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U.S. Investors Look Abroad For Better Deals
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 12:47pm | 520Read More...Data from the eurozone this week suggests that the region's political problems haven't slowed the pace of economic recovery spurred on by ECB bond buying. With the European Central Bank promising to continue with its large-scale bond buying program until inflation stabilizes, U.S....
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of May 5: Disney, Pfizer, Tesla And More
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 5:46pm | 1225Read More...Highlights on the earnings front this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Disney, Keurig Green Mountain, Pfizer and Whole Foods Market, which are expected to post year-over-year earnings gains. Analysts expect Tesla Motors to say its earnings declined, and for Groupon and SolarCity to...
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Market Wrap For March 27: Markets Lower Following Mixed Economic Data
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 5:39pm | 2145Read More...U.S. stocks were slightly lower as positive labor market data clashed with fourth quarter GDP estimates that showed the economic expanded less than economists had expected. Major indices finished slightly lower as the Nasdaq index continues to see its losses fall sharper compared to the Dow and...
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Market Wrap For November 19: Home Depot's Strong Earnings Unable To Keep Dow In Positive Territory
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 5:34pm | 1457Read More...Tuesday, Chicago Fed boss Charles Evans said that 2013 growth will likely fall short of expectations. In what is clearly a growing sign of Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) ability to deliver news, the Chicago Fed live-tweeted Evan's speech which was given to Illinois bankers. Most notable was: @...
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Ciena, Cisco And Others Poised To Cash In On The Big Data Boom
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 12:17pm | 797Read More...Analysts at Deutsche Bank say they believe that networking leaders Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) are well positioned to benefit from the increase in IT spending for data centers forecast at the recent VMworld 2013 conference. Below we take a...
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Four Communications Equipment Companies Oppenheimer Likes
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 2:17pm | 829Read More...Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) were among the communications equipment makers recommended in a recent research report from the Institutional Portfolio analysts at Oppenheimer. The analysts see these companies as poised...
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Moves in Smaller Tech Stocks (BV, BSFT, JIVE, SYKE)
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 8:27am | 721Read More...Some smaller tech companies saw unusual movement in their stocks on Tuesday. And not just in Bazaarvoice (NASDAQ: BV), Broadsoft (NASDAQ: BSFT), Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE) and Sykes Enterprises (NASDAQ: SYKE), which are discussed below. But also e-mail marketing company ExactTarget (NYSE: ET),...
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Barron's: Whose Earnings Estimates Are Safe?
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 12:56pm | 797Read More...An article in this week's Barron's suggests that analysts will lower their 2013 earnings estimates in coming weeks. Earnings for the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index are projected to rise 13% next year, but there is little evidence to support such acceleration. For the recently ended third...
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GE, Chevron and Other Companies Doing Business in Myanmar
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 5:46pm | 687Read More...As mentioned on Benzinga on Wednesday, legendary investor Jim Rogers stated that he sees the troubled Asian nation of Myanmar, also known as Burma, as possibly the best investing opportunity in the world. "I see enormous opportunities there because they're now opening up," Rogers said to OilPrice....
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Seven Hot European Stocks
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 7:53am | 1100Read More...The European situation was the focus at this past weekend's G20 meeting. Even as a bailout of Greece seems to be all but set, several eurozone members teeter on the brink of recession. On top of that comes the backlash from Iran over sanctions due to its nuclear development efforts. See also:...
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Cisco Systems and Jones Group Hit 52-Week Lows
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 12:30pm | 235Read More...In morning trading, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Jones Group (NYSE: JNY) fell to new 52-week lows of $15.26 and $9.97 per share, respectively. Cisco has slumped on disappointing quarterly results from Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN). Cisco has a market cap of $84.2 billion and is a leading producer and...
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Morgan Keegan Reflects On R&D Tax Credit
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 9:29am | 298Read More...Morgan Keegan has published a research report on Communications Equipment companies reflecting on the R&D tax credit and has not made any ratings or estimate adjustments to companies that do not pay U.S. taxes. In the report, Morgan Keegan writes "We have reviewed our coverage universe and have...
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Alcatel-Lucent Acquires OpenPlug
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 8:33am | 87Read More...Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) has acquired OpenPlug for an undisclosed amount announced Wednesday. As a result, applications that had previously only been available on more sophisticated devices such as smartphones can now be enjoyed by consumers on any mobile device, which opens up opportunities in...
