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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 122 top stories this week:
Technology (32 articles)
- Apple, 2 articles (13, 30)
- Broadcom, 2 articles (5, 20)
- Cree, 2 articles (11, 29)
- Facebook, 2 articles (1, 26)
- F5, 2 articles (8, 25)
- Lexmark, 2 articles (12, 28)
- Microsoft, 2 articles (2, 14)
- Qualcom, 2 articles (6, 21)
- TI, 2 articles (9, 24)
Consumer (22 articles)
- Dr. Pepper, 3 articles (7, 20, 21)
- Las Vegas Sands, 2 articles (1, 11)
- Leer, 2 articles (2, 17)
- Starbucks, 2 article (13, 21)
Financial Services (17 articles)
- Discover, 2 articles (7, 17)
- Travelers, 2 articles (5, 16)
- Visa, 2 articles (2, 8)
Industrials & Transportation (17 articles)
- Norfolk Southern, 2 articles (3, 16)
- UPS, 2 articles (2, 14)
Media & Telecom (14 articles)
- AT&T, 2 articles (9, 14)
- Comcast, 2 articles (4, 12)
- Juniper, 2 articles (3, 13)
- Verizon, 2 articles (1, 10)
Energy & Utilities (8 articles)
- Baker Hughes, 2 articles (4, 8)
- SunPower, 2 articles (3, 5)
Basic Materials (7 articles)
Health Care (3 articles)
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All 120 investment stories this week are listed below.
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Technology
- Facebook’s Monetization Sees A Bigger Jump In Q1 2014 on April 25th
- Microsoft Earnings: Windows Licensing And Cloud Powers Revenues on April 25th
- eBay Earnings Preview: Marketplaces And PayPal To Drive Growth on April 25th
- Twitter Earnings Preview: Monetization Will Jump But User Growth Still Raises Questions on April 25th
- Broadcom Benefits From Strong Infrastructure & Broadband Business As Mobile Revenue Shrinks on April 25th
- Qualcomm’s Revenue Growth Slows Amid Smartphone Saturation, Slow LTE Sales in China on April 25th
- A Quick Look At Oracle’s NoSQL Database 3.0 on April 24th
- Rising Customer Adoption Of Its New Products Drive F5′s Growth In Q2’14 on April 24th
- Improving Product Mix Drives TI’s Growth In Q1’14 on April 24th
- Yahoo! Japan Earnings Preview: Mobile Revenues And Online Sales Growth In Focus on April 24th
- Lighting Sales Drive Cree’s Growth But Lower Gross Margins on April 24th
- Lexmark Earnings: MPS And Perceptive Deliver Revenue Growth Yet Again on April 24th
- Apple Posts Record Q1 On Strong iPhone Sales, Margin Gains on April 24th
- Microsoft Earnings Preview: Satya Nadella’s ‘Mobile First, Cloud First’ Strategy In Focus on April 23rd
- Travelzoo Posts Disappointing Results On Search And Local Headwinds on April 22nd
- Pandora Earnings Preview: Profitability Will Continue To Improve on April 22nd
- VeriSign Q1FY14 Preview: Double-Digit Revenue Growth To Continue, Tax Benefit Could Lift Bottom Line on April 22nd
- Amazon Earnings Preview: Expect Impressive Growth Accompanied By Margin Expansion on April 22nd
- Baidu To Witness Top Line Acceleration On Better Mobile Monetization And Recent Acquisitionson April 22nd
- Broadcom’s Growth To Accelerate In 2014 on April 22nd
- Qualcomm Earnings Preview: Chipset And Device ASPs In Focus Amid High-End Saturation on April 22nd
- Motorola Solutions Faces Top-Line Concerns In Q1; Margins Key on April 22nd
- Zynga Earnings Preview: Mobile Performance Will Be In Focus on April 22nd
- TI’s Growth To Accelerate As Wireless Revenue Completely Phases Out on April 22nd
- F5′s Growth To Slow Down In Q2’14, But Long-Term Prospects Remain Strong on April 21st
- Facebook Earnings Preview: Growth May Fall on April 21st
- AMD Retains Its Growth Momentum Driven By An Expanding Semi-Custom Business on April 21st
- Lexmark Earnings Preview: Growth In MPS And Software Business In focus on April 21st
- Cree’s Growth Remains Strong Despite Short-Term Slowdown on April 21st
- Apple Earnings Preview: Lackluster Top Line Expected on April 21st
- EMC Earnings Preview: Emerging Storage And VMware Vital on April 21st
- VMware Earnings Preview: Software-Defined Storage, Networking In Focus on April 21st
Consumer
- Las Vegas Sands’ Earnings Jump 38% As Cotai Booms on April 25th
