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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 121 top stories this week:
Consumer (29 articles)
- Ford, 3 articles (6, 13, 27)
- Daimler, 2 articles (8, 23)
- Diagio, 2 articles (14, 24)
- Starbucks, 2 articles (25, 29)
- Target, 2 articles (3, 19)
- Volkswagen, 2 articles (8, 18)
- Wynn Resorts, 2 articles (9, 28)
Technology (24 articles)
- Akamai, 2 articles (3, 23)
- Lexmark, 2 articles (8, 27)
- Nokia, 2 articles (2, 12)
- Twitter, 2 articles (7, 22)
Financial Services (18 articles)
- CME, 2 articles (3, 9)
- Deutsche Bank, 2 articles (11, 14)
- Mastercard, 2 articles (7, 15)
- Visa, 2 articles (2, 12)
Industrials & Transportation (15 articles)
- Corning, 2 articles (2, 15)
- Norfolk Southern, 2 articles (3, 14)
Media & Telecom (12 articles)
- Time Warner Cable, 3 articles (2, 7, 10)
- Comcast, 2 articles (3, 10)
- Sirius, 2 articles (2, 7)
Energy & Utilities (11 articles)
- Alpha Natural Resources, 2 articles (2, 9)
Basic Materials (7 articles)
- Vale, 2 articles (6, 9)
Health Care (5 articles)
All 121 investment stories this week are listed below.
Consumer
- Will E-Cigarettes Be The Next Big Thing For Altria? on May 1st
- What Does North America Have In Store For Diageo? on May 1st
- Lily Pulitzer Collection Indicates A Probable Target Comeback on May 1st
- Has Home Depot Maxed Its Potential? on May 1st
- CVS Health Earnings Preview: Strong PBM Business To Drive Growth. But, Reimbursement Pressure Will Continue To Drag Margins Down on April 30th
- How Ford Is Slowly Reviving Its European Operations on April 30th
- Earnings Review: Coach Still Stuck In A Rut on April 30th
- Volkswagen Earnings Review: North America Sales And Operating Performance In Focus on April 30th
- Wynn Posts Loss In Q1 Amid A Continued Decline In Macau Gaming on April 30th
- Macau Slowdown Weighs Over Las Vegas Sands’ Q1 Earnings on April 30th
- MGM Resorts Will Post Lower Earnings Amid A Slowdown In Macau on April 30th
- Diageo: Could Africa Be The Motor For Growth? on April 30th
- Earnings Review: Ford Reports Lower Profits As Expected on April 29th
- Daimler Earnings Review: Net Profits Almost Double On A Strong Operating Performance on April 29th
- Avon’s Q1 Earnings Likely Hit By Representative Base Erosion, Currency Headwinds, And Weak North American Sales on April 29th
- Price Hikes in Emerging Markets to Drive Colgate-Palmolive’s Q1 Results on April 29th
- Earnings Review: Honda Profits Fall On High Quality Costs And Negative Impact Of FX Fluctuations on April 29th
- Lower-Than-Expected Volume Sales To Weigh On Volkswagen’s Financials In Q1 on April 28th
- Retail Week In Review: Wal-Mart and Target on April 28th
- Apparel Week In Review: Urban Outfitters And Abercrombie & Fitch on April 28th
- Two Things Investors Are Overlooking In GM’s Recent Earnings Report on April 27th
- The Week That Was: Automotive Stocks on April 27th
- Lear’s Strong Growth Momentum Continues Into Q1 on April 27th
- Daimler Pre-Earnings: Strong Volume Rise In U.S. And China To Fuel Top Line Growth on April 27th
- Strong Revenue Growth In China & Asia-Pacific Drives Starbucks’ Top-line Growth In Q2 on April 27th
- Strong Comparable Sales Growth In The U.S. Drives Q1 Revenues For Dunkin’ Brands on April 27th
- Earnings Preview: Expect Lower Profits From Ford This Quarter on April 27th
- Macau Operations Will Drag Wynn Resorts’ Q1 Earnings Lower on April 27th
- Weekly Notes On Coffee Industry: Starbucks & Keurig Green Mountain on April 27th
Technology
- Lexmark Results: Results Reflect Anemic Demand For Printers on May 1st
- Nokia’s Stock Nosedives On Lower Networks Profits In Q1 on May 1st
- Akamai Q1 Earnings: Company Experiences All-Round Growth; Currency Headwinds Play Spoilsport on April 30th
- VeriSign Q1 Earnings Displayed Healthy Growth On The Back Of Increased Domain Name Registrations and Improved Renewal Rates on April 30th
- Salesforce Reportedly Fielding Takeover Offers on April 30th
