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Why It's Hard to Make Cold Cash Delivering Hot Food
Wall Street Journal - 28 Feb 2018 16:21
Companies that specialize in helping you order takeout food online have done a remarkable job delivering returns to shareholders. Now comes a new threat.
No Magic Number for Qualcomm
Wall Street Journal - 28 Feb 2018 12:30
Broadcom's reduced bid still represents substantial premium, but deal risk remains high.
Executive Bonuses Scalp Regis' Stockholders
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 23:11
This company has executed its turnaround strategy, but the excepted results (improved profits) have failed to materialize. Instead profits continue to fall, margins lag peers, and strategic initiatives fail to deliver ta...
New OCC Head Disowns Post-Crisis Lending Guidelines, Expects Leverage To Increase
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 23:01
Joseph Otting, head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said yesterday that leveraged finance bankers shouldn't consider themselves bound by the lending guidelines the agency issued in the wake of the finan...
Can Blockchain Challenge 'FANG' Tech Giants For Control Over Our Data?
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 23:00
Tech giants like Facebook and Google have been given free rein over our data for far too long many say. It could be seen as pure genius on their parts to have created services so ubiquitous we don't now even think of the...
Market Fails To Appreciate Oclaro's Growth
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 22:56
Strong profit growth and a cheap valuation earn this stock a spot in January's Most Attractive Stocks List and make it this week's Long Idea.
Backlog of cases down in Ajay Tyagi's first year as Sebi chairman
livemint.com - 28 Feb 2018 22:55Discover Financial Still Looks Cheap After Stock's Big Run
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 22:52
Last week, analysts parsed 403 10-K filings and collected 65,183 data points. In total, they made 10,444 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $6.9 trillion. Analyst Lindsay Bohannon found key items in D...
Roll Ups Smoldering In US Cannabis Industry
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 22:41
As it stands now, spreading legalization, maturing companies and growing investor appetites could spark up a flurry of M&A and capital raising for the cannabis industry in the coming years
Salesforce beats, stock up slightly
CNBC - 28 Feb 2018 22:30
Salesforce beat estimates in its fiscal fourth quarter. That initially sent the stock higher after hours.
PNB fraud effect: Axis Bank defers $500 million bond sale
livemint.com - 28 Feb 2018 21:39
Axis Bank had to defer its bond sale as international investors expressed concerns over the health of India's banking sector in the wake of the $2 billion PNB fraud
An Overview Of IHS Markit's Business And Outlook
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 21:24
IHS Markit is a data and information services business that caters to a variety of industries including automotive, energy, financial services, defense and maritime. In 2016, IHS and Markit merged to form a data powerhou...
Berkshire Hathaway Reporting -- Laudatory But Surface Deep
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 20:58
Don't own Berkshire for its investment portfolio. In a bull run it could underperform. No tech except Apple. Financials are OK but dangerous in a recessionary environment when loan losses can test the stability of even o...
Sandhya Marines files papers for IPO
livemint.com - 28 Feb 2018 20:44
Sandhya Marines' share sale will comprise a fresh issue worth Rs300 crore and an offer-for-sale of 12.6 million shares by the company's promoters
3 Brilliant Dividend Shares To Buy Before Midnight
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 20:31
This article looks at three terrific dividend shares that could leap in the days ahead.
Falling Fees And A.I. Are Real: America's Top Advisors Say A Focus On Value Is The Only Solution
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 20:02
At Forbes and Shook Research's Top Advisors Summit at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, America's best FAs explained why increasing the value of their advice to clients is the only way to thrive in a financial world that's bein...
Key Takeaways From Vale's Q4
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 19:59
Vale (NYSE: VALE) reported its Q4 and full-year 2017 results on Tuesday, February 27. The company reported a 38% year-on-year rise in net income for full-year 2017, largely driven by higher iron ore price realizations as...
How Will Electronic Arts Perform In 2018?
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 18:57
Electronic Arts has had a good run over the last few years. But is the market overvaluing it right now? Our base valuation model suggests that that could be the case. Our base estimates put Electronic Arts' valuation at ...
Sky Is the Limit in Battle for Sky
Wall Street Journal - 28 Feb 2018 18:55
How high could Sky stock go in a bidding war between Disney and Comcast? Valuation fundamentals are a poor guide when big-picture strategy meets asset scarcity.
Dropbox Looks To Be Worth Nearly $10 Billion Heading Into Its IPO
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 18:51
Dropbox filed for an IPO with the SEC late last week, with the intention of being listed on NASDAQ under the ticker DBX. The move by the popular cloud storage company makes sense, as upbeat equity market conditions shoul...
Hertz shares sink further after a bigger-than-expected loss
CNBC - 28 Feb 2018 18:25
Hertz's shares sank further after the company's post-earnings call failed to ease investors' nerves over the quarterly loss it reported a day earlier.
VMware's Growth Spree Likely To Continue For Q4
Forbes - 28 Feb 2018 18:04
VMware (NYSE:VMW) is scheduled to announce its Q4 fiscal 2018 earnings on March 1. The company has demonstrated strength in its business through the fiscal year, with fast-growing segments such as network virtualization,...