Written by Trefis Staff
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 116 top stories this week:
Technology (40 articles)
- Facebook, 4 articles (8, 20, 23, 36)
- Microsoft, 3 articles (10, 11, 40)
- AMD, 3 articles (14, 24, 30)
- Apple, 3 articles (4, 13, 35)
- Google, 3 articles (8, 27, 28)
- Nvidia, 3 articles (15, 34, 40)
- Cree, 2 articles (1, 19)
- Dell, 2 articles (3, 38)
- Qalcomm, 2 articles (12, 15)
- Shutterfly, 2 articles (2, 21)
Consumer (21 articles)
- CVS Caremark, 2 articles (4, 8)
- Walgreen, 2 articles (4, 9)
Financial Services (15 articles)
- General articles about banking, 4 articles (2, 6, 13, 16)
- Bank of America, 2 articles (2, 8)
- Morgan Stanley, 2 articles (2, 4)
- Prudential, 2 articles (7, 12)
Energy & Utilities (14 articles)
- Chevron, 2 articles (2, 8)
- Exxon-Mobil, 2 articles (7,12)
- LDK, 2 articles (6,11)
Media & Telecom (9 articles)
- Sprint, 2 articles (3, 8)
Industrials & Transportation (6 articles)
- Southwest Airlines, 3 articles (2, 4, 6)
- US Airways, 2 articles (3, 4)
Basic Materials (7 articles)
- Barrick Gold, 2 articles (1, 4)
Health Care (4 articles)
- Pfizer, 2 articles (4, 5)
All 116 investment stories this week are listed below.
Technology
- Cree’s Upside/ Downside Scenarios to $27.50 Valuation on June 8th
- Shutterfly Acquires Photoccino to Improve Online Offerings on June 8th
- Is Dell A Value Stock Or Value Trap? on June 8th
- Apple’s Next Generation iPhone Will Carry Broadcom Wi-Fi Chips on June 8th
- Yahoo Launches Axis With The Hope To Redefine Search Experience on June 8th
- EA Offers Free Gaming Levels Of Star Wars To Boost Dwindling Subscribers on June 8th
- Groupon Acquires Breadcrumb To Drive Point Of Sale Purchases For Local Merchants on June 8th
- Weekly Internet Update: Google & Facebook on June 8th
- Baidu Continuing Promotes Its Cloud Android OS To Drive Mobile Search on June 8th
- Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Release Preview on June 8th
- Weekly Tech Summary: Microsoft & Amazon on June 8th
- Qualcomm Plays The LTE Savior Once Again on June 8th
- Debunking iPad Mini Rumors – Part III on June 7th
- AMD Showcases Trinity-Chips Powered Windows 8 Tablet Prototype on June 7th
- Nvidia’s LTE Chips Validated By AT&T, Challenges Qualcomm’s LTE Dominance on June 7th
- Lumia To Add Dual-Core Processors With Windows Phone 8 on June 7th
- HP-Oracle Itanium Chip Trial May Affect HP Revenues, Margins on June 7th
- Nokia Expands Asha Line To Include Fully-Touch Phones; Bolsters Emerging Market Prospects on June 7th
- Cree Enhances RF Product Portfolio With New GaN Transistors on June 7th
- Is This Facebook’s Answer to the Mobile Monetization Challenge? on June 6th
- Why It Is Time To Bet On Shutterfly on June 6th
- Here Is Why Applied Materials Stock Has Been Hammered on June 6th
- Facebook For Kids Could Expand Virtual Games And Education Market on June 6th
- AMD Strengthens Server Portfolio With New Opteron Chips on June 6th
- Perfect World Is Worth A Whole Lot More Than The Market Thinks on June 6th
- TI’s Enhanced Product Portfolio Supports Our $45 Valuation on June 6th
- Google Snaps Up Meebo As Social Wars Rage On on June 6th
- Google Acquires Quickoffice; Looking to Dominate Mobile on June 6th
- Salesforce Buys Buddy Media To Ride Social Media Wave on June 5th
- AMD’s Worth $8 On Servers & Notebooks Growth on June 5th