- Western Digital Misses Guidance, Reports Low Unit Shipments For Q3’15 on April 30th
- Twitter’s Stock Plummets On Disappointing Results on April 29th
- Yahoo! Japan Earnings Preview: Focus On Mobile Ads And Transaction Revenues on April 29th
- LinkedIn Earnings Preview: Expecting Strong Growth In The First Quarter on April 29th
- Expedia Q1 2015 Earnings Preview: Strategic Alliances And eLong’s Performance In Focus on April 29th
- Constant Contact Expected To Deliver A Healthy First Quarter With In A Buoyant U.S. Marketon April 29th
- Nokia Earnings Preview: Strong Order Pipeline To Drive Networks Sales on April 29th
- PayPal Carries eBay’s Earnings In The First Quarter on April 28th
- Shutterfly Might Demonstrate A Strong First Quarter On The Back Of Its Strategic Investments And Cost Cutting Initiatives on April 28th
- Yelp Earnings Preview:Focus On Growth Across Local Ads Division on April 28th
- Low Consumer Electronics And Branded Unit Shipments Could Hinder Western Digital’s Q3 Growth on April 28th
- Greater China, iPhone Drive Apple’s Strong Q2 Numbers on April 28th
- ADP Earnings Preview: New Business Bookings, PPACA, Employment Growth To Drive Revenue on April 28th
- Qlik Q1 Earnings: Currency Headwinds Take Some Shine Off Of An Otherwise Impressive Quarter on April 27th
- Applied Materials Calls Off Its Merger With Tokyo Electron Due To Regulatory Snag on April 27th
- Lexmark Earnings Preview:Inorganic Growth To Boost Revenues on April 27th
- Twitter Earnings Preview: Expecting Solid Growth During First Quarter on April 27th
- Akamai Q1 Earnings Preview: Akamai To Continue Firing On All Cylinders on April 27th
- Samsung Q1 Preview: Semiconductors Will Drive Earnings As Smartphone Business Transitions on April 27th
Financial Services
- Q1 2015 U.S. Investment Bank Round-Up: Advisory Services on May 1st
- Visa Earnings: Payment Volumes, Transactions Offset FX Headwinds on May 1st
- Robust Trade Volumes Drive CME’s Q1 Earnings on May 1st
- Prudential’s Retirement Business In 2015: New Deals, Operating Margins In Focus on April 30th
- A Look At The Personal Automobile Insurance Market In The U.S. on April 30th
- RBS Warns Of A Tough Year Ahead As Legal Costs Weigh On Q1 Results on April 30th
- MasterCard Reports Solid First Quarter Despite FX Headwinds on April 30th
- Growing Legal Provisions Weigh On Barclays’ Q1 Results on April 29th
- CME Earnings Preview: Impressive Trade Volumes To Drive Q1 Earnings on April 29th
- AIG Earnings Preview: Property & Casualty Insurance, Investment Income In Focus on April 28th
- A Detailed Look At Deutsche Bank’s New Reorganization Plan on April 28th
- Visa Earnings Preview: Transaction Growth backed By Strong U.S. Economy, FX Headwinds To Continue on April 28th
- Hartford Earnings: Weak Underwriting, Low Investment Income Impact Earnings on April 28th
- Deutsche Bank Reports Strong Q1 Operating Performance As Trading Revenues Soar on April 28th
- MasterCard Earnings Preview: Growing U.S. Economy, Mobile Payments To Drive Spending on April 28th
- Key Takeaways From NASDAQ’s Earnings: Trading And Technology Divisions Limit Top Line Growth on April 27th
- State Street Shares Fall Despite A Strong Q1 Performance on April 27th
- Capital One’s Results For Seasonally Slow Q1 Marred By Interest Margin Pressure on April 27th
Industrials & Transportation
- Caterpillar Earnings: Can The Earnings Growth Continue ? on April 30th
- Corning’s Earnings Rise On Fiber Optics, Gorilla Glass, CPM on April 30th
- Norfolk Southern’s Earnings Decline On Coal Volumes, Fuel on April 30th
- JetBlue’s 1Q Profits Surge Due To Capacity Additions And Low Fuel Costs on April 29th
- UPS Earnings Rise On New Pricing Mechanism, Revised Rates on April 29th
- Lower Oil Prices Boost American Airlines’ 1Q15 Profits on April 28th
- Johnson Controls Earnings: Foreign Currency Headwinds Offset Otherwise Strong Results on April 28th
- Earnings Preview: Strong Aviation Performance Expected To Drive Overall Growth At Textronon April 27th
