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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 135 top stories this week:
Consumer (42 articles)
- Ford, 3 articles (2, 8, 33)
- GameStop, 3 articles (5, 11, 41)
- Coach, 2 articles (9, 27)
- Coca Cola, 2 articles (3, 10)
- Colgate-Palmolive, 2 articles (25, 36)
- Electronic Arts, 2 articles (5, 41)
- Harley Davidson, 2 articles (13, 24)
- Kuerig Green Mountain, 2 articles (6, 14)
- Las Vegas Sands, 2 articles (4, 37)
- McDonald’s, 2 articles (15, 32)
- Proctor & Gamble, 2 articles (22, 42)
- Tata Motors, 2 articles (1, 29)
- Volkswagen, 2 articles (21, 35)
Technology (39 articles)
- Apple, 2 articles (21, 39)
- Amazon, 2 articles (2, 23)
- Baidu, 2 articles (5, 11)
- Broadcom, 2 articles (4, 25)
- Electronic Arts, 2 articles (16, 34)
- Expedia, 2 articles (28, 32)
- Google, 2 articles (3, 26)
- Microsoft, 2 articles (15, 24)
- Nokia, 2 articles (7, 29)
- Qualcomm, 2 articles (10, 35)
- Samsung, 2 articles (13, 30)
- Travelzoo, 2 articles (32,33)
- VMWare, 2 articles (14, 37)
- Western Digital, 2 articles (12, 38)
Industrials & Transportation (20 articles)
- Alaska Air Group, 2 articles (2, 9)
- Johnson Controls, 2 articles (3, 8)
- Southwest Air, 2 articles (5, 7)
- Union Pacific, 2 articles (4, 10)
- United Continental Holdings, 2 articles (2, 12)
Financial Services (8 articles)
- American Express, 2 articles (3, 12)
- E*Trade, 2 articles (2, 9)
- TDAmeritrade, 2 articles (5, 8)
- Travelers, 2 articles (4, 7)
Media & Telecom (8 articles)
- Fox News, 3 articles (7, 10, 11)
- Comcast, 2 articles (2, 7)
- Netflix, 2 articles (3, 9)
- Verizon, 2 articles (1, 8)
Energy & Utilities (7 articles)
- Baker Hughes, 2 articles (3, 5)
- Haliburton, 2 articles (2, 4)
Basic Materials (6 articles)
Health Care (4 articles)
- Intuitive Surgical, 2 articles (3, 6)
- UnitedHealth, 2 articles (4, 7)
All 135 investment stories this week are listed below.
Consumer
- Tata Motors Accelerates Capital Expenditures To Drive Future Growth on January 30th
- Weekly Review: Ford’s New In-Car Infotainment System Will Attract More Customers To The Brand on January 30th
- The Week That Was: Coca-Cola And PepsiCo on January 30th
- Weekly Casino Notes: Las Vegas Sands’ Earnings And More on January 30th
- Weekly Notes On Gaming Industry: GameStop, Activision Blizzard & Electronic Arts on January 30th
- Weekly Notes On Coffee Industry: Keurig Green Mountain & Starbucks on January 30th
- Diageo Half-Year Earnings: What Lies Ahead? on January 30th
- Earnings Review: Ford Narrows Losses In Europe But Low Volumes In Lieu Of F-150 Re-Launch Impact Overall Results on January 30th
- Earnings Review: North America Weakness Dampens Progress Made On Brand Transformation Front For Coach on January 30th
- Coca-Cola’s Low-Sugar Initiative Is Good For Profitability Too on January 30th
- GameStop Changes Q4 Guidance Based On Holiday Period Performance on January 30th
- Lululemon Price Estimate Updated To $61 on January 30th
- Harley-Davidson Earnings Review: International Growth And Street Drive Shipment Growth on January 30th
- Dr Pepper Snapple- New Addition To Keurig Green Mountain’s Arsenal on January 30th
- Weekly Notes On Restaurant Industry: McDonald’s & Dunkin’ Brands on January 30th
- Wal-Mart And China: A Story Of Missing Customer Trust on January 29th
- Little Respite For American Eagle In The Holiday Season on January 29th
- Altria Group Earnings Preview: Focus on Smokeless Products on January 29th
- Aeropostale’s Revised Q4 Guidance Isn’t Promising As Its Old Story Continues on January 28th
