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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 63 top stories this week:
Technology (27 articles)
- Constant Contact, 2 articles (3, 17)
- Expedia, 2 articles (10, 22)
- Renren, 2 articles (8, 27)
Consumer (15 articles)
- Tesla, 2 articles (9, 15)
Media & Telecom (6 articles)
- Direc TV, 2 articles (1, 7)
Energy & Utilities (6 articles)
Financial Services (4 articles)
Industrials & Transportation (4 articles)
Basic Materials (4 articles)
Health Care (3 articles)
All 63 investment stories this week are listed below.
Technology
- iPhone 6 Plus Will Hurt iPad Sales, But That’s Not Necessarily Bad For Apple on January 2nd
- Weekly Chinese Internet Note: Three Challenges Faced By Baidu on January 2nd
- Weekly Internet Notes: VeriSign, Constant Contact on January 2nd
- Symantec’s Revival: The Security Business Holds the Key on January 2nd
- AMD: 2014 Recap & What To Expect In 2015 & Beyond on January 2nd
- Micron’s Q1’15 Earnings Preview: The Company Will Benefit From The Improving Industry Dynamics on January 2nd
- VMware’s Year In Review: Hybrid Clouds, Software-Defined Networking, End-User Computing In Focus on January 2nd
- Renren 2014 Review: Mobile Monetization, Downsizing In Focus on January 2nd
- How EMC Lines Up Against NetApp, HP, IBM, Hitachi In Storage Systems Market on January 2nd
- Expedia: Key Partnerships and Acquisitions in 2014 on December 31st
- Reviewing HP’s Performance in 2014 on December 31st
- Applied Materials: 2014 Recap & What To Expect In 2015 on December 31st
- Google In 2014 on December 31st
- Motorola Solutions: 2014 In Review on December 31st
- Innovations And Acquisitions: Baidu’s Moves In 2014 on December 31st
- Perfect World’s 2014: The Quest For Sustained Gamer Interest on December 31st
- Constant Contact: 2014 Year In Review on December 30th
- Nvidia’s Performance In 2014: Factors That Are Driving Growth on December 30th
- The year 2014 In Review: Electronic Arts on December 30th
- News Feed: How Facebook’s Business Trended During 2014 on December 30th
- Yahoo In 2014 on December 29th
- Weekly Online Travel Agency Notes: Priceline, Expedia, TripAdvisor on December 29th
- Cree: Quick Recap of 2014 & Why We Believe The Stock Could Do Better on December 29th
- Here’s How Monster Worldwide Performed During 2014 on December 29th
- Storage Weekly Notes: Western Digital, SanDisk, Seagate In Focus on December 29th
- How Will HGST Integration Impact Western Digital? on December 29th
- Renren’s Three Most Important Investments In 2014 on December 29th
Consumer
- Weekly Food Industry Notes: Kraft In Focus on January 2nd
- Reasons Behind Estee Lauder’s Sudden Acquisition Spree on January 2nd
- The Impact Of Currency Fluctuations On Philip Morris on December 31st
- The Year 2014 In Review: Keurig Green Mountain on December 31st
- The Year That Was: Harley-Davidson on December 31st
- Abercrombie & Fitch: The 2014 Timeline on December 30th
- Personal Care Companies Shed Weight In 2014 on December 30th
- The Year That Was: PepsiCo on December 30th
- Tesla’s Battery Swap Stations Will Help It Requalify For ZEV Credits In California on December 30th
- The Year That Was: Volkswagen on December 30th
- Target Canada Story: Origin, Fall & Restoration on December 30th
- 2014 Year In Review: Chipotle Mexican Grill on December 29th
- Better Consumer Targeting and Rising SUV Sales Should Lead To Greater Profitability For Honda on December 29th
- 2014 Year in Review: McDonald’s on December 29th
- Weekly Auto Update: Roadster Relaunch Shows Tesla’s Superiority on December 29th
Media & Telecom
- DirecTV To Raise Its Subscription Prices Amid A Continued Growth In Programming Costs on January 2nd
- CBS Network Ratings Trends This Season And The Impact On Advertising on January 2nd
- The Year 2014 In Review: Dish Amasses More Spectrum on December 31st
- A Look At BlackBerry’s Deals And Acquisitions In 2014 on December 31st
- How Are Time Warner Cable’s Pay-TV And Broadband Operations Trending In 2014? on December 30th
- Why Growing Content Costs Are A Necessary Evil For Netflix on December 29th
- Weekly Media Notes: Disney DirecTV Deal, Fox News Blackout And More on December 29th
- Chinese Wireless Carriers: 2014 In Review on December 29th
Energy & Utilities
- Weekly Oil & Gas Notes: BP’s New Project Startup and Petrobras’ Earnings Delay on January 2nd
- First Solar: Year In Review on January 2nd
- Trina Solar’s Year In Review on December 31st
- Anadarko Petroleum: The Year 2014 In Review on December 29th
- Where Is SunPower Headed In 2015? on December 29th
- What Does 2015 Have In Store For Transocean? on December 29th
Financial Services
- Financials Weekly Notes: BofA, Goldman and Morgan Stanley on January 2nd
- Charles Schwab’s Year In Review: Asset Management, Interest Revenues, Trading In Focus on January 2nd
- Credit Suisse Sells Commodities Trading Book To Citigroup on December 31st
- Insurance Weekly Notes: Hartford Financial, Manulife on December 29th
Industrials & Transportation
- 3M’s Key Growth Levers: Portfolio Management, R&D, Business Transformation on January 2nd
- Why 2015 Might Not Be A Good Year For Deere on December 31st
- A Look At Southwest’s Three Major Business Developments In 2014 on December 29th
- Airlines 2014 In Review: Airlines Take Off As Operating Environment Improves on December 29th
Basic Materials
- Weekly Metals And Mining Notes: Barrick Gold And Alpha Natural Resources on January 2nd
- The Year 2014 In Review: Cost Reductions Offset Impact Of Mixed Market Conditions On ArcelorMittal’s Performance on December 30th
- The Year 2014 In Review: Improving Market Conditions And Cost Reductions Boost U.S. Steel’s Performance on December 30th
- The Year 2014 In Review: Freeport McMoran Focuses On Debt Reduction on December 29th
Health Care
- The Year 2014 In Review: Pfizer Streamlined R&D And Pursued Oncology Market Amid Competition From Generics on December 30th
- The Year 2014 In Review: Everyone Is Looking At Merck’s R&D Pipeline on December 30th
- The Year 2014 In Review: How Johnson & Johnson Became More Pharma Focused on December 29th