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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 89 top stories this week:
Technology (26 articles)
- Applied Materials, 3 articles (1, 4, 24)
- Nvidia, 3 articles (1, 6, 22)
- AOL, 2 articles (5, 23)
- NetApp, 2 articles (3, 25)
- TripAdvisor, 2 articles (2, 18)
Consumer (26 articles)
- Coca Cola, 2 articles (11, 26)
- CVS, 2 articles (9, 25)
- Dr. Pepper, 2 articles (1, 13)
- Gap, 2 articles (4, 8)
- Kraft, 2 articles (3, 10)
- Pepsico, 2 articles (6, 21)
- Tesla, 2 articles (12, 23)
Financial Services (11 articles)
- Manulife, 2 articles (2, 9)
- MetLife, 2 articles (3, 10)
- Morgan Stanley, 2 articles (1, 6)
Energy & Utilities (8 articles)
- Alpha Natural Resources, 2 articles (1, 7)
Media & Telecom (8 articles)
- Cisco, 2 articles (3, 8)
- Time Warner, 2 articles (2, 6)
Industrials & Transportation (5 articles)
- Airlines, 2 articles (1, 2)
- CSX, 2 articles (3, 5)
Basic Materials (4 articles)
- Rio Tinto, 2 articles (1, 4)
Health Care (1 article)
All 89 investment stories this week are listed below.
Technology
- Weekly Tech Update: AMAT, CREE, INTC, MU, QCOM, NVDA on February 13rd
- Riding On Strategic Acquisitions And Insightful Investments, TripAdvisor Delivers A Healthy Fourth Quarter on February 13rd
- NetApp Earnings: Weakness In Product Sales Offset By Services on February 13rd
- Applied’s Q1’15 Earnings Review: Growth Driven By Rising Semiconductor & Display Demandon February 12nd
- AOL Earnings: Overall Revenue Improves Even As Display Ads Suffers Due To Shuttered Properties on February 12nd
- Nvidia Closes Fiscal 2015 On A Strong Note: Growth Driven By Gaming, Automotive, Data Center & Cloud on February 12nd
- Improved Outlook Sends Monster Worldwide’s Stock Higher on February 12nd
- Earnings Review: Akamai Continues To Fire On All Cylinders on February 12nd
- Oracle Triggers Price War in the Servers Market on February 11st
- Why Microsoft Is Tapping The U.S. Debt Market? on February 11st
- How Will Yelp’s $134 million Acquisition of Eat24 Help Its Business? on February 11st
- Groupon Pre-Earnings: Expecting Strong Holiday Season Sales on February 11st
- Trends That Will Drive Samsung’s Semiconductor Business In 2015 on February 11st
- VeriSign Posted A Moderate Fourth Quarter, But Aims Higher With Increased Marketing Activities on February 10th
- Shutterfly Q4 2014 Earnings Preview: Margins Likely Remain Under Pressure on February 10th
- LinkedIn Delivered A Beat In Fourth Quarter on February 10th
- Zynga Pre-Earnings: Trends We Are Watching on February 10th
- TripAdvisor Q4 2014 Earnings Preview: Acquisitions And Instant Booking Platform In Focus on February 10th
- Strong Performance By Core Titles Drive Activision’s Annual Revenues In 2014 on February 10th
- Twitter Outperforms During Fourth Quarter, Driving Stock Price Higher on February 9th
- Expedia’s Fourth Quarter Review: Growth Slows Due To eLong’s Weakness, FX Headwinds, And Acquisition Related Spending on February 9th
- Nvidia’s Q4’15 Earnings Preview: Gaming, Tegra & Data Centers In Focus on February 9th
- AOL Earnings Preview: Programmatic Platform To Deliver Growth Yet Again on February 9th
- Applied Is Confident Of Retaining Its Growth Momentum In Fiscal ’15: Q1’15 Earnings Previewon February 9th
- NetApp Earnings Preview: Strong Outlook For Software And Services on February 9th
- Human Capital Management Weekly Review: ADP, Paychex on February 9th
Consumer
- Dr Pepper Earnings Review: Growth In Both Sparkling And Still Segments Boost Q4 Volume Growth on February 13rd
- Why We Think Best Buy’s FY’16 Bets Make a Lot More Sense on February 13rd
- Kraft Foods Group Earnings: Lack Of Guidance Causes Uncertainty on February 13rd
- Gap Inc Ends Piperlime And Makes Certain Leadership Changes on February 13rd
- Falling Gas Prices Pummel Costco’s Otherwise Strong Growth In January on February 13rd
- PepsiCo Earnings Review: Negative Currency Translations Offset Strong Organic Growth In 2014 on February 12nd
- Still No Potential Suitors For Aeropostale And Here’s Why on February 12nd
- Gap Inc’s January Sales Fall, But It Raises Full Year Guidance on February 12nd
- CVS Meets Expectations Despite Headwinds. Management Confident of Carrying Momentum Into 2015. on February 12nd
- Kraft Foods Earnings Preview: Commodities And Operations In Focus on February 12nd
- Coca-Cola Earnings Review: Cautiously Optimistic On Future Growth Prospects Even As 2014 Revenues Fall on February 12nd
- Earnings Review: Tesla Misses Its Delivery Target For 2014 But Upbeat About 2015 Outlook on February 12nd
- Dr Pepper Pre-Earnings: Effective Net Pricing In The U.S. To Fuel Top Line Growth In Q4 on February 11st
- Why Is Omni-Channel Retailing So Important For Bed Bath & Beyond? on February 11st
