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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 104 top stories this week:
Consumer (31 articles)
- Altria, 2 articles (1, 22)
- Chipota, 2 articles (9, 28)
- Daimler, 3 articles (7, 14)
- GM, 2 articles (5, 29)
- McDonald’s, 2 articles (15, 32)
- Philip Morris, 2 articles (3, 18)
- Toyota, 2 articles (4, 24)
- Under Armour, 2 articles (6, 27)
- Wynn, 2 articles (2, 12)
Technology (29 articles)
- ADP, 2 articles (11, 23)
- Amazon, 2 articles (2, 23)
- Motorola, 2 articles (10, 24)
- Pandora, 2 articles (4, 20)
- Symantec, 2 articles (3, 18)
- Yahoo!, 2 articles (12, 28)
- Yelp, 2 articles (2, 15)
Financial Services (14 articles)
- Investment bank roundup, 3 articles (3, 4, 6)
- CME, 2 articles (2, 13)
- Intercontinental Exchange Group, 2 articles (1, 7)
Media & Telecom (13 articles)
- Disney, 2 articles (1, 6)
- Sirius, 2 articles (2, 7)
- Sprint, 2 articles (3, 9)
- Time Warner, 2 articles (4, 11)
- Viacom, 2 articles (12, 13)
Industrials & Transportation (5 articles)
- UPS, 2 articles (3, 4)
Health Care (5 articles)
- Boston Scientific, 2 articles (2, 3)
- Merck, 2 articles (1, 5)
Energy & Utilities (5 articles)
Basic Materials (2 articles)
All 104 investment stories this week are listed below.
Consumer
- Weekly Tobacco Notes: Altria In Focus on February 6th
- Weekly Casino Notes: Macau Gaming Data, Wynn Earnings And More on February 6th
- Philip Morris Earnings: Currency Impact, Regional Challenges Weigh On Results on February 6th
- Earnings Review: Toyota Revises Its Full Year Fiscal Sales Forecasts On Rising SUV Sales, Weak Yen on February 6th
- Earnings Review: Recall and Restructuring Costs Hurt Profits But Record Sales In China Point To a Bright Future For GM on February 6th
- Earnings Review: Under Armour Caps a Fantastic 2014 With Another Blockbuster Quarter on February 6th
- Daimler Earnings Review: Robust Volume Growth And Rich Product Mix Boost Profitability At Mercedes on February 6th
- Tata Motors Earnings Review: Profits Decline For Both Jaguar Land Rover And The Standalone Business on February 6th
- Increasing Customer Traffic Drives Chipotle’s FY 2014 Revenues on February 5th
- Why Costco Seems A Little Overpriced? on February 5th
- CVS Health Strongly Placed To Tap Growth Opportunities on February 5th
- Wynn’s Earnings Down Nearly 50% Amid A Slowdown In Macau on February 5th
- A Growth In The U.S. Economy Will Drive Hyatt’s Owned And Leased Hotel Operations on February 4th
- Daimler Pre-Earnings: Strong Volume Sales Growth For Mercedes To Boost Top Line on February 4th
- Dunkin’ Brands Earnings Preview: Customer Count To Determine Sales Growth on February 4th
- Tata Motors Pre-Earnings: Sales Decline At Jaguar Land Rover To Hurt Q3 Results on February 4th
- Estee Lauder Q2’15 Preview: North America Might Likely Stronger, While Slowdown In China And Latin America Could Have Dampened Sales on February 4th
- Philip Morris International Q4 2014 Earnings Preview on February 4th
- Higher Volumes Help Colgate-Palmolive Beat Currency Troubles in Q4 on February 3rd
- Earnings Preview: Retail Division To Drive Ralph Lauren’s Top Line But Rising Expenses Could Limit Impact On Profits on February 3rd
- New Brewer Platforms To Drive Keurig Green Mountain’s Growth In 2015 on February 3rd
- Altria’s Q4 2014 Earnings: Business As Usual on February 2nd
- Lear Earnings Review: Higher Content Per Vehicle Boosts 2014 Revenue Growth on February 2nd
- Earnings Preview: Strong End To The Year Bodes Well For Toyota’s Profits on February 2nd
- Is There Any Hope For Guess’s Dwindling Market Share? on February 2nd
