Posts Tagged ‘ shares ’

ING Groep NV Sells Its Mexican Mortgage Business To Santander

June 17, 2013

Dutch banking giant ING Groep NV (NYSE:ING) (AMS:INGA) announced Friday that it has signed an agreement with Grupo Financero Sntdr Mxco SAB de CV ADR (NYSE:BSMX), the Mexican unit of Spanish banking giant Banco Santander S.A. (NYSE:SAN) to sell its Mexican mortgage unit. The deal will make Banco Santander, S.A. (NYSE:SAN) the second largest home loan provider in Mexico. The Spanish bank’s local unit will pay ING Groep NV (NYSE:ING) (AMS:INGA) 643 million pesos ($50.7 million) in cash. ING’s Mexican mortgage unit has 12.3...
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Intel Corporation (INTC) May Worth $50 By 2017

By Aman Jain

June 17, 2013

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) plans to expand in the mobile computing space in a serious way. A report from Seekingalpha by Michael Blair examines the effect of this on the chip makers share price and how a success in the mobile space could work out for shareholders. As per the report, the chip maker may be worth $50 or more by 2017. Markets Expanding For Intel As per the data from IDC, smart device market...
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Groupon Inc (GRPN) Still Has A Long Way To Go

By Aman Jain

June 17, 2013

The fortune seems to changing for Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN). The company that was on the brink of collapse not so long ago and has been widely criticized for its massive marketing budget and lack of strategy is on the rebound lately. On Friday, after a report from Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB) (FRA:DBK) (ETR:DBK) gave a buy rating, the shares of the company jumped 12 percent, which is three times its all-time low last November. The...
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Market News: Restoration Hardware, Casey’s, Smith & Wesson, Cempra

By Vikas Shukla

June 14, 2013

Post Market News Stocks that were active in U.S. trading on Friday include Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc (NYSE:RH), Casey’s General Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:CASY), Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:SWHC), Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC) and Cempra Inc (NASDAQ:CEMP). Market Levels U.S.: Dow Jones: 15,097.34 (-0.52%), S&P 500: 1,628.63 (-0.47%), Nasdaq: 3,427.99 (-0.51%) World Markets: Shanghai: 2,162.04 (+0.64%), Nikkei 225: 12,686.52 (+1.94%), Hang Seng Index: 20,969.14 (+0.39%), TSEC: 7,937.74 (-0.18%), FTSE 100: 6,308.26 (+0.06%), EURO STOXX 50: 2,667.32 (+0.21%), BSE Sensex: 19,177.93 (+1.86%) Metals: Gold: $1,377.80 (0.00%), Silver:...
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QEP: What Makes Analysts Bullish About This Stock?

By ValueWalk Staff

June 14, 2013

QEP Resources Inc (NYSE:QEP), TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO), and Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI) have been in news recently and have garnered positive analyst ratings. Here is a closer look if higher price targets are warranted: QEP Resources’ Annual Gains QEP Resources Inc (NYSE:QEP) is an oil exploration, production and midstream field services company. This stock is not your typical oil out-performer. In fact, it has annual gains of 15 percent only as this is largely known to be...
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Exxon Faces Lawsuit Over Arkansas Oil Spill

By Vikas Shukla

June 14, 2013

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has been sued by the Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and the federal government over the March 29 pipeline rupture that sent more than 210,000 gallons of heavy tar sands crude into the waterways and residential neighborhoods if the town of Mayflower. In the lawsuit filed Thursday, the government and Arkansas Attorney General alleged that the oil giant stored oil and other contaminated clean-up material along a state highway. The company was...
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Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NOK) – Evaluating NSN, IPO More Likely: CS

By ValueWalk Staff

June 14, 2013

In this recent investors report, Analysts from Credit Suisse weigh up the options facing Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) (BIT:NOK1V) (HEL:NOK1V) over NSN especially in the context of low visibility on any potential turnaround in handsets. Whether doing an IPO in parts for its stake in NSN, or buying Siemens AG (ADR) (NYSE:SI) (FRA:SIE) (ETR:SIE)’s share either option would help Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) (BIT:NOK1V) (HEL:NOK1V), but analysts believe the IPO option crystallizes value for NSN, while...
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Market News: Gannett, Yahoo, Safeway, RIM (BBRY), PVH

By Vikas Shukla

June 13, 2013

Post Market News Stocks that were active in U.S. trading include Gannett Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:GCI), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY), Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ:BBRY) (TSE:BB) and PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH). Market Levels U.S.: Dow Jones: 15,187.56 (+1.28%), S&P 500: 1,636.38 (+1.48%), Nasdaq: 3,445.37 (+1.32%) World Markets: Shanghai: 2,148.35 (-2.83%), Nikkei 225: 12,445.38 (-6.35%), Hang Seng Index: 20,887.04 (-2.19%), TSEC: 7,951.66 (-2.03%), FTSE 100: 6,304.63 (-0.08%), EURO STOXX 50: 2,661.71 (-0.18%), BSE Sensex: 18,827.16 (0.00%) Metals: Gold: $ 1,377.80 (-1.02%), Silver: $21.58 (-0.98%), Platinum: $1,447.10 (-2.37%) Currency: EUR/USD: 1.3345 (+0.12%),...
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Questcor, LULU, Bazaarvoice: Does Media Drama Obscure Sound Investing?

By ValueWalk Staff

June 13, 2013

Opportunities often come with a degree of ambiguity and it is mostly difficult to tell cheese from chalk. Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:QCOR), Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:LULU) (TSE:LLL), and Bazaarvoice Inc (NASDAQ:BV) are three examples. Here is some sense out of the noise: Questcor’s Shares Surged After New Drug Development Shares of California based specialty biopharmaceutical company Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:QCOR) surged after it announced an agreement with Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) to develop anti-inflammatory Synacthen and Synacthen...
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Vodafone Pursues Kabel Deutschland After Rejection Of Initial Offer

By Vikas Shukla

June 13, 2013

Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD) (LON:VOD) is pursuing acquisition of Kabel Deutschland. The German cable operator has already rejected the British telecom giant’s initial offer of 7.2 billion euro ($9.6 billion), people familiar with the matter told Kate Holton and Peter Maushagen of Reuters. Vodafone has long been speculated to make a move for Kabel Deutschland, which is the biggest cable operator in the biggest European market. Vodafone’s Quad Play Ambition The acquisition will help Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD) (LON:VOD)...
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Apple Inc. (AAPL) iBooks Business Was Up 100% In 2012

By Aman Jain

June 13, 2013

An ongoing trial, in which the U.S. Department of Justice accused Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) over fixing ebook prices, has revealed that the iPhone maker’s iBooks business was up 100 percent, in 2012, and held 20 percent market share. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been accused by the government as the mighty partner which along with the book publisher is working on increasing the prices and at the same time the government also claims the company “forgot...
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