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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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Click “Read more…” to see our clickable table of contents with the most covered companies (more than 1 article) of the week identified. This week no company had more than one article.
Table of Contents for the 60 top stories this week:
Consumer (22 articles)
- Aeropostal, 2 articles (4, 11)
- American Eagle Outfitters, 2 articles (7, 18)
- GameStop, 2 articles (13, 14)
- Lowe’s, 2 articles (9, 21)
- Target, 2 articles (8, 19)
Technology (16 articles)
- HP, 2 articles (4, 14)
- Salesforce, 2 articles (2, 7)
Industrials & Transportation (7 articles)
Financial Services (6 articles)
- Investment Banking Round-Up, 3 articles (3, 5, 6)
Energy & Utilities (4 articles)
- Trina Solar, 2 articles (1, 3)
Media & Telecom (4 articles)
Health Care (1 article)
Basic Materials (No articles)
All 60 investment stories this week are listed below.
Consumer
- Luxury Automakers Ramp Up India Investments On Anticipated Future Growth on August 22nd
- L Brands Beats On Profits And Raises Full Year Guidance on August 22nd
- Two Key Executives Leave Walgreen Due To a $1 Billion Forecasting Error on August 22nd
- Aeropostale’s Earnings Tumble Again, But Increasing Average Unit Retail Provides Hope on August 22nd
- Best Buy’s Q2’15 Sales To Be Impacted By The Weak Consumer Electronics Market But Long-Term Prospects Remain Positive on August 22nd
- Lear To Expand Seating Division By Acquiring Eagle Ottawa on August 22nd
- American Eagle Outfitters’ Troubles Continue As Comparable Sales And Earnings Crash on August 21st
- Target To Focus On Growth And Salvage Its Canadian Expansion on August 21st
- Lowe’s Earnings Review: Spring Sales Boost Q2 Results, But Slow Q1 Weighs On Full-Year Outlook on August 21st
- Ann Earnings Preview: Weakness In LOFT And Ann Taylor Factory To Weigh On Results on August 20th
- Aeropostale Earnings Preview: New CEO’s Strategies Will Be In Focus As Sales Continue To Stumble on August 20th
- Home Depot Earnings Review: Rough Weather In Q1 Gives Way To Higher Comparable Sales In Q2 on August 20th
- Digital Domain & Technology Brands: GameStop’s Fast Growing Segments [Part 2] on August 20th
- Sustained Demand For Next-Generation Consoles To Drive GameStop’s Q2 Results [Part 1] on August 20th
- Urban Outfitters Beats Estimates On Revenues And Earnings, But Comparable Sales Disappoint on August 19th
- Estée Lauder Posts Strong FY14 Results On Rising Demand For Prestige Cosmetics Globally on August 19th
- Gap Inc Earnings Preview: Sluggish Premium Brands To Offset Steady Old Navy on August 19th
- American Eagle Outfitters’ Preview: Foot Traffic Decline Can Translate Into Another Dismal Quarter on August 18th
- Data Breach Repercussions And Falling Traffic To Subdue Target’s Results on August 18th
- L Brands’ Growth Will Remain Steady Despite Its Online Weakness on August 18th
- Uptick In Consumer Spending Could Boost Sales For Lowe’s In Q2 on August 18th
- Wal-Mart Cuts Guidance On Weak Traffic, Higher Expenses And Slow Online Growth on August 18th
Technology
- Lexmark Raises Bid Price For ReadSoft Again on August 22nd
- Cloud Migration, Salesforce1 Could Help Sustain Salesforce’s Impressive Topline Growth Trajectory on August 22nd
- Renren’s Q2’14 Earnings Preview: No Significant Improvement Expected In The Quarter on August 22nd
- HPQ Earnings: PC Sales Props Up Revenues on August 21st
- Symantec’s Leaner Norton Line Should Bode Well For Sales And Margin Expansion on August 21st
- AMD Expands Its Gaming Portfolio With Its Entry In The SSD Market on August 20th
- Salesforce Q2’15 Earnings Preview: Revenue Growth And Margin Contraction To Continue on August 20th
- VMware Expands vCloud Hybrid Operations In Europe And Asia on August 20th
- New Games Fuel Perfect World’s Growth In Q2’14 But Higher Mobile Revenue Can Impact Gross Margin on August 19th
- Can Mobile Ad Platform Boost Yahoo’s Ad Revenues on August 19th
- How Cisco-NetApp’s FlexPod Impacts EMC And VMware on August 19th
- Why Apple’s Mac Product Segment Still Has Room For Growth on August 19th
- Large Enterprise Adoption Of SAP HANA Could See Expansion Only In The Long Term on August 18th
- HP Earnings Preview: Revenue To Remain Flat on August 18th
- Weibo Drives Another Quarter Of Strong Growth For Sina on August 18th
- Applied Expects To Retain Its Growth Momentum For The Rest Of 2014 on August 18th
Industrials & Transportation
- UTC Is Expanding Its Aviation Service Business As Demand From The Global Commercial Aviation Sector Grows on August 21st
- USPS’ Rate Reductions May Pose A Threat To UPS And FedEx’s Market Share on August 21st
- Lockheed Martin’s $165 Fair Value Rides On Its F-35 Program & Its Growing International Sales on August 20th
- GE Mulls Sale Of Its Appliances Unit As It Seeks To Lift Its Industrial Margins on August 19th
- Southwest’s Expanding International Service Will Lift Its Growth In The Coming Years on August 19th
- Will FedEx’s Recent Indictment Impact Its Ability To Meet Short Term Obligations? on August 19th
- Boeing Leads Airbus In The Race For New Commercial Airplane Orders In 2014 on August 18th
Financial Services
- BofA Likely To Report Q3 Loss Over Record $16.65 Billion Mortgage Settlement on August 22nd
- MasterCard: Key Growth Metrics In Focus on August 20th
- Q2 2014 U.S. Investment Bank Round-Up: Total Trading Revenues on August 20th
- Charles Schwab’s Growth Expected From Non-Transaction Revenues on August 20th
- Q2 2014 U.S. Investment Bank Round-Up: Debt Trading on August 19th
- Q2 2014 U.S. Investment Bank Round-Up: Equity Trading on August 19th
Energy & Utilities
- Trina Solar Q2 Preview:Margins Could Shrink On Higher Costs, Less Favorable Sales Mix on August 22nd
- 3 Key Trends Driving Our $107 Price Estimate For Exxon Mobil on August 21st
- A Look At Trina Solar’s Downstream Business on August 20th
- Petrobras Extends Gas Import Deal With Bolivian Company To Fuel Its Thermoelectric Plant In Brazil on August 19th
Media & Telecom
- Network Quality Differentiates Top U.S. Wireless Players on August 21st
- BlackBerry’s Move To Pool Potentially High-Growth Technology Assets Is Encouraging on August 20th
- Sprint’s New CEO Gets Down To Business, Launches New Plan To Lure Customers on August 19th
- Verizon To Launch VoLTE Service By December, Delays Launch Of LTE-Only Phones on August 19th
Health Care
Basic Materials
No articles this week.