Trefis: Highlights Week Ending 31 January 2014

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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 95 top stories this week:

Technology (27 articles)

• Amazon, 2 articles (1, 13)
• Broadcom, 2 articles (2, 24)
• Electronic Arts, 2 articles (15, 27)
• EMC, 2 articles (4, 19)
  
• Facebook, 2 articles (10, 17)
• Qualcomm (2 articles (6, 18)
• Symantec, 2 articles (7, 25)
  
• Yahoo!, 2 articles (9, 12)
  

Consumer (22 articles)

• Harley-Davidson, 2 articles (7, 21)
  

Industrials & Transportation (13 articles)

• Corning, 2 articles (2, 13)

Financial Services (10 articles)

Energy & Utilities (8 articles)

• ConocoPhillips, 2 articles (1, 7)

Basic Materials (7 articles)

Media & Telecom (6 articles)

• Juniper Networks, (1, 5)

Health Care (2 articles)

All 95 investment stories this week are listed below.

Technology

Technology

1. Amazon’s Revenue Growth Slows Down on January 31st
2. Broadcom Benefits From Strong Infrastructure Sales In Q4 But Baseband Margins Suffer on January 31st
3. Google Earnings: Revenues Buoyed By Higher Ad Sales on January 31st
4. EMC’s Strong Quarter Driven By Emerging Storage And VMware on January 31st
5. Robust Quarter Ends A Solid 2013 For VMware, Stock Worth $97 on January 30th
6. Qualcomm Posts Mixed Q1 As Operational Efficiencies Counter Decline In ASPs; China Potential Ahead on January 30th
7. Symantec Beats Q3 Guidance On Strong Realignment Progress But Top Line Risks Remain on January 30th
8. Growing SaaS CRM Solutions Adoption By Large Enterprises To Benefit Salesforce, SAP on January 30th
9. Yahoo! Japan Earnings: Mobile And New Strategy To Boost Revenues In the Future on January 30th
10. Facebook Jumps On Strong Results on January 30th
11. Lexmark Earnings: Revenues Beat Expectation as Margins Rise on January 29th
12. Yahoo Earnings: Downtrend In Ad Revenues Continue on January 29th
13. Amazon Can Expect Good Q4 On Holiday Sales on January 29th
14. Seagate’s Revenues Decline But Growth Potential Remains For Enterprise Storage on January 29th
15. Electronic Arts Misses Revenue Guidance But Expands Margins Through Digital Growth on January 29th
16. Solid-State Storage Leads To A Strong 2013 For SanDisk, Stock Worth $75 on January 28th
17. Facebook Earnings Preview: Strong Growth Expected, But Watch Out For Signs Of Ad Monetization Approaching A Ceiling on January 28th
18. Qualcomm Earnings Preview: Facing ASP And Margin Concerns Despite Holiday Season Boost on January 28th
19. EMC Earnings Preview: Emerging Storage And Cloud To Drive Quarter As Core Business Stagnates on January 28th
20. Apple Receives Holiday-Quarter Boost But Guidance Suffers On Inventory Changes And Software Revenue Deferrals on January 28th
21. Constant Contact Pre-Earnings: Revenue And Margin Prospects Look Challenged Post Digital Industry Consolidation on January 27th
22. Here’s Why Travelzoo’s Growth Will Re-accelerate In 2014 on January 27th
23. Samsung’s Weak Earnings Reflect Tough iPhone Competition Amid Rising Chipset Priceson January 27th
24. Broadcom’s Revenue To Decline In Q4’13 But Long-Term Prospects Remain Bright on January 27th
25. Symantec Earnings Preview: Business Realignment In Focus on January 27th
26. How Has Oracle’s Server Division Fared Since Its Acquisition Of Sun Microsystems? on January 27th
27. Electronic Arts Earnings Preview: Strong Portfolio To Support Digital Growth on January 27th

Consumer

1. Revlon Fiscal 2013 Pre-Earnings: Holiday Season Sales, Balance Sheet Condition In Focuson January 31st
2. Latin America Helps Colgate-Palmolive Post Solid Organic Sales Growth In Q4 on January 31st
3. Las Vegas Sands’ Earnings Jump 32% As Macau Continues Its Impressive Growth on January 31st
4. What’s Driving Ralph Lauren’s Average Revenue Per Square Foot on January 31st
5. Earnings Review: Under Armour Beats All Expectations, Delivers 35% Topline Growth on January 31st
6. Altria Posts Higher Earnings On Fatter Margins on January 31st
7. Why Harley-Davidson Can’t Break Through The Wall Of China on January 31st
8. Coach Earnings Review: North America Disappoints Again, But International Growth Still Strong on January 30th
9. Ford Delivers Strong Profits But Remains Cautious On Outlook on January 30th
10. PepsiCo’s Investment In Mexico Comes In The Wake Of Possible CSD Slowdown on January 30th
11. Honda To Post Strong Profits On The Back Of Weak Yen on January 29th
12. Beverage Companies Go Green In Hope To Sell More Water on January 29th
13. Colgate-Palmolive Earnings Preview: Broad Growth Momentum To Continue With Innovation And Gross Margin Expansion on January 29th
14. Starbucks’ Profits Surge Despite Sales Slowing Down on January 29th
15. Expect Chipotle To Post Strong Sales Though Margins Could Decline on January 28th
16. Altria’s Earnings To Be Higher On Better Margins on January 28th
17. Hillshire Brands’ Q2FY14 Earnings: Muted Sales Growth, Thinner Margins Expected on January 28th
18. Strong Vehicle Demand And Increasing Electrical Content To Provide Growth For Lear on January 28th
19. Kimberly-Clark’s Results Meet Guidance, Future Looks Bright For Baby Care Business on January 28th
20. Las Vegas Sands Will Continue To Ride High On Macau Growth on January 28th
21. Harley-Davidson Earnings Preview: Project Rushmore Bikes Could Boost U.S. Sales; Margins Could Improve on January 27th
22. P&G Grows Despite Flat Sales In Beauty And Developed Markets on January 27th

