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Barron's Picks And Pans: Regeneron, Axalta, Alleghany And More
Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 6:24pm | 609Read More...Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for a leading biopharmaceutical company, a manufacturer of automotive paints and a little-known insurance holding company. This issue also offers thoughts on economic reform from an outgoing CEO of a multinational industrial products...
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Typhoon Mujigae Rains On Macau's Golden Week Parade
Monday, October 12, 2015 - 3:02pm | 469Read More...After a strong start to the Golden Week holidays, Macau visitation numbers were hit hard by the arrival of Typhoon Mujigae. Prior to the typhoon’s landfall, Macau visitation numbers for October were 7.1 percent higher than last October’s numbers. Monthly gross gaming revenue in Macau...
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Is It Time To Bet On Chinese Telecoms?
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 8:25am | 213Read More...In a recently published report, Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Chris Lane upgraded the Chinese telcos sector and a couple of stocks: China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (ADR) (NYSE: CHU) and China Telecom Corporation Limited (ADR) (NYSE: CHA) to Outperform. Lane issued a price target of HK$16.40 for...
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What You Need To Know About The Spark Therapeutics IPO
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 3:06pm | 385Read More...Six companies are set to go public on Friday. Below are details on the most anticipated biotech deal of the week. The two best deals of the week are thought to be Spark Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ONCE) and Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK). Spark Therapeutics is a gene therapy company focused on...
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Exploring Apple's Recent Downtrend
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 9:26am | 396Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been on a downtrend since the beginning of December. After rising throughout the year without any major slumps, the stock hit a $119.75 high on November 25 and since then has drifted lower. Toni Sacconaghi, senior research analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, recently...
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Microsoft's E3 Briefing Highlights The Company's Ongoing Evolution
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 9:55am | 632Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) kicked off the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo with a press event that focused on only one thing: new video games. This might sound like a no-brainer considering that E3 is a show for the game industry, but Microsoft initially promoted its new console, Xbox One, as...
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Ford More Likely To Pick Google Over BlackBerry
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 4:12pm | 444Read More...Contrary to the unconfirmed report, Ford (NYSE: F) might not replace Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) in-car devices with technology developed by BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY). And if Ford did decide to drop Microsoft, BlackBerry wouldn't be the most likely replacement. "In my view, if they were to drop...
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IBM Grows Business with Spending Spree
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 8:56am | 545Read More...It's good to be International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) this week, as the company not only announced that it will likely be making a large acquisition in the near future, but it will also introduce a new line of mainframe computers on Tuesday that will ensure customers are using up-to-date and...
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Starbucks Employee Benefits in China Could Also Benefit Shareholders
Friday, April 20, 2012 - 7:50am | 172Read More...Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) CEO, Howard Schultz, discussed the company's China strategy with Bloomberg yesterday. Schultz mentioned that by 2014 Starbucks will have more stores in China than in any other market excluding the US. CEO Schultz also noted that the company will offer many of its employee...
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Verizon: No Wires, Employees, or iPhone 5?
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 5:14pm | 656Read More...With news of a $10 billion dividend, the release of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 in the near future, and a growing 4G LTE network, what is holding Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) back? Verizon has been pressing on the throttle with its wireless services at the cost of decreasing revenue in...
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Analyst Considers Apple A Good Buy (AAPL); CNBC
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 8:21am | 121Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is riding high on the iPad wave. Talking with CNBC, Toni Sacconaghi, senior research analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, said that Apple is a good buy. Sacconaghi said that iPad’s near-term contribution to Apple’s financials is small. According to him, every 1 million iPads sold...
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Analyst Picks Sprint And AT&T As Favorites: CNBC (S, ATT)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 8:14am | 137Read More...In an interview with CNBC, David Dixon, senior telecom analyst at FBR Capital Markets said that the telecom service sector is fraught with uncertainty. Dixon said, “But investors are going to be quite surprised about the free cash resiliency of this space over the next few years.” According to...
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Analyst Picks Sprint And AT&T As Favorites: CNBC (S, ATT)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 8:14am | 137Read More...In an interview with CNBC, David Dixon, senior telecom analyst at FBR Capital Markets said that the telecom service sector is fraught with uncertainty. Dixon said, “But investors are going to be quite surprised about the free cash resiliency of this space over the next few years.” According to...