- L’Oreal’s Top Acquisitions And The Underlying Strategies on January 28th
- Volkswagen’s Push For Electric Vehicles Gains Further Momentum on January 28th
- Falling Volumes Compound P&G’s Problems as Currency Headwinds Dampen Q2 Results on January 28th
- Lear Pre-Earnings: Strong Automotive Demand In Key Markets To Fuel Top-Line Growth on January 28th
- Harley-Davidson Pre-Earnings: Expect A Strong Finish To The Year on January 28th
- Market Share Gains May Not Save Colgate-Palmolive’s Q4 Results from Currency Headwinds on January 28th
- Toyota’s Faltering China Strategy Threatens To Hurt Its Future Prospects on January 27th
- Men’s Business A Key Pillar Of Coach’s Brand Transformation Strategy on January 27th
- Ralph Lauren Focusing On Company Operated Stores And Improved Store Experience For Future Growth on January 27th
- Tata Motors’ Recovering Passenger Vehicle Form on January 27th
- Two Surprising Ways In Which Nike Is Growing Its Business on January 27th
- Kimberly-Clark’s Revenues Hammered by Currency Headwinds, Finds Solace in Cost Savings on January 27th
- Weak Economy In Russia & Supplier Issue In China Drives Down McDonald’s Revenue Growth In 2014 on January 27th
- Ford’s December Sales Numbers Do Not Tell The Full Story on January 27th
- GM Management Confident Of Returning To Profitability In Europe Soon on January 27th
- Volkswagen Has To Wait Another Year To Top Toyota In Global Vehicle Sales on January 27th
- Colgate-Palmolive: A Look At Recent Quarters on January 27th
- Earnings Preview: A Continued Decline In Macau Gaming Will Weigh Over Las Vegas Sands’ Q4 Earnings on January 27th
- The Week That Was: Automotive Stocks on January 26th
- The Week That Was: Beverage Stocks on January 26th
- Earnings Preview: A Weak Yen, Rising SUV Sales In North America Could Boost Honda’s Profits on January 26th
- Weekly Update On Gaming Industry: GameStop & Electronic Arts on January 26th
- All Eyes on P&G’s Brand Consolidation Strategy as Currency Headwinds Weigh on Q2 Results on January 26th
Technology
- Weekly Software Notes: Oracle, SAP SE and Symantec on January 30th
- Amazon’s Earnings Came In Above Expectations, But Are They Sustainable? on January 30th
- Google Earnings: Strong Mobile Performance Backed By Programmatic Platform Boosts Revenues on January 30th
- Broadcom’s Q4’14 Earnings Review: Better Than Expected Performance In Reportable Segments on January 30th
- Weekly Chinese Internet Note: Baidu In Focus on January 30th
- Rapid Rise In Mobile Monetization Drove Facebook’s Q4 Earnings on January 30th
- Robust Networks Sales Drive Nokia’s Q4 Results on January 30th
- As AOL Looks To Shut Down Websites, It Should Invest In Ad Platform And Content on January 29th
- Activision Blizzard To Retain Dominance In FPS Domain on January 29th
- Qualcomm Reports A Strong Q1’15 But Lowers Guidance For Fiscal 2015 on January 29th
- Baidu: Findings Its Way In Maps And Navigation Services on January 29th
- Western Digital Posts Mixed Results As Unit Shipments Stagnate on January 29th
- Samsung Q4 Earnings Review: What Lies Ahead? on January 29th
- VMware Ends The Year On A High Note: Strong Outlook For 2015 on January 29th
- Our Take On Windows 10: What It Could Mean For Microsoft on January 28th
- Electronic Arts Q3 Earnings: Record Digital Revenue Drives Revenues Growth on January 28th
- Lexmark Earnings:Growth In Laser Hardware And Perceptive Fillip Revenues on January 28th
