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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 76 top stories this week:
Consumer (28 articles)
- L Brands, 3 articles (3, 11, 27)
- Aeropostale, 2 articles (5, 15)
- American Eagle (2, 24)
- Home Depot, 2 articles (19, 26)
- Lowe’s, 2 articles (8, 22)
- Target, 2 articles (7, 25)
- Wal-Mart, 2 articles (10, 28)
Technology (16 articles)
- Cree, 3 articles (1, 9, 12)
- HP, 2 articles (3, 11)
- Intel, 2 articles (1, 5)
- NetApp, 2 articles (8, 16)
- Qualcom, 2 articles (1, 13)
- Salesforce 2 articles (6, 14)
- TI, 2 articles (2, 10)
Financial Services (6 articles)
Energy & Utilities (6 articles)
- Haliburton, 2 articles (1, 4)
- Trina Solar, 2 articles (3, 6)
- Yingli, 2 articles (2, 5)
Industrials & Transportation (6 articles)
Media & Telecom (6 articles)
Health Care (5 articles)
- J&J, 2 articles (1, 6)
Basic Materials (3 articles)
All 76 investment stories this week are listed below.
Consumer
- P&G’s Frederic Fekkai Hair Care Brand Becomes the Latest Victim of the Brand Consolidation Program on May 22nd
- American Eagle Soars On Better-Than-Expected Earnings And Guidance on May 22nd
- L Brands’ Growth Remains Steady; Guides Moderate Improvement For 2015 on May 22nd
- Lower China Sales And Large Investments To Weigh On Tata Motors’ Fiscal 2015 Results on May 22nd
- Why Aeropostale’s EBITDA Margins Can Rebound Going Forward on May 21st
- Has Colgate-Palmolive Joined the Divestment Bandwagon? on May 21st
- Target On-Target In The First Quarter on May 21st
- Lowe’s Earnings Review: Misses On Revenues But Optimistic Outlook Persists on May 21st
- There’s Much To Gain In China’s SUV Market — But For Whom? on May 20th
- Wal-Mart’s Missed Earnings Signal A Bleak 2015 on May 20th
- L Brands’ Price Estimate Revised To $89 On Continuous Better-Than-Expected Performance on May 20th
- Why 2015 Will Be A Mediocre Year For Guess’s Asian Business on May 20th
- These Two Factors Could Lead To 40% Decline In Our Valuation For Avon Products on May 20th
- Higher Rates Will Drive Wynn Resorts’ Domestic Hotel Operations In The Coming Years on May 20th
- Aeropostale Earnings Preview: Struggle Will Continue; Average Unit Retail In Focus on May 20th
- What Could Removing Aspartame From Diet Pepsi Do For PepsiCo? on May 20th
- Best Buy Earnings Preview: Expectedly Low Bottom Line To Be The Key Feature Of Q1 on May 20th
- Ascena Group Buys Ann In A Cash And Stock Deal on May 20th
- Home Depot Earnings Review: Strong Q1 Results Even As U.S. Economy Slackens on May 20th
- Gap Inc Earnings Preview: Premium Brand Weakness & Currency Headwinds To Offset Consistent Old Navy on May 19th
- Urban Outfitters’ Revenues Grow, But Profit Decline Signals The Inevitable on May 19th
- Lowe’s Earnings Preview: Q1 May Not Meet Expectations As U.S. Economy Slackens on May 19th
- Three Scenarios That Could Impact Volkswagen’s Valuation on May 18th
- Earnings Preview: American Eagle’s Flight May See Some Headwinds on May 18th
- Target’s Earnings May Feel The Impact Of Traffic Decline And Wage Hike on May 18th
- Home Depot Earnings Preview: Weaker U.S. Economy Could Mean A Slower Start on May 18th
- L Brands To Report Strong Quarterly Results Yet Again on May 18th
- Wal-Mart Earnings Preview: Traffic Decline, Cautious Spending And Currency Headwinds Will Weigh On Growth on May 18th
Technology
- Weekly Tech Update: INTC, CREE, FFIV, QCOM, TXN on May 22nd
- Factors That Can Lead To A Significant Increase In TI’s Valuation on May 22nd
- HP Earnings: Soft Demand And Strong Dollar Impact Revenue Even As The Company Gears For Split on May 22nd