- Perks Loyalty Programs & Innovative New Items Drive Dunkin’ Brands’ 2014 Sales Growth on February 11st
- Will Wal-Mart Pick Up Target Canada’s Leftovers? on February 10th
- Estee Lauder Performs Above Expectation In Q2FY15, Though Currency Headwinds Continue Dampening Growth on February 10th
- Three Reasons Why Diageo Holds Long-Term Potential on February 10th
- Avon Q4 2014 Earnings Preview: Latin American Problems Might Weigh On Earnings on February 10th
- L’Oreal Earnings Preview: Luxury Cosmetics and Acquisitions Might Fuel Sales, Offset Perhaps By Economic Adversities on February 10th
- PepsiCo Pre-Earnings: All Eyes On Margin Expansion And Growth In Developing Markets on February 10th
- Earnings Review: FX Headwinds, Rising CapEx, Weigh Down Ralph Lauren’s Profits on February 9th
- Earnings Preview: Can Tesla Meet Its Deliveries and Production Targets For 2014? on February 9th
- Dull Keurig 2.0 Launch & Brewer Recalls Hamper Keurig’s Revenue Growth In Q1 on February 9th
- Medicaid Expansion and New Specialty Therapy Launches to Drive CVS’ Growth on February 9th
- Coca-Cola Earnings Preview: Currency Headwinds Could More Than Offset Positive Price Mix In The U.S. on February 9th
Financial Services
- Financials Weekly Notes: Citigroup, BofA, Morgan Stanley on February 13rd
- Manulife Earnings: Growth In Asia Continues, Canada And U.S. Mixed on February 13rd
- Business Growth, Lower Investment Income Drive MetLife’s Earnings on February 13rd
- Credit Suisse Shares Rally After Q4 Earnings Beat on February 12nd
- U.S. Banks Report One Of The Worst Trading Performances Since The Downturn on February 12nd
- Morgan Stanley Leads U.S. Banks In Equity Trading Revenues For 2014 on February 11st
- UBS Doubles Dividend, Sees A Few Issues Along With Q4 Results on February 11st
- AIG Earnings Preview: Underwriting, U.S. Business Growth In Focus on February 10th
- Manulife Earnings Preview: North American Operations, Currency Fluctuations From East In Focus on February 10th
- MetLife Earnings Preview: Growth In U.S., But Investments And FX Concerns Loom on February 10th
- Q4 2014 Was The Worst Quarter For FICC Trading In Three Years on February 9th
Energy & Utilities
- Alpha Natural Resources’ Earnings Review: Weak Coal Demand And Pricing Weighs On Q4 Results on February 13rd
- Solar Weekly Updates: Strong Q4 Shipments, Apple-First Solar PPA, Trina’s Panel Supply Dealon February 13rd
- Is Every Oil Company A Buy Right Now? on February 13rd
- Oilfield Services Weekly Notes: Falling Rig Count And Halliburton’s Layoffs on February 13rd
- What Apple’s PPA With First Solar Could Mean For The Utility-Scale Solar Industry on February 11st
- What’s Driving Our $96 Per Share Price Estimate For Exxon Mobil? on February 9th
- Alpha Natural Resources’ Earnings Preview: Weak Coal Demand And Pricing To Weigh On Q4 Results on February 9th
- Lower Rig Count Reflects Tough Short Term Outlook For Oilfield Services Companies on February 9th
Media & Telecom
- Verizon Best In Wireless Network Quality, Sprint Leads In Improvement on February 13rd
- Subscription Fees Growth At Cable Networks Boosts Time Warner’s Q4 Earnings on February 12nd
- Cisco Reports Strong Q2 Results On Robust Switching Sales on February 12nd
- Earnings Preview: Watchout For CBS’ Advertising Income In Q4 on February 11st
- China Telecom Improves High Speed Subscriber Additions With 4G Trial License on February 11st
- Time Warner’s Q4 Earnings Likely Boosted By Subscription Growth At Turner And HBO on February 10th
- News Corp Benefits From A Solid Growth At Book Publishing And Digital Real Estate Operations on February 9th
- Cisco Earnings Preview: Emerging Markets, Margins In Focus on February 9th
Industrials & Transportation
- Will Airlines Begin To Post Losses If Oil Prices Rise In Coming Months? on February 13rd
- Airlines Week In Review: United, American, Southwest, JetBlue Report Operating Performance For January on February 13rd
- Can CSX Successfully Increase Its Pricing? on February 11st
- Can Corning’s Phire Rise Up To Sapphire’s Challenge? on February 9th
- Railroads Earnings Recap: Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, CSX on February 9th
Basic Materials
- Rio Tinto’s Full Year 2014 Earnings Review: Cost Reduction And Higher Volumes Offset Impact Of Low Commodity Prices On Results on February 13rd
- Is The Worst Over For Iron Ore Miners? on February 13rd
- ArcelorMittal’s Q4 Earnings Preview: Improved Market Conditions For Steel And Cost Reduction Initiatives To Boost Results on February 11st
- Rio Tinto’s Full Year 2014 Earnings Preview: Robust Production Volumes And Cost Reduction Initiatives To Partially Offset Impact Of Low Commodity Prices on February 10th
Health Care
- Medtronic Earnings Preview: Key Businesses In Focus on February 13rd