- Las Vegas Sands’ China Operations Decline After A Slowdown In Macau; Earnings Jump 28% Over Lower Costs on February 2nd
- Earnings Preview: Under Armour’s Growth Drivers Have A Lot Of Steam Left In Them Yet on February 2nd
- Chipotle Mexican Grill Earnings Preview: Increasing Customer Count To Drive Comparable Sales In Q4 on February 2nd
- Earnings Preview: GM Poised To Deliver Another Strong Set of Results on February 2nd
- Earnings Preview: Watchout For Wynn’s Table Games Win Percentage Amid A Decline In Macau Gaming on February 2nd
- Earnings Review: Recall Costs, Sluggish Domestic Car Sales, Weigh Down Honda’s Operating Profits on February 2nd
Technology
- Akamai Earnings Preview: Expect Another Quarter Of All-Round Growth on February 6th
- Financials Weekly Notes: JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS on February 6th
- Yelp Earnings: Performance Metrics Falter As Revenues Grow At An Anemic Pace on February 6th
- Symantec’s Revenues Disappoint in Q3 as Corporate Breakup Looms on February 6th
- Pandora Stumbles On Weaker-Than-Expected Topline Growth; Bottomline Worries Remain on February 6th
- Fox Lowers Its FY16 Guidance Amid A Continued Decline In Ratings on February 6th
- Monster Pre-Earnings: Growth Likely Accelerated In Q4, But Currency Headwinds Likely Hit Earnings on February 6th
- Here’s Why Groupon’s Margins Are So Low? on February 5th
- Orbitz Worldwide Is Up For Sale: Who Are The Potential Buyers? on February 5th
- Revising IBM To $204 on February 5th
- Motorola’s Q4 Results Beat Estimates On Improving North American Sales on February 5th
- ADP’s Top Line Rises On New Business Bookings, Pays Per Control on February 5th
- Yahoo! Japan Earnings: Mobile Bolsters Growth Yet Again on February 4th
- VeriSign Earnings Preview: Saturation Of .com And Lack Of Traction For .net Likely Key Issues in the Quarter on February 4th
- Activision Blizzard Earnings Preview: Success Of FPS Titles In Holiday Period To Drive Top-line Growth on February 4th
- Yelp Earnings Preview: Will Local Ads Revenue Growth Keep Up With Expectation In Q4? on February 3rd
- Riding High On The Success Of Its Offerings, Constant Contact’s Q4 Performance Exceeds Expectations on February 3rd
- LinkedIn Could Deliver Another Strong Quarter In Q4 on February 3rd
- Symantec’s Revenues Set to Decline in Q3 as Restructuring Continues on February 3rd
- Can Twitter Outperform Expectations During Q4 Results? on February 3rd
- Pandora Earnings Preview: Margins And Monetization In Focus on February 3rd
- Expedia Earnings Preview: ETP Adoption, Big Ticket Acquisitions, And Focus On Growing Economies Can Further Rev Up Revenues on February 3rd
- Fox’s Earnings Preview: Rising Programming Costs And Softer Ratings May Weigh Over Q2FY15 Earnings on February 3rd
- ADP Earnings Preview: Revenue To Grow On New Business Bookings, Employment on February 3rd
- Motorola Solutions Earnings Preview: North American Sales, Margins In Focus on February 3rd
- Spotify is Quickly Catching Up With Pandora on February 2nd
- January Roundup For Internet Companies on February 2nd
- Weaker Than Expected Sales Growth And Regulatory Concerns Bring Down Alibaba’s Stock on February 2nd
- Yahoo! Japan Earnings Preview: What We Are Watching on February 2nd
- EMC Earnings: Information Storage, VMware Drive Revenue Growth on February 2nd
Financial Services
- IntercontinentalExchange Group Earnings: Trade Volumes Drive Revenue Growth on February 6th
- Late Surge In Trade Volumes Leads To Profitable Quarter For CME on February 6th
- Q4 2014 U.S. Investment Banking Round-Up: Equity Underwriting on February 5th
- Q4 2014 U.S. Investment Bank Round-Up: Debt Origination on February 5th