- F5 Networks’ Upside/Downside Scenarios To $128 Stock Value on June 5th
- Micron Could Hit $7.40 On DRAM Market Recovery on June 5th
- Intel’s Upside/ Downside Scenarios For Our $31 Valuation on June 5th
- Nvidia Takes On The Mobile Market With World’s First Windows RT Device on June 5th
- Apple Is Headed To $700 On Emerging Markets Growth on June 4th
- Key Trends Behind Facebook’s $33 Stock Value: Social Ads, Virtual Goods, Social Commerce And Mobile on June 4th
- Intel Launches Lenovo & Orange Smartphones To Seize Mobile Opportunity on June 4th
- Dell Is Worth $20 Despite Weak Earnings on June 4th
- Looking At The Key Risks To Pandora’s Business Model on June 4th
- With Windows Certified Drivers Nvidia Readies For Windows 8 Launch on June 4th
Consumer
- Sara Lee Splits This Month, Renames North American Business As Hillshire Brands on June 8th
- Home Depot (NYSE:HD) Update: Raises Buyback, Reaffirms 2012 Outlook on June 8th
- Toyota’s May Performance Supports Company’s Sanguine Outlook on June 8th
- Drug Retail Weekly Update: Walgreen, CVS Caremark and Rite Aid on June 8th
- Asia Emerges As A Lucrative Destination For Casino Operators on June 8th
- Wal-Mart’s Price Leadership Helps Company Navigate Tough Economy on June 7th
- After Hertz, Zipcar’s Territory Is Under Threat From Enterprise on June 7th
- CVS Will Double The Number Of MinuteClinics To Tap Growing Demand on June 7th
- Walgreen May Sales Shows Weight Of PBM Fall Out on June 7th
- Costco Heads To $94 Driven By Executive Members Growth on June 7th
- Key Reasons Why Target Is Headed To $58 on June 7th
- How Teen Apparel Stocks Stack Up So Far This Year on June 6th
- Starbucks Reaches $55 With La Boulange Helping The Food Options on June 6th
- Philip Morris Readies For Potential Russian Public Smoking Ban on June 5th
- Why Macau Is A Lucrative Location for Gaming Companies on June 5th
- Daimler Is Trucking To Higher Market Share In India on June 5th
- Kraft To Launch Cadbury Popcorn With Growing Popularity for Chocolate Bags on June 4th
- Bloomberg Goes After Big Sodas In NY, Consumers And Soft Drink Co’s. To Fight Back on June 4th
- Golden Arches Green Initiatives Will Only Help in the Long Run on June 4th
- PepsiCo To Launch Alcoholic Beverages in Russia, Salty Watermelon Pepsi in Japan on June 4th
Financial Services
- BlackRock’s Scale And Equity Business Supports $217 Fair Value on June 8th
- Financials Weekly Notes: Goldman, Morgan Stanley & BofA on June 8th
- Capital One’s Acquisitions And Growth Strategy Justify $60 Value on June 7th
- Morgan Stanley May Sell Commodities Unit As Volcker Rule Looms on June 7th
- Is Nasdaq’s $40 Million Mea Culpa Enough To Undo The Damage? on June 7th
- Bank Stocks Continue To Rally On Possible Fed & ECB Intervention on June 7th
- The Pru Looks Rock Solid At $54 With New Focus on June 6th
- BofA Sells Mortgage Service Rights Worth $10.4 Billion To Nationstar on June 6th
- NYSE Enhances Technolody Services Platform With Corpedia on June 6th
- American Express And Zynga Promote Prepaid Cards Linked To Virtual Cash on June 5th
- JPMorgan’s Trading Losses Could Climb, Sold Profitable Securities To Cushion Impact on June 5th
- Prudential Signs Agreement With General Motors For Pension Obligations on June 5th
- Understanding The Different Kinds Of Banks And Their Roles on June 4th