- Here Are The Key Drivers And Barriers For Alibaba on May 21st
- Two Factors That Can Alter Intel’s Valuation By More Than 10% on May 21st
- Salesforce Posts Robust Q1 Results, Raises Fiscal 2016 Guidance on May 21st
- Possible Scenarios In The SSD Space That Could Significantly Move SanDisk’s Stock Price on May 21st
- NetApp Reports Low Product Sales, Weakness To Continue Through Next Quarter on May 21st
- CREE Strengthens Its $100 Million Power & RF Business By Adding New Products To Its Portfolio on May 19th
- TI Expands Its Low-Cost MCU Portfolio With DesignDRIVE And World’s Fastest ADC on May 19th
- HP Earnings Preview: Revenues To Decline As Challenging Business Environment Persists on May 19th
- Cree Plans To Spin-Off Its Power And RF Division To Unlock Its Full Value on May 19th
- Qualcomm Strengthens Its IoT Footprints With Duo Of WiFi Chips For Connected Devices on May 18th
- Salesforce’s Takeover Rumors and Analytics Cloud May Take Center Stage in its Q1 Results on May 18th
- Rationale For Apple’s Coherent Navigation Acquisition Extends Beyond Just Maps on May 18th
- NetApp Earnings Preview: Services To Drive Earnings on May 18th
Financial Services
- Q1 2015 U.S. Banking Review: Custody Banking Assets on May 22nd
- Q1 2015 U.S. Banking Review: Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Ratios on May 21st
- Q1 2015 U.S. Banking Review: Total Deposits on May 21st
- Q1 2015 U.S. Banking Review: Net Interest Margin on May 20th
- U.S. Banking Weekly Notes: JPMorgan, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley on May 18th
- Brokerages Weekly Review: April Trading Metrics For Charles Schwab, Ameritrade, E*Trade on May 18th
Energy & Utilities
- Oilfield Services Notes: Transocean and Halliburton on May 22nd
- Solar Weekly Notes: Yingli, First Solar, SunPower on May 22nd
- Trina Solar Beats Expectations On Strong Shipments And Margins on May 22nd
- How Different Oil Price Scenarios Could Impact Halliburton’s Stock on May 19th
- Yingli Plummets After It Says It Has “Substantial Doubt” About Its Future on May 19th
- Trina Solar Q1 Preview: Production Costs And Downstream Business In Focus on May 19th
Industrials & Transportation
- Logistics Weekly Review: FedEx, UPS on May 22nd
- Scenarios That Can Move American Airlines’ Valuation on May 21st
- Deere Earnings Preview: Weak Agriculture Equipment Sales To Weigh On Top Line on May 20th
- How Sensitive Is Southwest’s Stock To Oil Prices? on May 19th
- Airlines Enhance Shareholder Returns and Boost Investor Confidence on May 18th
- Railroads Weekly Review: Norfolk Southern, CSX, Union Pacific on May 18th
Media & Telecom
- Revising NYT Price To $12 on May 22nd
- Weekly Media Notes: Disney’s Largest Retail Store In China And More on May 22nd
- China Telecom Racing Ahead Of China Unicom In Adding 4G Subscribers on May 22nd
- China Unicom Still Struggling With 4G Subscriber Adds on May 20th
- China Mobile Inching Towards 50% High Speed User Mix on May 20th
- AT&T-DirecTV Deal Likely To Get Regulatory Approval Soon on May 19th
Health Care
- 10% Upside If J&J Is Even Partially Successful In Its R&D Plan on May 22nd
- Merck & ASCO: It Is All About Keytruda (Pembrolizumab) on May 21st
- Bristol-Myers Squibb: Looking Ahead With Opdivo on May 21st
- ASCO Will Be Important For Roche on May 20th
- FDA’s New Warning About Invokana May Not Matter Much For J&J, Let’s Focus On Pipeline Instead on May 19th
Basic Materials
- Trends Driving Our $21 Price Estimate For Freeport-McMoRan on May 21st
- How Cliffs Would Benefit From A Recovery In Iron Ore Prices on May 21st
- Trends In Steel Usage In The Automotive Industry on May 19th