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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:
Consumer (27 articles)
- Coca Cola, 2 articles (6, 20)
- Gamestop, 2 articles (1, 11)
- Nike, 2 articles (4, 21)
Technology (21 articles)
Media & Telecom (11 articles)
Energy & Utilities (9 articles)
Financial Services (8 articles)
Industrials & Transportation (8 articles)
- Caterpillar, 2 articles (2, 6)
Health Care (6 article)
- Abbott, 2 articles (2, 6)
Basic Materials (5 articles)
All 95 investment stories this week are listed below.
Consumer
- GameStop’s Focuses On Technology Brands For Top-Line Growth on June 27th
- Las Vegas Sands’ Singapore Operations Will Grow Over VIP Gaming on June 27th
- Tesla Will Have To Fulfill Backlog Of Orders From U.K. And China To Meet Q2 Deliveries Targeton June 27th
- Earnings Review: Strong Performance In Europe And North America Keeps Nike On Growth Track on June 27th
- Frito-Lay Dominates U.S. Salty Snacks, But Rising Cracker Sales Could Stall Growth on June 27th
- Coca-Cola Life And Glaceau Smartwater To Be Launched In The U.K. on June 27th
- Despite Declining Overall Auto Sales In Brazil, Luxury Volumes Are On The Rise on June 27th
- Target’s Grocery Business Growth Is Slow Despite Its Efforts on June 26th
- Increased Coupon Redemption And Higher Expenses Hurt Bed Bath & Beyond’s Q1 Results on June 26th
- Production In Brazil To Boost Volumes And Profitability For Jaguar Land Rover on June 26th
- GameStop Software Sales To See Revival Post E3 on June 26th
- Expansion In The West Provides Opportunities For Dunkin’ Brands on June 26th
- NYX Cosmetics Acquisition Could Drive L’Oréal’s North American Sales Higher on June 25th
- Walgreen Sustains It’s Top-Line Growth But Reports Lower Gross Margin on June 25th
- Casino Operators Eye Japan As The Nation Moves A Step Forward Towards Gambling Legalization on June 25th
- Mercedes-Benz-BMW Battle Shifts To Plug-In Electric Vehicles In The U.S. on June 25th
- Japan’s Backing To Fuel-Cell Cars Could Benefit Toyota’s New Model on June 25th
- Rising Meat Prices Could Hurt McDonald’s Margins on June 24th
- Dr. Pepper’s Much Needed Non-Carbonated Growth Could Come From Snapple Tea on June 24th
- Coca-Cola’s All-Natural Brands Simply And Vitaminwater Could Face Headwinds Going Forwardon June 24th
- Earnings Preview: Nike Set To Gain From FIFA World Cup Frenzy on June 24th
- Wal-Mart Looks To Revamp Its Canada Grocery Business With Increased Investment And A New CEO on June 24th
- Refreshed Product Lineup To Boost Honda’s North America Market Share on June 23rd
- Bed Bath & Beyond Earnings Preview: Housing Slowdown To Weigh On Results, But Pent-Up Demand Could Help on June 23rd
- Lexus Set To Gain Share Of U.S. Luxury Market With Refreshed Model Lineup on June 23rd
- Ford’s Investments Will Impact Short Term Profitability But Promise Long Term Rewards on June 23rd
- Harley-Davidson Jumps Onto The Green Bandwagon With An All-Electric Motorcycle on June 23rd
Technology
- Nvidia Refocuses Its Plan to Target Servers, Instead Promoting Its GPUs In ARM Servers on June 27th
- AOL Expands Its Video Offering To Apple TV on June 27th
- Key Trends Impacting Expedia’s Hotel Division on June 27th
- Accenture Earnings:Revenue Growth Across Divisions on June 27th
- AMD Expands Its Professional Graphics Portfolio To Increase Its Footprint In The Market on June 26th
- Intel Raises Its Q2’14 Outlook On Account Of Improving PC Demand on June 26th
- A Closer Look At Oracle’s Acquisition Of MICROS Systems – Part 1 on June 26th
- ADP’s Focus On Time And Attendance Products Should Help Increase Clients on June 26th
- Western Digital’s Consumer Electronics And External Storage Division In Focus on June 26th
- All-Flash Arrays Offer Strong Opportunity For NetApp Despite Competition on June 26th
- Let’s Not Discount Zynga’s Mobile Efforts on June 25th
- Where Are Priceline and TripAdvisor Headed With the Restaurant Reservations Business on June 25th
- LinkedIn Expands Its Job Listings Efforts With Standalone Job Search App on June 24th
- Accenture Earnings Preview: Will Consulting Revenue Grow In Q3? on June 24th
- What Will Drive Growth In Twitter’s Timeline Views Per User? on June 24th
- Micron Retains Its Growth Momentum In Q3’14 on June 24th
