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The exciting new world of unsponsored ADRs
livemint.com - 23 Feb 2015 17:48
No sooner did the government notify, many Indian companies filed applications for issuing DRs
Loews April 17th Options Begin Trading
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 20:24
Investors in Loews Corp. (NYSE: L) saw new options become available today, for the April 17th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the L options chain for the new April 17th...
Monster Beverage And 4 Other Ted Williams Value Stocks
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 23:13
Chasing red-hot stocks in result in a lot of misses. Stick with value stocks like these five instead.
Monday Sector Laggards: Materials, Technology & Communications
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 21:45
In afternoon trading on Monday, Materials stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.6% loss. Within that group, Nabors Industries (NYSE: NBR) and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX) are two large stocks ...
Monday Sector Leaders: Healthcare, Utilities
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 21:45
Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Monday, shares of Healthcare companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.1%. Within the sector, Gilead Sciences (NASD: GILD) and HCA Holdings (NYSE: HCA) are two...
Qualcomm Launches New Snapdragon Processors For The Mid-Range Mobile Market
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 20:59
While the Snapdragon 620 and 618 processors redefine the 600 tier with significantly higher levels of performance, the Snapdragon 425 and 415 processors feature octa-core CPUs, a first for the 400 tier. The Snapdragon 41...
Week Ahead Market Report: February 23, 2015
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 20:54
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ Composite, and S&P 500 are lower in afternoon trading on Monday. Some of the most actively traded stocks include Apple (AAPL) up 1.9%, Bank of America (BAC) down 1.3%, Home Loan S...
Deere Earnings: Better Than Expected Results Overshadow Weaker Outlook
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 20:44
As expected, the primary driver behind the decline in revenue and earnings was Deere's Agriculture and Turf division. Though the Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services divisions were positive, it was not enoug...
Increasing Competition in Cloud May Temper Salesforce's Revenue Growth in Q4
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 20:42
Salesforce has guided fourth quarter revenue to range from $1.436 billion to $1.441 billion, implying a year on year revenue growth rate of 25% to 26%. Consensus revenue estimates for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 st...
A Look At The Factors Driving Our $105 Price Estimate For UnitedHealth
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 20:40
The company posted solid growth figures in 2014, despite fears of an adverse impact from the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The company's operating income and revenues both recorded high single digit growth r...
First Solar Q4 Preview: Solar Gen 2 Sale Will Drive Results As Legacy Projects Wind Down
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 20:38
For this quarter, we expect revenues to see a sequential bump, owing to the sale of the company's 150 MW Solar Gen 2 project, although gross margins could be lower sequentially owing to a smaller contribution from the tw...
Home Depot Earnings Preview: Better Macroeconomic Conditions To Aid Sales
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 20:36
The stock price climbed almost 44% to register a 52-week high at $ 112.24 on February 21. In Q3, revenues grew 5.4% year-on-year to reach $20.5 billion, with a strong comparable sales growth of 5.8% in the U.S., in spite...
Monday 2/23 Insider Buying Report: MSG, OMI
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 20:31
Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to ...
Financial Industry Growth Hurts Economic Expansion, New Research Shows
IBTimes - 23 Feb 2015 20:13
Mainstream political thinking holds that a nation's economic fortitude relies on an ever-expanding financial sector. But new research disputes the notion. In a new paper titled "Why does financial sector growth crowd out...
Zee Media gets Sebi's nod for Rs200 crore rights issue
livemint.com - 23 Feb 2015 20:11
Zee Media had filed application with Sebi for proposed rights issue in January through Axis Capital
Fernando Alonso 'making a solid recovery'
CNN - 23 Feb 2015 19:50
Formula One star Fernando Alonso is on the road to recovery after a 150kph crash on Sunday.
Digital Struggles At Digital Leader Nasdaq
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 19:48
While Nasdaq is on the right track with their rebranding and content management efforts, only time will tell whether they have the business agility necessary to integrate the full spectrum of their digital efforts into a...
One Put, One Call Option To Know About for Procter & Gamble
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 19:24
Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one in...
Interesting December Stock Options for Pfizer
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 19:23
Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interesting...
One Put, One Call Option To Know About for Oracle
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 19:22
Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interest...
Interesting January 2016 Stock Options for Annaly Capital Management
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 19:22
Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Annaly Capital Management Inc (NYSE: NLY). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, ...
Existing Home Sales Dropped 4.9% In January As Housing Market Cools
Forbes - 23 Feb 2015 19:20
Existing home sales -- a figure that counts completed sales of single-family homes, townhomes, condos and co-ops -- fell 4.9% to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.82 million in January, the National Association of Realtors...