Industrials & Transportation

1. Production Ramp Ups Lift Boeing’s Net & Positions It For Robust 2014 on January 30th
2. Corning’s Revenue Dips On Declines In Display, Specialty Materials Businesses on January 30th
3. Unanticipated Surge In Holiday Season Deliveries May Hamper UPS’s Fourth Quarter Results on January 29th
4. Sales Growth From Emerging Markets Will Drive 3M’s Fourth Quarter Results on January 29th
5. Caterpillar’s Results Clipped By Mining Weakness But Its Sales Will Likely Stabilize In 2014on January 29th
6. Alaska & United’s Profits Rise On Capacity Expansion Gains & Lower Fuel Costs on January 29th
7. Lockheed Misses Earnings Guidance But Expects Higher Profits In 2014 on January 28th
8. Johnson Controls’ Profits Rise On Higher Auto Production & Cost Cutbacks on January 28th
9. Union Pacific’s Overall Volume Grows Despite Weak Coal Shipments on January 28th
10. Norfolk Southern’s Merchandise And Intermodal Business Help Post Strong Quarterly Results on January 28th
11. Higher Commercial Aviation Demand Lifts UTC’s Results Despite Military Weakness on January 28th
12. Higher Commercial Airplane Deliveries Will Lift Boeing’s Results on January 28th
13. Falling LCD Prices And Seasonal Declines May Hamper Corning’s Sales on January 27th

Financial Services

1. Financial Weekly Notes: BofA, Morgan Stanley & Barclays on January 31st
2. Q4 2013 U.S. Investment Bank Round-Up: Equity Trading on January 31st
3. Visa Maintains Growth Despite FX Headwinds And Tepid U.S. Volumes on January 31st
4. Q4 2013 U.S. Investment Bank Round-Up: Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities Trading on January 30th
5. Q4 2013 U.S. Investment Bank Round-Up: Advisory Services on January 29th
6. Q4 2013 U.S. Investment Bank Round-Up: Debt Origination on January 29th
7. Q4 2013 U.S. Investment Banking Round-Up: Equity Underwriting on January 29th
8. Soft European Market Outlook, Legal Uncertainty Could Present Downside To Deutsche Bank’sValue on January 28th
9. Despite International Concerns, Visa And MasterCard To Gain From U.S. Holiday Sales on January 28th
10. State Street’s Core Operating Strengths Justify $78 Price on January 27th

Energy & Utilities

1. ConocoPhillips’ Earnings Rise On Better Volume Mix on January 31st
2. SunPower’s Residential Solar Business Remains Important Despite Utility-Scale Focus on January 31st
3. Chevron To Post Lower Earnings On Lower Volumes, Thinner Margins on January 30th
4. Why Transocean’s Stock Has Been Trending Lower on January 30th
5. Trends That Will Drive Halliburton and Baker Hughes Pumping Business This Year on January 29th
6. Better Prices, Volume Mix To Fuel Earnings Growth At Exxon on January 29th
7. Higher Commodity Prices, Better Production Mix To Boost ConocoPhillips’ Earnings on January 28th
8. Germany’s Proposal To Tax Self-Consumption Of Solar Power Could Hurt Panel Demand on January 28th

Basic Materials

1. Newmont Meets Production Expectations But Future Price Outlook Is Not So Bright on January 31st
2. A Closer Look At Silver Wheaton’s Yauliyacu Mine on January 31st
3. DuPont Beats Estimates As Higher Agricultural Sales Offset Lower Chemical Prices on January 30th
4. U.S. Steel Reports Higher Quarterly Loss Due To One-Time Charges on January 29th
5. Dow’s Earnings Expected To Swell On Thicker Margins on January 28th
6. U.S. Steel Expected To Report Flat Year-Over-Year Results Despite Higher Prices on January 27th
7. Freeport McMoran: Higher Production Compensates For Lower Copper And Gold Prices on January 27th

Media & Telecom

1. NBCUniversal Drives Comcast’s Q4 Earnings on January 30th
2. Despite T-Mobile Competition, AT&T Posts Strong Q4 On Wider LTE Coverage And Lower Subsidies on January 29th
3. Advertising Income Will Boost Viacom’s Q1 Earnings on January 29th
4. Time Warner Cable Continues To Bleed Pay-TV Subscribers on January 29th
5. AT&T’s Q4 Results To Show Impact Of T-Mobile Competition And Smartphone Subsidies on January 28th
6. Comcast Q4 Earnings Preview: NBCUniversal And Pay-TV Subscriber Trend In Focus on January 27th

Health Care

1. Medtronic’s CoreValve Gets Early FDA Approval; U.S. Sales Likely To Get A Boost on January 30th
2. Johnson & Johnson Is Going Strong on January 27th