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Starbucks Is Maintaining Its Competitive Edge
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 14:34
A number of questions were raised, and are being raised, on Starbucks’ growth trajectory. A behemoth like it ought to slow down eventually. With the June quarter’s results coming in with lower than expected comparabl...
Forget Marmite, Unilever's Price Problems Start With Its Stock
Wall Street Journal - 13 Oct 2016 16:16
The consumer-goods giant's underlying sales growth isn't what it seems.
Why 2016 is the year of IPOs
livemint.com - 13 Oct 2016 23:27RSI Alert: Yandex (YNDX) Now Oversold
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 22:27
Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indi...
Pitney Bowes Becomes Oversold (PBI)
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 22:27
Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indi...
3M Teams Up With Alphabet's Verily For Population Health Management Tools
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 22:26
3M Health Informations Systems, a business of 3M , and Verily Life Sciences (formerly Google Life Sciences), an Alphabet company, announced an agreement to develop new population health measurement technology for managin...
Wall Street Heavyweight Goldman Sachs Launches Its Consumer Lending Platform Marcus
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 22:15
Goldman Sachs, one of the most storied investment banks in the world, is getting into the consumer finance business with the launch of an online lending platform, Marcus.
Relative Strength Alert For Unilever
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 22:02
The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — ...
International Paper (IP) Shares Cross 4% Yield Mark
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 21:33
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Thursday, shares of International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.85), w...
Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: OMC, DIS, RTN
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 21:28
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Omnicom Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMC), where a total of 6,662 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 666...
Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: AXTA, MSFT, AXP
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 21:28
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (NYSE: AXTA), where a total of 8,167 contracts have traded so far, representing appr...
Retail Shows Signs of Life
Wall Street Journal - 13 Oct 2016 21:17
Evidence is mounting that retail sales are poised for a rebound following a summer lull.
The Case For Flexion To Double By Mid-2017
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 21:00
Twelve million patients see a doctor for osteoarthritis related knee pain. The current standard of care is to first try corticosteroid injections before moving on to opioid treatments which can be addictive. Todd Hagopia...
RBI's forex forward position at 12-year low
livemint.com - 13 Oct 2016 20:41
While this does not indicate the central bank's propensity or willingness to intervene in the market, the unwinding of RBI's forward position has brought down premiums
September quarter: refining firms' earnings to decline sequentially
livemint.com - 13 Oct 2016 20:41
Even though refining margins have risen a bit, lack of substantial inventory gains will mean that reported GRMs of Indian refining firms are likely to be sequentially lower
Cipla: US FDA cloud over Indore plant clears
livemint.com - 13 Oct 2016 20:40
Cipla's sales to the US rose by 30% for its base business, although reported US sales declined due to one-off revenues from a high-value product in the year-ago quarter
Weak e-commerce demand and high costs hit Blue Dart in Q2
livemint.com - 13 Oct 2016 20:40
Govt curbs on e-commerce discounts and subdued online purchases in July-September impacted the business-to-consumer e-tailing segment of the firm
Rise In Bearish Investor Sentiment
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 20:39
Pessimism among individual investors about stock prices dropping rebounded in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey.
Kimco Realty's Class J Preferred Stock Yield Pushes Past 5.5%
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 20:14
In trading on Thursday, shares of Kimco Realty Corp.'s 5.50% Class J Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: KIM.PRJ) were yielding above the 5.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.375), with sh...
Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: AMZN, AAL, EMN
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 20:03
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Amazon.com Inc. (NASD: AMZN), where a total of 68,599 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 6.9 m...
A Closer Look At Alibaba's Long Term Strategy
Forbes - 13 Oct 2016 19:54
In a recent letter to its shareholders, Alibaba‘s Executive Chairman Jack Ma mentioned that with e-commerce rapidly becoming a “traditional business,” pure e-commerce players will face tremendous challenges. The co...
Amazon's New Tune Speaks Volumes About Google Rivalry
Wall Street Journal - 13 Oct 2016 19:14
Amazon's new music service isn't just a play against Apple and Spotify. Google figures in.