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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 69 top stories this week:
Consumer (27 articles)
- Ford, 3 articles (8, 19, 24)
- L’Oreal, 3 articles (2, 4, 27)
- Keurig Green Mountain, 2 articles (20, 23)
- Phillip Morris, 2 articles (12, 13)
Technology (13 articles)
- F5, 2 articles (1, 12)
Media & Telecom (7 articles)
Financial Services (6 articles)
- Morgan Stanley, 2 articles (1, 5)
Industrials & Transportation (6 articles)
- CSX, 2 articles (2, 3)
Energy & Utilities (4 articles)
Basic Materials (3 articles)
- Alcoa, 2 articles (2, 3)
- Vale, 2 articles (2, 3)
Health Care (3 articles)
- Roche, 2 articles (1, 2)
All 69 investment stories this week are listed below.
Consumer
- The Year That Was: Coca-Cola on December 26th
- L’Oreal: Strengthening Africa Presence Can Bolster Target Of 1 Billion New Customers (Part 2)on December 26th
- Ralph Lauren’s New Polo For Women Shows That It Is Now Moving With The Times on December 26th
- L’Oreal: Africa Can Be An Important Market To Help Achieve Its 2 Billion User Base Target (Part 1) on December 26th
- What Is Ann Doing For Its Margins In The Wake Of China’s Labor Cost Boom on December 26th
- What Anheuser Is Doing To Win Over Customers In The U.S. on December 24th
- Dunkin’ Brand’s Stock Down 10% On Revised Guidance on December 24th
- Why Ford Plans To Enter The Performance Car Market on December 24th
- Guess: Three Factors That Will Augment North American Revenue Per Square Feet on December 24th
- Slot Games Will Drive MGM’s Domestic Casino Operations In The Coming Years on December 24th
- Walgreen Reports A Solid Q1’15, Is Confident Of Carrying On The Growth Momentum Through Fiscal 2015 on December 24th
- Philip Morris’ 2014 In Review Part 2: Regulatory Challenges on December 24th
- Philip Morris’ 2014 In Review Part 1: Reduced Risk Products on December 24th
- L Brands Trumps Market Growth In November on December 23rd
- Here’s Why Coach Is Being Cited As A Potential Suitor For Stuart Weitzman on December 22nd
- Daimler To Start Production Of Sprinter Vans In North America on December 22nd
- Compact Sedan Zest Breathes New Life In Tata’s Domestic Sales on December 22nd
- The Week That Was: Automotive Stocks on December 22nd
- Weekly Auto Notes: Collapsing Russian Car Sales Hit GM and Ford on December 22nd
- Keurig Green Mountain- Bevyz Deal: More Than Just An Acquisition on December 22nd
- Who Is Losing In The Decelerating Apparel Market? on December 22nd
- Weekly Updates On Gaming Industry: GameStop, Electronic Arts & Activision Blizzard on December 22nd
- Weekly Notes On Coffee Industry: Starbucks & Keurig Green Mountain on December 22nd
- Ford’s European Woes Are Not Going Away Anytime Soon on December 22nd
- CVS Reaffirms Its Growth Momentum At Its 2014 Analyst Day on December 22nd
- Weekly Casino Notes: Anti Corruption Crackdown To Intensify In Macau on December 22nd
- Weekly Beauty And Personal Care Notes: L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, Revlon And Avon on December 22nd
Technology
- F5 Retains Its Leadership By Gaining Additional Market Share In ADCs on December 24th
- NetApp Looks Forward To Positive Year After Storage Slump In 2014 on December 24th
- Why we believe Akamai is fairly valued on December 23rd
- Huffington Post Can Boost AOL’s Valuation on December 23rd
- What Drove SanDisk’s Rally In 2014? on December 23rd
- ADP Could Benefit From An Increase In Interest Rates on December 23rd
- Weekly Software Review: Oracle, Salesforce and Symantec on December 22nd
- Weekly Online Travel Agency Notes: Priceline, Expedia, TripAdvisor, Ctrip on December 22nd
- Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Platform Explained – Part 2 on December 22nd
- How Did Twitter Trend During 2014? on December 22nd
- Fox To Acquire TrueX For $200 Million on December 22nd
- Weekly Tech Update: BRCM, AMD, CREE, TXN, FFIV on December 22nd
- Paychex Earnings: Revenue Grows On Pricing, New Services on December 22nd
Media & Telecom
- DirecTV Launches Over-The-Top Streaming Service For U.S. Hispanic Consumers on December 26th
- U.S. Wireless Carriers: 2014 In Review on December 24th
- China Unicom Still Struggling With Subscriber Adds, 4G Key In 2015 on December 23rd
- Weekly Pay-TV Notes: Dish Netflix Deal And More on December 22nd
- China Telecom’s 4G Adoption Likely To Improve With Latest Approval For 4G Trial Expansionon December 22nd
- China Mobile’s Soaring 4G Subscribers Eclipse Sluggish 3G Demand on December 22nd
- BlackBerry Posts Surprise Profit, Weak Revenues Remain A Concern on December 22nd
Financial Services
- Financials Weekly Notes: BNY Mellon, Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo on December 26th
- Citigroup Sells Japan Retail Operations To Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation on December 26th
- UBS Running Out Of Options As Highest French Appeal Court Upholds €1.1 Billion Bond on December 24th
- Manulife’s Operations In Asia And Future Outlook on December 23rd
- What’s In Store For Morgan Stanley’s Oil Merchandising Unit After Failed Rosneft Deal? on December 23rd
- New Coverage Launch Of HSBC: $58 Price Estimate on December 23rd
Industrials & Transportation
- UPS’ Holiday Season Performance: The Story So Far on December 26th
- Railroads Weekly Review: Norfolk Southern, CSX and Union Pacific on December 26th
- A Look At GE’s Strategic Portfolio Repositioning In 2014 on December 23rd
- What’s Driving CSX In 2015? on December 23rd
- Delta Looks Set To Build On Its Momentum In 2015 on December 23rd
- Industrials Weekly Review: Caterpillar, 3M and Honeywell on December 26th
Energy & Utilities
- Duke Energy: Clean Energy, International Business To Drive Future Growth on December 26th
- Revisiting Our Price Estimates For Large Independents Amid Lower Crude Prices on December 24th
- Revisiting Our Price Estimates For Big Oil Amid Lower Crude Prices on December 24th
- Weekly Oil & Gas Notes: Chevron Cuts Back On Risky Exploration, Shell Continues To Trim Downstream Portfolio on December 22nd
Basic Materials
- The Year 2014 In Review: Lower Precious Metals Prices Weigh On Silver Wheaton’s Performance on December 26th
- Weekly Metals And Mining Notes: Alcoa, Freeport McMoran And Vale on December 26th
- Weekly Metals And Mining Notes: Alcoa, Vale And Barrick Gold on December 22nd
Health Care
- Weekly Pharmaceutical Notes: Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb And Roche on December 26th
- Roche’s Double Drug Failure Is Meaningful on December 24th
- Medtronic Reports Positive Study Results For Angioplasty Device on December 24th