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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 55 top stories this week:
Technology (19 articles)
- Paychex, 2 articles (3, 19)
Consumer (11 articles)
Financial Services (9 articles)
Media & Telecom (6 articles)
Industrials & Transportation (4 articles)
Energy & Utilities (3 articles)
Health Care (2 articles)
Basic Materials (1 article)
All 55 investment stories this week are listed below.
Technology
- Nokia Looks To Boost U.S. Business With SAC Wireless Buy on July 3rd
- AMD’s Expanding APU Portfolio To Accelerate Demand For Its Processors on July 3rd
- Growth in Client Base Drives Paychex’s Payroll and HR Services Divisions on July 3rd
- HP Improves Its Cloud Offering With SAP-HANA SaaS on July 2nd
- Revising Adobe Price To $58 on July 2nd
- Will Cree Acquire Philips’ Soon-To-Be Spun-Off LED Business? on July 2nd
- Online Travel Giants Increase Exposure To Car Rentals Market on July 2nd
- Broadcom Aims To Be An Early Entrant In The Booming Wearable Technology Market on July 2nd
- How Europe Can Help Travelzoo Drive Strong Growth In Its Business on July 1st
- Security Concerns Put IBM–Lenovo x86 Server Deal In Limbo on July 1st
- Is Lexmark’s Revised Bid For ReadSoft Justified? on July 1st
- Sina Acquires Lottery Website Aicai.com on June 30th
- Yahoo Collates Technology From Acquisitions To Strengthen its Offering on June 30th
- Can Amazon’s Management Portal For vCenter Halt VMware’s Growth? on June 30th
- Salesforce Ventures Into Patient Relationship Management With Royal Philips Alliance on June 30th
- International Sports Events In Brazil Is A Lucrative Opportunity For Online Travel Companies on June 30th
- Activision Confident With Skylanders Franchise Despite Tough Competition on June 30th
- Applied Inches Closer To Merging With Tokyo Electron on June 30th
- Payroll And HR Services Likely To Bolster Paychex’s Revenue However Margins May Negatively Impact Profit on June 30th
Consumer
- Hillshire Brands Finalizes Merger With Tyson Foods on July 3rd
- Costco Is Not Eying China For Now on July 1st
- Hyatt’s Plan Of Selling 32 Properties Is The Right Step on July 1st
- Mercedes-Benz Set To Expand Production In Mexico In Partnership With Renault-Nissan on June 30th
- What Is Urban Outfitters Doing To Revive It’s Namesake Brand on June 30th
- Daimler Trucks Poised For Growth Going Forward on June 30th
- Can Coach Rebuild Its Brand Image With New Promotional Strategies? on June 30th
- Keurig Green Mountain’s Partnership With Subway To Boost Volumes Of Brewers and K-Cups on June 30th
- Why Bed Bath & Beyond Will Make It Through This Rough Phase on June 30th
- Starbucks Raises Coffee Prices: Boost To Margins And Revenue Growth on June 30th
- Key Trends Impacting Burger King’s Business on June 30th
Financial Services
- Hartford Continues to Divest Life Insurance Business with the Completion of Japanese Annuity Subsidiary Sale on July 3rd
- Here’s Why Morgan Stanley Is In Two Minds About Cutting Brokers’ Pay on July 3rd
- Improving M&A Activity Will Not Show In Q2 Advisory Fees For Largest U.S. Banks on July 3rd
- Origination Fees At Banks Jump In Q2 As Debt Market Activity Recovers on July 2nd
- Elevated Equity Capital Market Activity To Boost Q2 Underwriting Fees For Banks on July 1st
- U.S. Bancorp Settles Mortgage Issue With DOJ For $200 Million on July 1st
- How Much Could Declining Trading Volumes Affect CME? on June 30th
- Interest-Earning Assets To Provide Growth For Ameritrade Despite Decline In Volumes on June 30th
- Deutsche Bank Plans To Divest Maher Terminals Unit on June 30th
Media & Telecom
- AT&T Sells Stake In America Movil To Mitigate Regulatory Concerns About DirecTV Deal on July 1st
- Sustained Demand For HBO’s Original Programming Drives Subscription Fee Growth to Benefit TW on June 30th
- China Telecom Enters 4G Smartphone Market With ZTE’s Qing Yang 2 on June 30th
- China Unicom Finally Gets License To Start Its Hybrid 4G Network Trial on June 30th
- Why We Aren’t Bullish on BlackBerry Just Yet on June 30th
- Rise Of Alternative Video Platforms Adds To The Woes Of Time Warner Cable’s Pay-TV Operations on June 30th
Industrials & Transportation
- Personal Safety Products And Roofing Granules Will Drive 3M’s Safety & Graphics Segment on June 30th
- Union Pacific Increases Focus on Intermodal To Capitalize On Growing Demand on June 30th
- Norfolk Southern And CSX May See Higher Growth In The Future Than Union Pacific on June 30th
- Automotive Applications New Revenue Potential For Gorilla Glass on June 30th
Energy & Utilities
- First Solar Makes Progress In Chile As Funding For Luz del Norte Project Is Approved on July 1st
- An Overview Of Anadarko’s Wattenberg Operations on June 30th
- Schlumberger Price Estimate Revised To $124, Here’s Why on June 30th
Health Care
- Johnson & Johnson’s Growth Avenues on June 30th
- Bristol-Myers Squibb May Be Fast Tracking Its Promising Cancer Drug on June 30th
Basic Materials