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News Breaks | | | | February 15, 2013 | | 14:53 EDT |  | CMCSA, GE, BRK.A, HNZ, GM, CSCO | Market set to end week lower after European data disappoints
Stocks are set to end the week slightly lower after bad economic news out of Europe offset positive U.S. economic data and some major developments on the M&A front... MACRO NEWS: GDP in the euro zone and Germany for the fourth quarter dropped and came in below expectations. Japan's Q4 GDP was also worse than expected... Economic data in the U.S. was more upbeat, however, as jobless claims and an index of consumer confidence beat expectations, although industrial production for January was lower than expected... European Central Bank officials indicated that they might impose negative deposit rates on banks' deposits at the central bank... COMPANY NEWS: Comcast (CMCSA) agreed to buy the share of NBC it doesn't already own from GE (GE) and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) and a Brazilian private equity firm agreed to buy H.J. Heinz (HNZ)... In another major deal, Constellation Brands (STZ) announced that it would buy major beer brands, a large brewery in northern Mexico, and other considerations from AB InBev (BUD) for $2.9B. The deal is expected to increase the chances that the Justice Department will allow AB InBev to buy the remaining stake in Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo it doesn't already own... GM (GM) and Cisco (CSCO) both reported stronger than expected quarterly revenues. | |
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| June 19, 2013 | | 17:25 EDT |  | CSCO | Finisar sees growing with customer Cisco despite insourcing
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 13:30 EDT |  | GM | General Motors ranks atop new vehicle survey, Automotive News says
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:23 EDT | | GM | GM to expand Cadillac retail network in China, Reuters reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | June 18, 2013 | | 07:29 EDT |  | CSCO | Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association to host a conference
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:13 EDT | | GM | European car sales at 20 year low, Bloomberg reports
European car sales fell to a two decade low in May as rising joblessness caused by a recession in the euro region reduced demand at Peugeot (PEUGY), Renault and GM (GM), reports Bloomberg.Reference Link | | | 06:17 EDT | | CSCO | Taiwan tablet sales to reach 2M units in 2013, DigiTimes reports
Tablet demand in the Taiwan market is set to reach 2M units in 2013, reports DigiTimes, according to a Far EasTone Telecommunications Officer. Maxwell Cheng said the forecast for tablet sales volume in 2013 is set to double the level in 2012, with the 7-inch models estimated to account for 70%-80% of solid tablets. Reference Link | | | 06:01 EDT | | GM | On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up
Subscribe for More Information | | | June 17, 2013 | | 14:05 EDT | | GM | GM may benefit from lease expirations this year, Automotive News says
Subscribe for More Information | | | 11:10 EDT |  | GM | Sierra Wireless is likely beneficiary General Motors vehicle connectivity, says Avondale
Subscribe for More Information | | | 10:23 EDT |  | CSCO | Cisco moves higher, levels to watch
Subscribe for More Information | | | | 09:01 EDT | | CSCO | Cisco has a conference call hosted by Deutsche Bank
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:07 EDT | | GM | States push automakers to sell no-emission cars, Bloomberg reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | June 15, 2013 | | 16:05 EDT | | GM | General Motors recalling more than 193,652 SUVs on fire risk, AP says
Subscribe for More Information | | | June 14, 2013 | | 07:27 EDT |  | CSCO | TiVo volatility at historic lows after patent settlements
Subscribe for More Information | | | June 13, 2013 | | 16:41 EDT | | CSCO | Cisco reports 7.5% passive stake in Finjan Holdings
| | | 08:03 EDT | | GM | GM denies it will produce Chevrolet Cruze in Poland, Reuters reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:10 EDT | | HNZ | 3G likely to cut jets at Heinz amid cost cuts, NY Post reports
Private-equity firm and Heinz investor 3G Capital will likely cut the company's fleet of corporate jets in an effort to cut costs, New York Post reports, citing sources. Reference Link | | | June 12, 2013 | | 07:23 EDT | | GM | Electric car makers cut prices to catch Toyota, Globe and Mail reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:09 EDT | | GM | Toyota shifts to qualtiy from expansion, Reuters reports
Toyota Motor (TM) said it’s unlikely to recapture its peak market share it held four years ago in the U.S. (GM, F), its biggest market, the latest sign the car maker is shifting to improving quality from aggressively expanding sales, reports Reuters.Reference Link | | | 06:05 EDT | | GM | On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up
WALL STREET JOURNAL: The tectonic plates of the world economy are shifting, moving the yield on the 10-year Treasury to the highest level in more than a year and shaking financial markets. Now, some constants are being questioned in markets, triggering paroxysms in stocks, bonds, commodities and the currencies of emerging markets, the Wall Street Journal reports...Drugstores (CVS, RAD, WAG) are preparing to change how they stock and sell a widely used emergency contraceptive after the Obama administration agreed to allow the pill to be sold over the counter to customers of all ages. Sold primarily under the brand name Plan B (TEVA, ACT, PRGO), the pill is currently stocked behind pharmacy counters, the Wall Street Journal reports...REUTERS: If currency turbulence in emerging markets becomes a full-scale investor flight, the Fed may have a new headache in deciding when to slow its dollar printing policy. The link between U.S. monetary policy and currency runs on the other side of the world could be tighter than many assume, Reuters reports...Toyota Motor (TM) said it’s unlikely to recapture its peak market share it held four years ago in the U.S. (GM, F), its biggest market, the latest sign the carmaker is shifting to improving quality from aggressively expanding sales, Reuters reports...BLOOMBERG: Exchange executives (NYX, NDAQ), long shielded from legal scrutiny in the U.S., have been put on notice that may be changing after federal regulators fined CBOE Holdings (CBOE) $6M for unprecedented lapses in supervision, Bloomberg reports...Borealis Infrastructure Management and its Kuwaiti-British partners abandoned their $8.3B bid for the U.K. water utility Severn Trent (SVTRY) as the offer deadline expired, Bloomberg reports. | | |
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