costs Help Goldman Salvage Lukewarm Q4 Results on January 20th
- American Express Earnings Preview: Holiday Spending In Focus on January 20th
- Asset-Based Revenues Drive Charles Schwab’s Q4 Results on January 20th
- Bank of America’s Q4 Shock Doesn’t Take Away From Strength Of Business Model on January 19th
- Discover Earnings Preview: Holiday Sales To Lift Cards Business on January 19th
Industrials & Transportation
- Norfolk Southern Earnings Preview: Coal Weakness Should Be Offset By Merchandise, Intermodal on January 23rd
- United and Alaska’s Profits Take-Off On Lower Fuel Expense on January 23rd
- FX Dampens Johnson Controls’ Strong Performance on January 23rd
- Union Pacific Earnings: Volume Grows On Coal, Industrial Carloads on January 23rd
- Lower Oil Prices Lift Southwest’s Net And Outlook on January 23rd
- Commercial Aviation Upcycle Could Lift GE’s Results Despite Oil Weakness & A Smaller GE Capital on January 22nd
- Capacity Expansion To Boost Southwest’s Fourth Quarter Results on January 21st
- Johnson Controls’ Revenue To Grow On ADT Acquisition, Growing Automotive Production on January 21st
- Alaska’s Revenue, Profit Could Rise Despite Increased Competition From Delta on January 21st
- Union Pacific’s Revenue To Grow On Agriculture, Intermodal, Industrial Shipments on January 21st
- Lower Fuel Prices Lift Delta’s Net And Outlook on January 21st
- Lower Fuel Prices, Cost Cuts Could Lift United’s Profit on January 21st
- Honeywell Earnings Preview: Aerospace Decline Will Likely Offset ACS Growth on January 22nd
Media & Telecom
- Verizon Reports Robust Q4 Subscriber Adds, Income Falls On Pension Costs on January 23rd
- Comcast-TWC Merger Makes Sense Despite Ever Growing Opposition on January 21st
- Netflix Back To Winning Ways As Subscriber Growth Satisfies Investors on January 21st
- China Mobile Ends 2014 With A Whopping 90 Million 4G Users on January 21st
- Viacom’s Studio Business Bolstered By The Success Of Its Movies In 2014 on January 20th
- News Corp: Digital Assets Can Help Improve Advertising Revenues on January 20th
- Weekly Pay-TV Notes: Dish Fox News Deal, Comcast X1 Features And DirecTV KSBY Agreement on January 20th
- Verizon Earnings Preview: Postpaid Subscriber Adds, Margins, Churn In Focus on January 20th
- Netflix Earnings Preview: Eye on Subscriber Numbers As Netflix Looks To Get Back On Trackon January 19th
- Fox News Returns On Dish Network But The Feud Led To Lower Ratings on January 20th
- Weekly Media Notes: Fox News Back On Dish, Disney’s Infinity Sales And NBCU Live +3 Ratings on January 20th
Health Care
- Pfizer Earnings Preview: Vaccines & Oncology Will Shine, But The Company Needs More on January 23rd
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Earnings Preview: Increasing Sales From New Drugs May Ease The Pressure Off Revenue Growth on January 23rd
- Intuitive Surgical Earnings: Q4 Shines Bright In Otherwise Dull Year on January 23rd
- Growth In Optum, Medicaid Drives UnitedHealth To A New High on January 22nd
- Johnson & Johnson’s Earnings Suggest A Softer Year Ahead on January 21st
- Intuitive Surgical Earnings Preview: da Vinci Xi Adoption, International Sales In Focus on January 21st
- UnitedHealth Earnings Preview: Open Enrollments, Optum In Focus on January 20th
Energy & Utilities
- Weekly Oil & Gas Notes: Petrobras’ Asset Writedown and Exxon’s New Project Startup on January 23rd
- Halliburton Posts Q4 Growth, Difficult Year Ahead on January 21st
- Baker Hughes Reports Solid Q4 Growth, Weak Crude Prices Dim Outlook on January 21st
- Halliburton Q4 Preview: North American Completions and Production Could Drive Earnings on January 20th
- Baker Hughes Q4 Preview: North America To Drive Results, Expect A Tough Outlook on January 19th
Basic Materials
- U.S. Steel Earnings Preview: Robust Market Conditions In U.S. To Partially Offset Impact Of Planned Maintenance Activity On Results on January 23rd
- Freeport-McMoran Earnings Preview: Lower Copper And Oil Prices To Weigh On Results on January 23rd
- Rio Tinto 2014 Operations Review: Sharp Rise In Iron Ore Production Volumes on January 22nd