- Three Key Drivers To BNY Mellon’s $27 Value on June 4th
- AIG Worth $30 As International Markets, Risk Management Drive Profitability on June 4th
- U.S. Bank Shares Look For Bounce After Poor Employment Report on June 4th
- Deutsche Bank Tops Global Forex List Again on June 4th
Energy & Utilities
- Trina Solar Shines To $8 As Demand Shifts East on June 8th
- Chevron’s Shale Plans in Romania Face Further Delays on June 8th
- Halliburton Warns On Higher Fracking Costs on June 7th
- German Pullback From Nuclear Power Not Benefiting Gas Prices on June 7th
- Anadarko Makes New Oil Discovery in West Africa; Adding to List of New Prospects on June 7th
- LDK’s China Contract Win Help Recovery Prospects on June 7th
- Exxon Fires Up Another Australian Gas Venture As Asian Oversupply Risk Rises on June 6th
- Chevron May Face Future Penalities For November Spill in Brazil on June 5th
- Schlumberger Launches New Marine Technology With Market Set to Expand on June 5th
- KMP Pipes To $87 Fair Value With Diversified Business Lines on June 5th
- LDK May Receive Boost As Chinese Stimulus Looks Likely on June 4th
- Iraq Opens Up New Auction Round For Fields; Exxon Out On Kurdish Deal on June 4th
- ANR’s Mine Safety Initiatives Help Defend $20 Value on June 4th
- BP’s Russian Sale May Mark A Strategic Shift on June 4th
Media & Telecom
- Why Is CBS Selling Its Outdoor Advertising Unit? on June 7th
- News Corp Buys Disney’s Stake In ESPN Star Sports on June 7th
- Sprint’s Prepaid iPhone Next Month Help It Meet Apple Commitment on June 7th
- Verizon Picks Up Hughes Telematics For Connected Devices Push on June 6th
- ESPN On XBox: Implications for Disney, Microsoft & Other Pay-TV Providers on June 6th
- DirecTV’s CEO Talks Tough On Rising Programming Fees on June 5th
- Netflix To Launch Its Own Content Delivery Network on June 5th
- Sprint Secures Capital To Fund Network Vision Equipment Upgrades; Fair Value $3.75 on June 5th
- Dish Network Beams To $34 As Subscriber Trends Show Improvement on June 5th
Industrials & Transportation
- Caterpillar Partners With Westport To Develop Natural Gas Powered Engines on June 8th
- Southwest’s Ready To Fly To $12 On International Growth, Cost Competencies on June 8th
- Four Reasons Why American Should Merge With US Airways on June 5th
- Key Trends Driving Airline Stocks: Delta, Southwest, US Airways on June 4th
- JetBlue Consolidates Intl. Footprint Through JFK T5i on June 4th
- Southwest Wins Houston Battle For Latin America Service At Hobby on June 4th
Basic Materials
- Barrick Gold: Buys Nevada Property; Argentina Import Restriction Could Hurt on June 6th
- Freeport McMoran $44 Fair Value: Chinese Demand Outweighs Indonesian Setbacks on June 5th
- Aloca: How Falling Copper Prices Could Hurt $12 Stock Value on June 4th
- Barrick Upside/Downside Scenarios To Our $53 Price Estimate on June 4th
- Newmont Mining To Cut $1 Billion In Capex In Peru Gold Project on June 4th
Health Care
- Merck Updates: Inks Biosimilars Deal With Dr. Reddy’s, FDA Rejects Oncology Drug on June 8th
- Abbott Opens New R&D Facility in India To Expand Nutritional Business on June 7th
- Roche Threatens Abbott’s Humira with Favorable Results for Rheumatoid Arthritis on June 7th
- JNJ’s Loss For Blood Thinner Drug Xarelto Could Be Pfizer’s Gain on June 6th
- Pfizer Fair Value $25: Launches Oncology Drug Xalkori in Canada on June 6th