- Capacity Additions Along With Low Fuel Prices Will Drive JetBlue’s 1Q Profits on April 27th
- Alaska Air Beats Earnings Estimate On The Back Of Capacity Expansions And Low Fuel Costson April 27th
- Union Pacific Earnings: Fuel, Coal, Intermodal Temper Top Line on April 27th
- United Technologies Earnings: Cost Cutting Boosted Profitability Despite Currency Headwindson April 27th
- 3M Earnings: Currency Headwinds Temper Revenue And Outlook on April 27th
- Norfolk Southern Earnings Preview: Earnings To Take A Hit Due To Fuel Prices on April 27th
- Corning Earnings Preview: Revenue To Grow On Display, Optical And Specialty Volumes on April 27th
Media & Telecom
- Why We Are Revising Our Price Estimate For Netflix on May 1st
- Time Warner Cable Q1 Earnings: Record Subscriber Growth; Management Mum On M&A Activity on May 1st
- Comcast Q1 Earnings Preview: Subscriber Trends And NBCUniversal In Focus on May 1st
- Sirius XM’s Strong Subscriber Growth Bolsters Outlook on April 30th
- Rating Woes Likely To Weigh Over Viacom’s FY Q2 Earnings on April 29th
- NYT Earnings Preview: Revenue Growth From Digital Initiatives In Focus on April 29th
- Time Warner Cable Q1 Preview: High Speed Internet Will Lead Growth on April 29th
- China Telecom’s Q1 Profit Drops 9% On Sluggish Subscriber Adds, VAT Reform on April 29th
- Turner Networks And Studio Operations Will Drive Time Warner’s Q1 Earnings on April 28th
- Comcast-TWC Merger Called Off; Where Do These Companies Stand Now on April 28th
- Weekly Media Notes: Disney Lawsuit, Nickelodeon Programming And Media Networks Reaction To Verizon’s Slimmed Pay-TV Package on April 27th
- Sirius XM Likely To Report Strong Subscriber Adds And Bottomline Growth on April 27th
Energy & Utilities
- EOG Resources Earnings Preview: Impact of Oil Prices On Eagle Ford Development In Focuson May 1st
- Alpha Natural Resources’ Earnings Review: Weak Coal Demand And Pricing Weigh On Q1 Results on May 1st
- Anadarko Earnings Preview: Lower Oil Prices To Offset Wattenberg Production Growth on May 1st
- BP Earnings Review: Lower Oil Prices Offset Higher Upstream Production, Thicker Downstream Margins on April 30th
- First Solar’s Q1 Earnings Could Fall On Weaker Systems Revenue on April 30th
- Chevron Earnings Preview: Lower Oil Prices To Offset Higher Upstream Production on April 29th
- Lower Oil Prices Could Swing ConocoPhillips To A Loss In The First Quarter on April 29th
- ExxonMobil Earnings Preview: Lower Oil Prices To Offset Higher Volume, Better Mix on April 28th
- Alpha Natural Resources’ Earnings Preview: Weak Coal Demand And Pricing To Weigh On Q1 Results on April 28th
- SunPower’s Q1 Earnings Could Trend Lower on Weaker Utility-Scale Project Revenues on April 28th
- Shell Earnings Preview: Oil Prices To Weigh Significantly On Upstream Earnings on April 29th
Basic Materials
- Vale’s Q1 Earnings Review: Lower Iron Ore Prices Negatively Impact Results on May 1st
- U.S. Steel Earnings Review: Competition From Steel Imports Negatively Impacts Q1 Results on April 30th
- Cliffs’ Earnings Review: Lower Iron Ore Prices Negatively Impact Q1 Results on April 30th
- Barrick Gold Earnings Review: Lower Gold Prices And Shipments Weigh On Q1 Results on April 29th
- Vale’s Q1 Earnings Preview: Higher Shipment Volumes To Partially Offset Impact Of Lower Iron Ore Prices on April 28th
- Cost Reductions Boost Newmont’s Q1 Results Despite Weak Gold Prices on April 27th
- Dow Chemical Earnings: Demand For Specialty Products Drives Growth Amid Lower Oil Priceson April 27th
Health Care
- Roche’s Cancer Segment Is Likely To Remain Strong In Near To Medium Term on April 30th
- Growth Across Key Businesses Helps Boston Scientific Deliver Strong Earnings on April 30th
- Merck Earnings Preview on April 27th
- Pfizer Earnings Preview: Revenue Decline To Continue As Pfizer Searches For New Growth Avenues on April 27th
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Earnings Preview: Yervoy, Opdivo And Eliquis In Focus on April 27th