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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 61 top stories this week:
Consumer (23 articles)
- Aeropostale, 2 articles (3, 14)
- American Eagle, 2 articles (8, 23)
- Best Buy, 2 articles (2, 17)
- L Brands, 2 articles (1, 18)
- Lowe’s, 2 articles (5, 22)
- Target, 2 articles (6, 19)
Technology (20 articles)
- Hewlett Packard, 2 articles (2, 16)
- NetApp, 2 articles (1, 17)
- Renren, 2 articles (4, 19)
Industrials & Transportation (6 articles)
Financial Services (4 articles)
Basic Materials (3 articles)
Energy & Utilities (2 articles)
Media & Telecom (2 articles)
- AT&T, 2 articles (1, 2)
- DirecTV, 2 articles (1, 2)
Health Care (1 article)
- Medtronic, 2 articles (1, 2)
All 61 investment stories this week are listed below.
Consumer
- L Brands Beats On Profit, But Lowers Its 2014 Outlook on May 23rd
- Best Buy Suffers From Lower Electronic Sales, But Cost Savings Improve Profits on May 23rd
- Aeropostale Slumps Further With Dismal Results And Bleak Guidance on May 23rd
- Here’s How Valuable The Wearables Business Is To Nike on May 23rd
- Lowe’s Earnings Review: Outdoor Category Sales Decline Due To Rough Weather But Boost Profitability on May 23rd
- Target Earnings: Continued Struggle In The U.S. And Canada Calls For Proactive Actions on May 22nd
- L’Oréal’s Body Shop: Revenue Per Store Performance Cloudy Despite Prospects Of Sales, Margin Expansion on May 22nd
- American Eagle To Close 150 Stores Following Dismal Results; Omni-Channel Progress Looks Good on May 22nd
- Unfavorable Weather Conditions And Slow Housing Activity Stall Top Line Growth For Home Depot on May 22nd
- Moving Production Share To Emerging Markets Can Unlock Substantial Value For Automakerson May 22nd
- Compact Saloon Sales To Outpace Growth In The Overall Chinese Luxury Car Market on May 22nd
- Why The Joint Venture With Cardinal Health Is A Good Move By CVS on May 21st
- Macau Remains The Key For MGM’s Casino Operations, The Strip Is All About Hotels on May 21st
- Aeropostale’s Results Will Be Bogged Down By Fierce Competition, Low Brand Loyalty And Store Consolidation on May 21st
- Urban Outfitters Earnings: Mainline Brand Remains A Concern While Free People And Anthropologie Continue To Grow on May 20th
- Gap Inc Earnings Preview: Strong Growth In April Will Offset Dull February And March on May 20th
- Best Buy’s Earnings Preview: Key Initiatives That Will Drive Growth on May 20th
- L Brands’ Growth To Pick Up Slightly In Q1 Following A Lackluster Q4 on May 20th
- Target Earnings Preview: Better Marcoeconomic Environment In The U.S. Might Help on May 20th
- GameStop Earnings Preview: Focus On Digital Sales, Software Revival And Tech Expansion on May 20th
- Mercedes Faces The Audi Challenge In China’s Compact Luxury Car Market on May 20th
- Lowe’s Earnings Preview: Slow Home Sales Could Impact Q1 Results on May 19th
- American Eagle Earnings Preview: Improving Market Conditions And Recovering Brand Image Can Subdue Harsh Weather on May 19th
Technology
- NetApp Earnings: Storage Slump Continues, Services Drive Growth on May 23rd
- HP Earnings: Cost Restructuring Takes Center Stage As Revenues Remain Tepid on May 23rd
- Will Amazon Have A Tough Time In India? on May 23rd
- Weak Mobile Monetization And Game Restructuring Hurt Renren’s Results on May 23rd
- A Look At Symantec’s Opportunity In The Mobile Security Market on May 22nd
- Why Micron’s Stock Price Doubled In The Last One Year on May 22nd
- Perfect World Posts Strong Growth Despite Lowered Promotional Activity on May 22nd
- Revenue Loss And Credit Downgrade Due To Dealer Services Spin-Off Will Negatively Impact ADP on May 22nd
- Focus On China To Expand Broadcom’s Wireless Business on May 21st
- Ariba, HANA Should Support Strong Growth In SAP’s Supply Chain Software Sales on May 21st
- Why is Yelp Worth $56? on May 21st
- New Products Will Accelerate AMD’s Footprint In Embedded Applications on May 21st
- Salesforce Q1’15 Earnings: Revenue Growth Strategy Continues To Trim Margins on May 21st
- How Groupon Plans To Improve Customer Retention on May 21st
- Xiaomi Launches The World’s First Tablet Based On Nvidia’s Tegra K1 on May 20th
- HP Earnings Preview: Revenues To Decline At A Slower Pace on May 20th
- NetApp Earnings Preview: Slowdown In Storage Hardware Sales Could Weigh On Results on May 20th
- Facebook To Open Sales Office In China, Why Is It Important? on May 19th
- Challenges In Online Advertising And Gaming Will Sink Renren’s Results on May 19th
- Rising Weibo Monetization Bodes Well For Sina’s Advertising Business on May 19th
Industrials & Transportation
- A Look At Norfolk Southern’s Automobile Segment on May 23rd
- GE Healthcare Is Focusing On Emerging Markets, R&D And Cost Cuts To Drive Growth on May 22nd
- Johnson Controls To Spin-Off Auto Interiors Unit As Part Of Its Shift Towards Higher Margin Businesses on May 21st
- Demand For Higher Generation Glass Substrates Will Drive Corning’s Display Volumes on May 20th
- Airlines Plan To Return Greater Cash To Shareholders As The Industry’s Finacial Health Improves on May 20th
- Caterpillar Is Cutting Costs & Relying On Construction & Energy Businesses To Combat Mining Weakness on May 19th
Financial Services
- Is The EU’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against JPMorgan A Cause For Concern? on May 21st
- Wells Fargo’s Growing Footprint In U.K. Is Good News on May 21st
- Credit Suisse Pleads Guilty, Pays $2.6 Billion To Settle U.S. Tax Evasion Charges on May 20th
- Deutsche Bank Finally Sells Cosmopolitan For $1.73 Billion on May 19th
Basic Materials
- Why A Barrick-Newmont Merger Makes Sense on May 23rd
- DuPont Considering Alternatives To Spinning Off Its Performance Chemicals Business on May 22nd
- Alcoa’s Road Ahead on May 19th
Energy & Utilities
- Trina Solar Has A Solid Q1 On Better Costs and Pricing on May 23rd
- What’s Driving Our Valuation Of Chevron’s Upstream Operations? on May 22nd
Media & Telecom
- AT&T-DirecTV Deal Could Provide Financial, Strategic Benefits If Approved on May 20th
- Why Would DirecTV Merge With AT&T? on May 19th
Health Care