- Why eBay’s Stock Has Taken A Beating In Recent Months on June 23rd
- Why Online Travel Companies Are Buying Restaurant Reservation Operators on June 23rd
- Google’s Nest Labs Strengthens Its Portfolio with $555 Million Acquisition of Dropcam on June 23rd
- Why iPad Sales Growth Has Been Slowing on June 23rd
- Alibaba’s Acquisiton Of UCWeb Could Be A Threat To Baidu’s Mobile Plans on June 23rd
Media & Telecom
- What Is Driving The Growth For Disney Channel? on June 27th
- How Is The Broadcasting Business Trending For NBCUniversal? on June 26th
- A Deadly Blow For Aereo As Supreme Court Rules That The Service Violates The Copyrights On Programming on June 26th
- Sirius XM Turns To Used Car Market As New Car Market Matures on June 25th
- FDD-LTE 4G Licenses Could Get China Telecom Back In The Race on June 25th
- China Unicom Leads The Chinese Wireless Market In Net Subscriber Adds on June 25th
- How Are DirecTV’s U.S. Operations Trending? on June 24th
- Strong U-verse Adoption Likely To Drive AT&T’s Wireline Sales on June 24th
- Why Dish Should Not Sell Its Spectrum To Verizon on June 23rd
- Reinvention Of MTV Will Drive Advertising Growth on June 23rd
- What Would Justify Netflix’s Current Market Price? on June 23rd
Energy & Utilities
- Here’s Why Most Of The Growth In ConocoPhillips’ Future Cash Flows Will Come From The U.S.on June 27th
- Trina Solar Revised To $14 On Cost and Market Related Concerns on June 27th
- Halliburton Revised To $71 On Deepwater and Pumping Outlook on June 27th
- Chesapeake To Increase Production Of Natural Gas Liquids To Compensate For Falling Natural Gas Prices on June 27th
- Initiating Coverage Of Petrobras: $17 Trefis Price Estimate on June 27th
- Kinder Morgan Set To Benefit From Increased Production And Consumption Of Natural Gas on June 26th
- How The MLP Spin Off Helps Transocean on June 25th
- Exxon Mobil Breaks Ground On New Chemical Plant In The U.S. To Tap Lower Natural Gas Prices on June 23rd
- Chevron’s New Base Oil Plant To Improve Its Downstream Profitability on June 23rd
Financial Services
- Discover Looks To Tap The Asian Market on June 27th
- NY Lawsuit Deals A Blow To Barclays’ Dark Pool Trading Operations on June 27th
- NASDAQ’s Trading Volumes Decline After A Strong Start To 2014 on June 26th
- Why Asset Managers Are Betting On Active ETFs on June 25th
- Travelers’ Personal Insurance Division and Key Trends on June 25th
- A Look At The Loan Portfolios Of The Largest U.S. Banks on June 24th
- Citigroup Inks Deals To Dispose Of Retail Units In Greece and Spain on June 24th
- UBS Under Criminal Probe For Fraud In Puerto Rico on June 23rd
Industrials & Transportation
- How Has Consolidation Helped Improve Airline Industry’s Financial Health? on June 27th
- Caterpillar’s Lower End User Sales Point To A Tough Second Quarter on June 27th
- Sikorsky’s Black Hawk Platform Wins U.S. Air Force’s Combat Rescue Helicopter Contract on June 27th
- What Is United Doing To Improve Its Cost Performance? on June 25th
- Developing Markets Are Important For 3M’s Growth and Margins on June 25th
- Caterpillar’s Strong Balance Sheet Will Enable It To Endure The Ongoing Mining Sector Weakness on June 25th
- GE Is Set To Expand Its Power Business With Alstom Acquisition on June 24th
- Thinner Glass Production Will Help Corning Reduce Costs on June 23rd
Health Care
- What If Legacy Pharmaceutical & Consumer Business Keeps Falling For Merck? on June 27th
- Abbott Eyeing Growth In European Cataract Surgery Market With New Approval on June 27th
- Intuitive Surgical Gets CE Approval For New Device But Near-Term Uncertainties Remain on June 26th
- Health Insurance Exchanges And Their Impact On UnitedHealth Group on June 25th
- Pfizer’s Plan B In Immuno-Oncology: Collaboration With Smaller Companies on June 24th
- Abbott Acquires Veropharm To Expand Presence In Russia on June 24th
Basic Materials
- A Look At Silver Wheaton’s Business Model: Risks And Opportunities on June 27th
- Aerospace Takes Center Stage For Alcoa With Firth Rixson Acquisition on June 27th
- A Look At Vale’s S11D Iron Ore Project on June 25th
- Alcoa Continues Aerospace Push With Announcement Of Virginia Facility Expansion on June 23rd
- Barrick Gold Focuses On Low-Cost Mines In Subdued Gold Pricing Environment on June 23rd