- Yahoo Earnings: Revenues Continue To Lag As Yahoo Firms Up Plans To Spin Off Alibaba on January 28th
- TI Closes 2014 On A Strong Note: Earnings Review on January 28th
- Constant Contact Q4 ’14 Earnings Preview: Toolkit And SinglePlatform Will Continue Driving Revenues on January 28th
- Apple Has Stellar Quarter, But Should Increasing Reliance On iPhone Be A Concern? on January 28th
- EMC Earnings Preview: Emerging Storage To Revive Stagnating Core Information Storage Business on January 27th
- Amazon Earnings Preview: Can Amazon Deliver A Beat This Quarter? on January 27th
- Microsoft Earnings: Revenues Increase As Microsoft Consolidates Phones Division Revenues on January 27th
- Seasonal Trends Will Slowdown Broadcom’s Growth In Q4’14 on January 27th
- Google Earnings Preview: Ad Volume Growth To Offset Decline In CPC on January 27th
- Alibaba Should Maintain Its Growth Momentum In The Fourth Quarter Results on January 27th
- Expedia Boosts Its North American Dominance By Acquiring Travelocity on January 27th
- Nokia Earnings Preview: Strong Networks Sales Likely To Drive Results on January 27th
- Samsung’s Q4 Earnings: Weakness in Smartphones Could Be Tempered By Semiconductor Growth on January 27th
- Enterprise Storage, Notebooks Drive Seagate’s Revenue Growth on January 27th
- Weekly Online Travel Agency Notes: Expedia, TripAdvisor, Ctrip, Travelzoo on January 26th
- Travelzoo’s Disappointing Performance Continues Due To Lack Of Traction And Increased Investments on January 26th
- Electronic Arts Earnings Preview: FIFA & Madden NFL To Drive Q3 Revenues on January 26th
- Qualcomm’s Earnings Preview: License Business Remains Uncertain But 3G/4G Continues To Be Strong on January 26th
- Facebook Earnings Preview: Top-Line Growth May Slow Down, But Long-Term Outlook Is Strong on January 26th
- VMware Earnings Preview: Hybrid Clouds, Network Virtualization Key on January 26th
- Western Digital Earnings Preview: Consumer Electronics Storage Products Key on January 26th
- What To Expect From Apple’s Upcoming Earnings on January 26th
Industrials & Transportation
- Rising Commercial Airplane Deliveries Lift Boeing’s Profit, Outlook on January 30th
- Aggressive Capacity Expansion, Lower Oil Prices Lift JetBlue’s Earnings on January 30th
- 3M Earnings: Weak Foreign Currencies Temper Revenue on January 29th
- United Technologies Earnings: Stronger Dollar Offsets Growth on January 29th
- Rising F-35 Volumes Lift Lockheed’s Results Despite Weak U.S. Military Spending on January 29th
- American Announces $2 Billion Share Buyback As Lower Oil Prices Lift Profit on January 28th
- Corning Earnings: Large Screen TVs, FTTH And Gorilla Glass Drive Corning’s Top Line on January 28th
- Caterpillar Earnings: Outlook Disappoints More Than Results on January 28th
- Aggressive Capacity Expansion, Lower Oil Prices Will Lift JetBlue’s Results on January 28th
- Beechcraft Acquistion Should Raise Textron’s Net Despite Weak U.S. Military Spending on January 27th
- Commercial Airplane Deliveries Should Lift Boeing Despite Weak U.S. Military Spending on January 27th
- GE Prepares For Impact From Lower Oil Prices Even As Aviation Lifts Profit on January 27th
- Norfolk Southern Earnings: Coal Declines Lead To Flat Revenues on January 27th
- Lower Fuel Prices Will Lift American’s Earnings Despite Flattish Top Line on January 26th
- Mining And Construction Weakness To Temper Caterpillar’s Revenues on January 26th
- CPM Acquisition, Optical Communications To Drive Corning’s Revenue on January 26th
- 3M Earnings Preview: Revenue to Grow On Industrial, Health Care Segments on January 26th
