Trefis: Highlights Week Ending 29 November 2013

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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 57 top stories this week:

Consumer (19 articles)

Technology (16 articles)

• HP, 2 articles (4, 13)
• Perfect World, 2 articles (10, 14)
  
• RenRen, 2 articles (3, 16)
  

Basic Materials (7 articles)

• DuPont, 2 articles (6, 7)

Financial Services (6 articles)

Industrials & Transportation (4 articles)

Energy & Utilities (2 articles)

Health Care (2 articles)

Media & Telecom (1 articles)

All 57 investment stories this week are listed below.

Consumer

1. Guess’ Results Will Be Weighed Down by Sluggish Economic Growth In Europe, U.S. And China on November 29th
2. Aeropostale Earnings Preview: Expect The Struggle To Continue on November 29th
3. Ford’s European Product Offensive To Steer The Automaker Out Of Red on November 27th
4. Honda Beginning To Get Things Right In China on November 27th
5. Specialty Drugs To Drive CVS’ Pharmacy Service Business on November 27th
6. Kimberly-Clark Mulls Spin-Off Of Health Care Division To Create Shareholder Value on November 27th
7. L’Oréal Increases Travel Retail Offerings To Cater To Expanding Global Passenger Traffic on November 26th
8. Gross Margin Efficiencies Are Helping Colgate-Palmolive Support Its Products Amid Rising Competition on November 26th
9. Philip Morris International Turns To E-Cigarettes On Declining Demand For Traditional Ones on November 26th
10. October Results Highlight How U.S. Automakers Are Regaining Their Competitive Edge on November 26th
11. Harley-Davidson’s Lightweight Motorcycle Hopes To Become A Heavyweight on November 26th
12. After Hirzel’s 6% Stake, Crescendo Urges Buyout and Aeropostale Adopts Poison Pill on November 26th
13. Abercrombie & Fitch Continues to Struggle; Might Be A While Before It Can Bounce Back on November 25th
14. RadioShack Takes Its Concept Stores To The International Market on November 25th
15. Chipotle Mexican Grill: Déjà vu In The Making ? on November 25th
16. Gap Inc’s Steady Growth Confirms A Better Future on November 25th
17. Fed Taper Might Be Music To Toyota’s Ears on November 25th
18. Daimler Signals Intent To Grow Chinese Sales With A $850 Million Investment on November 25th
19. Ann Concludes Another Strong Quarter Amid The Retail Market Woes on November 25th

Technology

1. Why Amazon May Turn Out To Be Winner During The Holiday Season on November 29th
2. Zynga Is Improving Its Average Revenue Per User, But Has A Long Way To Go on November 29th
3. Renren Posts Disappointing Results Along With Weak Guidance on November 29th
4. HP Earnings: Company Delivers Better Than Expected Results on November 27th
5. Why Automatic Data Processing Is Worth $73? on November 27th
6. F5 Worth $112 As It Gains From The Growing ADC Market on November 27th
7. Pandora Continues To Impress With Mobile Advertising on November 27th
8. Here Are The Key Factors Impacting Constant Contact’s Customer Growth Rate on November 26th
9. How Facebook’s Advertising Revenue Per Monthly Active User Is Trending on November 26th
10. Driven By Launch Of New Games, Perfect World Posts A Strong Quarter on November 26th
11. VMware’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure To Benefit From DaaS on November 26th
12. Apple Could Bag China Mobile Deal As 4G Launch Nears on November 26th
13. HP Pre-Earnings Outlook: Revenue Decline To Slow Down on November 25th
14. Perfect World Could Report Strong Revenue Growth In Q3 on November 25th
15. Western Digital’s Helium-Filled Drive: An Alternative To SSD? on November 25th
16. Renren Could Post Weak Results In The Third Quarter on November 25th

Basic Materials

1. A Closer Look At Dow’s Agricultural Science Products Business on November 27th
2. Cliffs Natural Suspends Chromite Project Indefinitely on November 27th
3. ArcelorMittal Close To Buying U.S. Steel Plant With Nippon Steel? on November 27th
4. Rio Tinto Likely To Close Gove Alumina Refinery In Australia on November 26th
5. An Analysis Of Silver Wheaton’s San Dimas Mine on November 26th
6. DuPont To Sell Off Glass Laminating Products Business As It Continues To Transform Itself on November 26th
7. A Closer Look At DuPont’s Plans For The Biofuels Market on November 25th

Financial Services

1. RBS Gets Ready To Divest Remaining Stake In WorldPay on November 27th
2. British Regulatory Watchdog Reviews Gold Fixing Process on November 27th
3. Here’s Why Capital One Is Worth $79 on November 27th
4. How Will Bond Yields And Economic Conditions Affect MetLife And Prudential Financial? on November 25th
5. Here’s How The Largest U.S. Banks Fare In Terms Of Basel III Compliance on November 25th
6. Securities Exchanges: Technological Issues In Focus, ICE Makes Another Acquisition on November 25th

Industrials & Transportation

1. Cardinal Health Alliance Could Boost Supply Chain Revenues For FedEx on November 29th
2. United Plans To Add Capacity After Years Of Scaling Down on November 26th
3. What’s In It For Corning And Samsung In The Samsung Corning Precision Deal? on November 26th
4. GE Trims Its Retail Lending Unit To Intensify Focus On Industrials on November 26th

Energy & Utilities

1. An Overview Of KMP’s Products Pipeline Business on November 26th
2. ConocoPhillips’ European Assets To Boost Earnings Growth Next Year on November 25th

Health Care

1. Pfizer And Wyeth Team Up To Drive Growth In India on November 26th
2. A Look At Abbott’s Vascular Division on November 25th

Media & Telecom

1. Disney Surpasses $4 Billion At The Global Box Office, Future Looks Promising on November 29th