- Rising Production Volumes Bolster Growth For Lear, EPMS Margins Beat Expectations on April 25th
- Burger King Worldwide Earnings Preview: Sales And Margins To See Incremental Growth on April 25th
- Factors That Led To A 40% Decline In Best Buy’s Stock Price In 2014 on April 24th
- Better Fashion And Growth Of P.S. Brand Can Help Aeropostale Regain Its Lost Value on April 24th
- Cost Savings Are Allowing Colgate To Invest Back In Building Brands And Products on April 24th
- Dr. Pepper Earnings Review: Mexico Beats Expectations, Cost-Benefits Improve Profitability on April 24th
- Increase In Global Volumes And Margin Expansion Drive Harley-Davidson’s Q1 Growth on April 24th
- Philip Morris Revised To $79 On Unfavorable Currency, Regulatory Headwinds on April 24th
- Riding On International Growth, Kimberly-Clark Posts Another Set Of Strong Quarterly Numberson April 23rd
- Q1 Earnings Preview: Las Vegas Sands Will Ride High Over Mass Market Gaming Growth In Macau on April 23rd
- Dunkin’ Brand Earnings Preview : Sales and Margins To Grow on April 23rd
- Starbucks Earnings Preview : Strong Sales to Continue on April 23rd
- Honda Motors Corp Earnings Preview: Weak Yen Should Offset Lower Unit Sales in North America And China on April 23rd
- GM Earnings Preview: Car Recall Related Expenses To Hurt GM on April 23rd
- Ford Earnings Preview: North America, China Strength To Continue To Boost Profitability on April 23rd
- China Growth And Luxury Volume Rise To Boost Lear’s Top line, Margins To Improve on April 23rd
- Currency Woes Could Lower Unilever’s Sales Growth on April 22nd
- Exchange Rates Will Act As Headwinds As P&G Expands Into Emerging Markets on April 22nd
- Decline In Soda Demand In The U.S. And Mexico To Weigh On Dr. Pepper’s First Quarter Results on April 22nd
- SodaStream Might Be In Talks To Sell Stake To PepsiCo, Dr. Pepper Or Starbucks on April 21st
- McDonald’s Earnings Preview: Declining Sales, Rising Prices and Growing Competition May Hold Back Margins on April 21st
Financial Services
- Hartford To Maintain Underwriting Discipline, Winter Conditions May Impact Profitability on April 25th
- Visa Maintains Growth To Surpass Expectations on April 25th
- Cleared Of Fraud Against SMEs, RBS Eases Rules For Distressed Businesses on April 24th
- NASDAQ OMX Earnings Preview: Non-Core Businesses To Offset Declining Trading Volumes on April 23rd
- Strong Underwriting Performance, Investment Results Help Travelers Beat Market Expectationson April 23rd
- Low Interest Environment Responsible For BNY Mellon’s Mixed Q1 Results on April 23rd
- Discover Maintains Loan Growth To Beat Market Expectations on April 23rd
- Visa Earnings Preview: Consumer Sentiment, Emerging Markets Penetration Are Key on April 23rd
- TD Ameritrade Earnings Preview: Increasing Trading Activity To Drive Quarter on April 22nd
- Goldman Reports Strong Q1 Figures Despite Lower Trading Revenues on April 22nd
- Morgan Stanley Bucks Industry Trends, Posts Strong Q1 Results on April 22nd
- E*Trade Earnings Preview: Growing Trade Volumes And Asset Base To Drive Performance on April 21st
- U.S. Bancorp Continues To Churn Out Steady Profits From Its Risk-Averse Model on April 21st
- Strong Growth Across Asset Classes Fuels BlackRock’s Q1 Results on April 21st
- Lower Costs, Provisions Help Capital One Overcome Shrinking Revenues on April 21st
- Travelers Earnings Preview: Underwriting Profitability In Focus on April 21st
- Discover Financial Earnings Preview: Focus On Loans, Losses And Direct Banking on April 21st
Industrials & Transportation
- Restructuring Charges Clip UTC’s Earnings Despite Healthy Growth In Sales Driven By Commercial Aviation on April 25th
- High Operating Costs Driven By Weather Disruptions Offset Revenue Growth Leading to Decline In UPS’s Earnings on April 25th
- Norfolk Southern’s Revenue Declines Due To Low Coal And Merchandise Volumes on April 24th
- Samsung Corning Precision Acquisition Will Drive Corning’s First Quarter Revenue on April 24th
- Capacity Expansion & Revenue Initiatives Will Likely Lift Alaska’s Results on April 24th