- Improved Underwriting Boosts Hartford’s Results on February 5th
- Q4 2014 U.S. Investment Bank Round-Up: Advisory Services on February 4th
- IntercontinentalExchange Group Earnings Preview: European Volumes Surge In Q4 on February 4th
- Despite FX Headwinds, MasterCard Beats Analyst Expectations on February 3rd
- Prudential Earnings Preview: FX Headwinds, Investment Income In Focus on February 3rd
- Despite Expected Headwinds, State Street’s Still Worth $80 on February 3rd
- Visa Maintains Growth Though FX Headwinds Remain A Concern on February 2nd
- Deutsche Bank Posts Better-Than-Expected Q4 Results; Warns Of Higher Legal Costs In 2015on February 2nd
- CME Earnings Preview: Trade Volumes Surge In Q4 on February 2nd
Media & Telecom
- Weekly Media Notes: Disney And Fox Earnings And Super Bowl Ratings on February 6th
- Sirius XM’s Strong Q4 Results Confirm A Bright Future For Subscriber Growth on February 6th
- Sprint Beats Estimates On Improved Subscriber Adds on February 6th
- Time Warner’s CNN Will See A Steady Growth In Subscription And Advertising Revenues In The Coming Years on February 5th
- NYT Earnings: Digital Growth Boosts Revenues Yet Again on February 4th
- Disney Sees A Solid Growth Across Its Segments; Frozen Helps The Media Giant Post 23% Earnings Growth on February 4th
- Sirius XM Earnings Preview: Steady Subscriber Additions And Bottomline Growth To Continueon February 4th
- News Corp Earnings Preview: Advertising Trends In Print Media And Digital Assets In Focus on February 4th
- Sprint Earnings Preview: Postpaid Subscriber Adds, Free Cash Flow In Focus on February 4th
- Why BlackBerry’s Fortunes Ride Heavily On BES on February 3rd
- Time Warner Cable Posts Strong Subscriber Numbers For 2014 on February 3rd
- Weekly Media Notes: Viacom Results, ESPN Ratings And Super Bowl Ad Pricing on February 2nd
- Viacom Posts 8% Earnings Growth But Lower Ratings At Media Networks Continue To Drag Advertising Income on February 2nd
Industrials & Transportation
- Airlines Week In Review: Delta, Alaska Report Operating Results For January on February 6th
- Proposed Defense Budget For Fiscal 2016 Brings Cheer To Lockheed on February 5th
- UPS Q4 Earnings: Surge In Operating Expenses Was Expected on February 4th
- UPS Earnings Preview: Operating Expenses Up On Peak Season Preparations on February 2nd
- Bell Will Temper Textron’s Growth In 2015; Acquisitions Lift Q4 Result on February 2nd
Health Care
- Merck Posts Disappointing Numbers As Experimental Hepatitis C Treatment Loses Breakthrough Designation on February 6th
- Boston Scientific’s Growth In Key Businesses Helps In Delivering Solid Q4 Results on February 6th
- Boston Scientific Earnings Preview: New Products In Focus on February 3rd
- Roche Posts Solid Numbers But All Eyes On What The Future Holds For The Company on February 2nd
- Merck Earnings Preview on February 2nd
Energy & Utilities
- How Transocean’s Key Metrics Are Being Impacted By The Offshore Downturn on February 5th
- Chevron’s Earnings Decline On Lower Oil Prices But Production Outlook Intact on February 4th
- Trends Driving Our $1 Price Estimate For Alpha Natural Resources on February 3rd
- ConocoPhillips Price Revised To $68.50 Per Share On Lower Capital Expenditures, Slower Production Growth on February 2nd
- Shell Price Revised To $67 Per Share On Thinner Upstream Margins, Lower Capital Expenditures on February 2nd
Basic Materials
- Cost Rationalization Efforts Partially Offset Impact Of Low Commodity Prices On Cliffs’ Q4 Results on February 4th
- Dow Continues Margin Expansion But Lower Oil Prices Weigh On Outlook on February 3rd