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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 56 top stories this week:
Consumer (18 articles)
- Rite Aid, 2 articles (1, 17)
Technology (13 articles)
- Oracle, 2 articles (5, 13)
Financial Services (7 articles)
- JP Morgan Chase, 2 articles (1, 12)
- Metlife, 2 articles (1, 4)
Media & Teleom (6 articles)
Energy & Utilities (4 articles)
Industrials & Transportation (4 articles)
- FedEx, 2 articles (2, 4)
Basic Materials (3 articles)
Health Care (1 article)
All 56 investment stories this week are listed below.
Consumer
- Rite Aid’s Q3’14 Results Show A Sustained Growth Momentum on December 20th
- Coach Lays The Foundation For Its Growth on December 20th
- Black Friday Lifts U.S. Auto Sales In November But Market Could Hit Plateau on December 20th
- Wal-Mart’s Growing Grocery Business Is Good For Its Sales, But Not For Margins on December 19th
- Cola Wars In Russia (Part 1) on December 19th
- Chipotle’s Catering Service Offers Growth Potential on December 19th
- Urban Outfitters Is Likely To Emerge As A Winner This Holiday Season on December 19th
- South Korea Provides Hope For Guess’ Asian Business Despite A Slowdown In China on December 18th
- Unilever’s Home and Personal Care Businesses Will Be Most Affected In A Prolonged EM Slowdown on December 18th
- Procter & Gamble Seems To Be On Track To Achieve Its Cost Savings Target on December 18th
- Can Keurig 2.0 Provide The Next Wave of Growth For GMCR? on December 18th
- Nike Earnings Preview: China, Emerging Markets Could Offset NAmerica Growth on December 17th
- Walgreen To Start Fiscal 2014 On a Strong Note on December 17th
- American Eagle Outfitters Plans To Expand Its Presence In Asia By Entering Thailand on December 17th
- Armoured For Growth; Potential Opportunities For Under Armour on December 17th
- Gap Inc On Its Way To Happy Holidays on December 16th
- Rite Aid’s Earnings Preview: Generic Substitution & Wellness Stores In Focus on December 16th
- PepsiCo Faces The Coca-Cola Challenge In The Growing U.S. Sports Drinks Market on December 16th
Technology
- Western Digital’s Black2 Dual Drive Targets PC And Laptop Markets on December 20th
- Fox To Enter The Theme Park Business on December 20th
- NetApp’s All-Flash Array To Take On EMC In Fast Growing Market on December 20th
- Revisiting Why Twitter’s High Valuation Doesn’t Make Sense As The Stock Climbs on December 20th
- Software License and Hardware System Revenues Continue To Disappoint For Oracle on December 19th
- Here Are A Few Factors That Support Shutterfly’s Future Revenue Growth on December 18th
- LinkedIn: Opportunities & Threats (Part 2) on December 18th
- OpenTable Grabs Quickcue To Improve Guest Management Offerings on December 18th
- SanDisk’s New Drives Provide Scalable Memory Options For Mobile Devices on December 18th
- A Look At VeriSign’s Domain Registration Business on December 18th
- Seagate’s Strategy to Drive Enterprise And Cloud Business Further on December 17th
- Accenture Pre-Earnings: Revenue Growth In Focus on December 16th
- Oracle Q2 Earnings Preview: Software License Growth, Cloud Subscription Revenues In Focus on December 16th
Financial Services
- Financial Weekly Notes: JPMorgan, Citigroup & Morgan Stanley on December 20th
- MetLife Continues To Expand In Asia Despite The Citigroup Setback on December 20th
- Fed Decides To Taper: The Impact On Manulife, Prudential And MetLife on December 19th
- JPMorgan Takes FDIC To Court Over More Than A Billion In WaMu Losses on December 19th
- Brokerage Stocks Rally As The Fed Moves To Taper QE on December 19th
- AIG Announces Another Deal For Its Aircraft Leasing Business on December 17th
- Analysis Of The U.S. Personal Automobile Insurance Market Part 2: Hartford Financial on December 17th
Media & Telecom
- Cisco Worth $26 Due To Margin Focus, Strong Market Fundamentals on December 19th
- Another Roadblock Cleared For Dish As Centerbridge Backs Out From LightSquared Bid on December 19th
- Dish May Bid For T-Mobile Early Next Year on December 19th
- BlackBerry Earnings Preview: Enterprise Defections and BBM Strategy In Focus on December 17th
- DirecTV’s NFL Deal Is An Expensive Option For Exclusivity on December 17th
- Sprint’s Potential Bid For T-Mobile Could Make For A Risky Merger on December 16th
Energy & Utilities
- What To Expect From Chevron In 2014? on December 19th
- Rising Spending From National Oil Companies Is Good News For Schlumberger on December 17th
- An Overview Of The Chilean Solar Market on December 16th
- What To Expect From Yingli Green Energy And Trina Solar In 2014 on December 16th
Industrials & Transportation
- GE Seeks To Maintain Its Margin Expansion Momentum In 2014 Through Cost Cuts on December 20th
- Ground Segment Offsets Express Losses for FedEx on December 19th
- With Coal Volumes Down, Intermodal Business Will Drive Growth For CSX on December 17th
- FedEx Q2 Earnings Preview: Holidays To Boost Ground Revenues, Express Segment Recovery In Focus on December 16th
Basic Materials
- Agreement With Airbus For Supply Of Aerospace Parts Is Positive For Alcoa’s Business on December 19th
- Will Freeport Suffer From Indonesia’s Mineral Export Ban In 2014? on December 17th
- Rio Tinto Shelves $4 Billion Aluminum Smelter Plan In Paraguay on December 16th
Health Care
- Here Is What Can Propel Merck on December 19th