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How To Trade Michael Kors, Tiffany And Two Other Luxury Retailers In Recovery Mode
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 22:51
Trading strategies for four lux retailing stocks.
Fast Food Mash-Up: Arby's Buying Buffalo Wild Wings In $2.9 Billion Deal
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 17:00
One month after NRD Capital said it is buying Ruby Tuesday and seven months after Panera announced its acquisition by JAB Holdings, Buffalo Wild Wings has announced that it, too, will exit the private market -- thanks to...
Why the pain in thermal power may be enduring
livemint.com - 28 Nov 2017 04:39
Larger transformations are at work and if the current indications are anything to go by, the challenges will persist for some time
Opening bell: Asian markets open mixed; GMR, RCom, NTPC, L&T in news
livemint.com - 28 Nov 2017 04:27
GMR Airports IPO likely by June 2019, while ITC plans Rs10,000 crore investment in food processing business
What upbeat flash PMI numbers mean for emerging markets
livemint.com - 28 Nov 2017 04:23
The recovery in developed markets should improve the prospects for export growth in emerging markets, including India
Interest rates are set to rise as liquidity tightens
livemint.com - 28 Nov 2017 04:09
Given the thinning cushion of liquidity, rates across the curve have only one way to go--up
Renaming VIX The Greed Gauge
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 00:58
The growth of short VIX ETFs and ETNs relative to long VIX products is unprecedented - especially from such low levels of volatility and such high stock prices.
OECD warns markets too optimistic
livemint.com - 28 Nov 2017 23:26
OECD says asset prices have gotten too high for a global economy that is set to peak next year and a market downturn could put the expansion at risk
How Large Is Pfizer's Biosimilar Opportunity?
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 22:00
Roche recently sued Pfizer , stating that the latter's biosimilar for Herceptin amounts to patent infringement. Roche has nearly $2.5 billion in sales at stake. We believe that these lawsuits are going to be increasingly...
Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp See Rare Growth In Mortgage Servicing Portfolios
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 21:35
Wells Fargo joined U.S. Bancorp to report a sequential improvement in its total mortgage servicing portfolio for Q3 2017 - making this the first time in more than four years that two of the nation's five largest banks bu...
Why India Is Crucial To Amazon's Massive International Expansion Plans
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 21:30
Amazon has had a solid year thus far, with revenue growth of over 25% on an annual basis. This is not an easy feat for a company that reported $136 billion in revenues last year. In recent years, Amazon has invested mass...
Why Blizzard Is Key To Activision Blizzard's Future Growth
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 21:18
Activision Blizzard needs its Blizzard unit to keep up the momentum it has seen in recent quarters. This is especially important considering that the Activision unit's user base growth has slowed down in the last two yea...
Why Salesforce's Revenue Will Nearly Double By 2021
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 21:18
Building on its strong growth momentum over the last few years, Salesforce reported record revenue ($7.6 billion,+25% year-over-year) for the first three quarters of the year and expects to generate nearly $2.8 billion i...
Whole Foods' Sales Are Booming, Is This Bad News For Target and Wal-Mart?
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 20:56
Since being acquired by Amazon, Whole Foods' revenues have grown impressively. While some of this is due to good publicity from price cuts on key items, some of it is likely from the relationship with Amazon attracting c...
Why Tableau's Stock Has Risen By 40% This Year
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 20:50
Tableau Software's decision to shift from perpetual licensing to a subscription-based model appears to be paying off, and the company's stock has risen by nearly 40% this year, despite a notable reduction in licensing re...
Amazon's Early Christmas Bonus
Wall Street Journal - 28 Nov 2017 20:00
Projections for retail and cloud businesses are growing as Amazon's already-rich valuation gets another boost.
Acquiring Revenue Can Quickly Destroy Shareholder Value
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 19:45
This firm moved to bolster its position within its market by acquiring a competitor in 2016, but it paid too high a price. The expected synergies from the deal have not come to fruition and the profitability of the combi...
Hasbro-Mattel Merger Could Produce Big Profits
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 19:45
A Hasbro/Mattel merger could create significant profit growth opportunities through cross-licensing, increased bargaining power, and cost control.
Batteries Are Taking Over the World
Wall Street Journal - 28 Nov 2017 19:39
The battery industry is mustering for exponential growth as car makers electrify their fleets. But for investors the path to profitability is far from clear, and technological breakthroughs could upset the competitive or...
Wall Street at record levels on Jerome Powell's comments
livemint.com - 28 Nov 2017 19:18
The US markets also shrugged off concerns over progress of the Trump tax bill
Biotech Pullback Makes Bargains Out Of Alexion, Flexion, Clovis, Tesaro, and Incyte
Forbes - 28 Nov 2017 18:58
After a very strong year, the biotech sector has suffered an 8% pullback over the past 5 weeks. Todd Hagopian, whose biotech portfolio is up 38% this year, believes that the recent pullback has created bargains in Alexio...
UnitedHealth Reaches an Unhealthy Altitude
Wall Street Journal - 28 Nov 2017 18:28
UnitedHealth's stock has more than quadrupled over the past five years. But its high valuation means that the health insurer has a lot to live up to.