- Commercial Aerospace Will Likely Lift UTC’s Results Despite Slowing China and Uncertain Europe on January 26th
- Higher F-35 Volume, Share Buybacks Will Lift Lockheed’s Earnings Despite Weak U.S. Military Spending on January 26th
- Honeywell Earnings: OEM Incentives, Friction Materials Divestiture Dampen An Otherwise Strong Performance on January 26th
Financial Services
- NASDAQ OMX Q4 Earnings: High Trading Activity Offsets Weakness In Non-Transaction Businesses on January 30th
- BNY Mellon Well-Positioned Despite Lukewarm Q4 Results on January 30th
- MasterCard Earnings Preview: U.S Economy Improves, FX Headwinds To Slow Growth on January 29th
- Hartford Earnings Preview: Underwriting Discipline Will Be Key on January 28th
- NASDAQ OMX Earnings Preview: Trade Volumes Could Boost Q4 Revenues on January 27th
- Earnings Preview: Visa To Gain From Holiday Spending But FX Headwinds A Concern on January 27th
- Higher Provisions, Marketing Costs Weigh On Strong Q4 Operating Performance At Capital One on January 27th
- Insurance Weekly Notes: AIG, UnitedHealth, Travelers on January 26th
Media & Telecom
- Disney: ESPN And Theme Parks Will Drive Q1 Fiscal 2015 Earnings on January 30th
- NYT Pre Earnings: Revenue Growth From Digital Platforms As Print Ads And Subscription Suffer on January 30th
- Why We Are Revising Our Price Estimate For Netflix on January 30th
- Time Warner Cable Q4 Preview: Broadband Growth Will Compensate For Loss Of Pay-TV Revenue on January 28th
- Juniper Earnings: Profit Beats On Cost Cuts, Sales Still A Concern on January 28th
- AT&T Beats Estimates On Strong Subscriber Growth, Next Adoption on January 28th
- Juniper Earnings Preview: Routers, Switches In Focus on January 26th
- AT&T Earnings Preview: Postpaid Subscriber Adds, Margins In Focus on January 26th
Energy & Utilities
- What 2015 Holds For Alpha Natural Resources on January 30th
- Lower Production, Oil Prices, To Drag Down Exxon’s Q4 Earnings on January 30th
- Anadarko Earnings: Lower Oil Prices To Offset Higher Production, Better Mix on January 30th
- BP Q4 2014 Preview: The Decline In Oil Prices and Ruble To Weigh On Upstream Earnings on January 30th
- Chevron Preview: Lower Oil Prices, Flat Production To Weigh On Upstream Earnings on January 29th
- ConocoPhillips Earnings Preview: Lower Oil Prices To Offset Production Growth on January 27th
- Shell Earnings Preview: Lower Upstream Earnings, Thicker Downstream Margins Expected on January 28th
Basic Materials
- Cliffs’ Earnings Preview: Low Iron Ore And Coal Prices To Weigh On Q4 Results on January 30th
- U.S. Steel’s Cost Reduction Initiatives And Improved Market Conditions Boost Q4 Results on January 29th
- Lower Seed Prices, Currency Headwinds, Weigh On DuPont’s Earnings Growth And Outlook on January 28th
- Lower Copper And Oil Prices Negatively Impact Freeport-McMoRan’s Q4 Results on January 28th
- Dow Chemical Earnings Preview: Margin Expansion To Drive Growth on January 27th
- DuPont Earnings Preview: Lower Seed Prices, Restructuring Charges To Weigh On Earnings Growth on January 26th
Health Care
- Abbott Reports Solid Q4 Results On Growth Across Divisions on January 30th
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Earnings: Currency Headwinds Take The Shine Off Encouraging New Drug Sales on January 29th
- Pfizer Revenues Suffer Due To Patent Losses And Currency Headwinds on January 28th
- Roche Earnings Preview: Oncology Drugs And Tamiflu Will Help The Revenue Growth on January 26th