- JetBlue’s Earnings Preview: Impact From Severe Winter Weather Will Likely Moderate Growth In Results on April 23rd
- Southwest’s Profits Could Rise On Cost Savings, Despite A Decline In Its Flying Capacity on April 23rd
- United’s Results Will Show The Impact From Winter Storms on April 23rd
- Union Pacific Posts Strong Growth Despite Increase In Operating Expense on April 22nd
- Cost Cuts Could Lift Caterpillar’s Earnings Despite Mining Weakness on April 22nd
- Growth In The U.S. And European Markets Will Help Drive 3M’s Sales on April 22nd
- Higher Global Automotive Production & Cost Cuts Will Likely Lift Johnson Controls’s Earnings on April 22nd
- Boeing’s Earnings Will Take Off On Higher Commercial Airplane Deliveries Driven By Production Ramp Ups on April 21st
- Declining Revenue Per Package May Temper UPS’s Revenue Growth on April 21st
- Expansion In Flying Capacity & Cost Controls Will Likely Lift Delta’s Results on April 21st
- Low Volumes And High Operational Costs May Hamper Norfolk Southern’s Earnings on April 21st
- Solid Operating Results Keep GE On Track To Achieve Annual Targets on April 21st
Media & Telecom
- Verizon Posts Disappointing Subscriber Figures As Price Competition Intensifies on April 25th
- China Telecom Earnings Preview: Rising Competition Likely To Weigh On Margins on April 25th
- Juniper Beats Guidance On Strong Switching And Edge Routing Gains on April 24th
- Comcast Adds Pay-TV Subscribers For The Second Consecutive Quarter; Q1 Results Impressive With Strong Growth Across The Segments on April 23rd
- Netflix Continues To Benefit From Content Superiority on April 23rd
- Time Warner Cable Q1 Earnings Preview: Pay-TV And Broadband Subscriber Trends In Focus on April 23rd
- The New York Times Earnings Preview: What We are Watching on April 23rd
- China Mobile’s First Quarter Profit Falls 9% On Rising Competition, Subsidies on April 23rd
- AT&T Posts Strong Q1 On Adoption Of Mobile Share And Next Plans on April 23rd
- Verizon Earnings Preview: Impact Of Vodafone Deal, Rising Competition In Focus on April 23rd
- Sirius XM Earnings Preview: Subscriber Additions May Moderate on April 22nd
- Comcast Q1 Earnings Preview: Watchout For Pay-TV And Broadband Subscriber Trends on April 21st
- Juniper Earnings Preview: Router Performance And Restructuring in Focus on April 21st
- AT&T Earnings Preview: Margin Focus Amid Heightened Competition on April 21st
Energy & Utilities
- What’s Powering Duke Energy’s Earnings Growth? on April 25th
- Is Yingli’s Follow-On Offering A Good Idea? on April 25th
- SunPower Has Solid Quarter Driven By Distributed Generation Business on April 25th
- Baker Hughes’ Aker Solutions Alliance Highlights The Importance Of Subsea Technologies on April 23rd
- SunPower Q1 Preview: Watching EMEA and U.S. Rooftop Business on April 23rd
- Halliburton Q1: Eastern Hemisphere Shines; North American Recovery Underway on April 22nd
- Schlumberger Earnings: Middle East and Asia Activity, Market Share Gains Drive Results on April 21st
- Baker Hughes Q1 Results Driven By Eastern Hemisphere Activity on April 21st
Basic Materials
- Barrick Gold Earnings Preview: Lower Prices And Volumes To Impact Results on April 25th
- Vale’s Earnings Preview: Lower Iron Ore Prices To Impact Results on April 25th
- Freeport: Lower Copper And Gold Prices And Lower Copper Shipments Affect Q1 Results on April 25th
- U.S. Steel Earnings Preview: Higher Steel Prices to Boost Results on April 24th
- Shift In Agricultural Sales Timing, Lower Chemical Prices Weigh On DuPont’s Earnings Growthon April 24th
- Problems In Indonesia And Low Copper Prices To Weigh On Freeport’s Q1 Results on April 22nd
- Newmont’s Earnings Preview: Lower Gold And Copper Prices To Impact Results on April 21st
Health Care
- Intuitive Surgical Disappoints With 77% Earnings Drop on April 23rd
- Medtronic Gets Relief In Edwards Patent Case, But Near-Term U.S. Outlook For CoreValve Looks Grim on April 22nd
- Boston Scientific Receives FDA Approval For Its Latest CRM Devices on April 22nd
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