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Johnson Controls Has 'Persistently Underwhelming' Growth, Cash Generation, RBC Says In Bearish Turn
Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 3:27pm | 361Read More...Johnson Controls International (NYSE: JCI)’s fiscal 2018 cash flow pressures and cuts to 2020 targets drove RBC Capital Markets to downgrade the stock on Thursday. The Analyst Deane Dray of RBC Capital Markets downgraded Johnson Controls from Sector Perform to Underperform and lowered the...
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Greenberg: Valeant Reminds Me Of Tyco
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 2:30pm | 233Read More...Herb Greenberg, a partner at Pacific Square Research, talked about the similarities of Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE: VRX) to Tyco back in 2002. "The big difference between two companies is that Tyco had big entities to sell. This is a bunch of different drugs," Greenberg...
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Tyco Up 7% Following Johnson Controls Merger Agreement
Monday, January 25, 2016 - 9:05am | 313Read More...Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE: JCI) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Tyco International plc (Ireland) Ordinary Share (NYSE: TYC). Shares of Johnson Controls were trading lower by 0.27 percent at $35.50 early Monday morning, while shares of Tyco were higher by more than 7 percent...
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Tyco Acquires ShopperTrak For About $175 Million In Cash; Investors Cheer Move
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 11:01am | 153Read More...Tyco International plc (NYSE: TYC) announced on Tuesday it has agreed to acquire ShopperTrak, a global provider of retail consumer behavior insights and location-based analytics, for approximately $175 million in cash. Tyco also acquired FootFall, a global provider of retail traffic analytics back...
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Why DuPont Will Ride The Agriculture Consolidation Wave
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 2:00pm | 400Read More...Deutsche Bank remains bullish on E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) following Q3 earnings. The firm believes a new CEO and a wave of consolidation in the agriculture business will be positive catalysts for DuPont. Deutsche Bank’s SOTP analysis yields a $70 price target. In a new...
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Wal-Mart's Earnings Help Boost Dow To New Highs
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 5:39pm | 1092Read More...U.S. stocks were mildly higher on Thursday as major indices were little changed at the closing bell. The S&P 500 and Dow both traded at new highs following Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.'s (NYSE: WMT) premarket earnings. Data from the Labor Department showed initial claims for state...
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What Is A High Risk Market?
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 9:39am | 810Read More...As defined here, a “high risk market” refers to a geographical region fraught with risk due to bribery, corruption or geopolitical events. While any industrial sector could be at risk, some industries are more prone than others are and often find themselves ensnared by the U.S....
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How The Arthur Anderson And Enron Fraud Changed Accounting Forever
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 10:44am | 482Read More...The Enron scandal in early 2001 forever changed the face of business. Enron, the once high flying energy trading company, was exposed as being little more than a slowly unraveling multi-billion dollar financial scheme. Eventually Enron cost employees and investors billions of dollars after the...
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Private Security Screeners Could Replace TSA Employees (TYC, OSIS, LLL)
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 3:50pm | 428Read More...The battle for proper airport security is beginning to heat up again now that airports are strongly considering the potential for private security. Currently, there are 17 airports in the United States – including Kansas City International Airport – that have replaced the traditional TSA screeners...
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Boards of Directors – 60 Ways to Screw Your Shareholders
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 2:14am | 542Read More...Money For Nothing – Reviewed I’ve often suspected that many public companies and corporate boards were not looking out for their shareholders. Once, I was amused to discover that a Fidelity Fund I owned nominated a psychiatrist to the board. What the hell did he know about business, I wondered?...
