Stock Analysts

Columbia Sportswear Promotes Top Leaders to Drive Growth

After delivering better-than-expected first quarter 2015 results and raising its outlook for 2015 last month, Columbia Sportswear Company COLM has now promoted four senior leaders to support rapid global growth and reduce increasing complexity of the business. On May 27, this leading apparel and footwear designer announced that Lisa Kulok, who served as the vice president of global marketplace planning and customer operations, has been promoted to the position of senior vice president of global supply chain operations. In this role, she will be responsible for the company’s global inventory planning, transportation logistics, distribution and account operations […]

Technicals

Is Zurich Insurance an Incredible Value Stock? 3 Reasons Why ZURVY Will Be Tough to Beat – Tale of the Tape

Many investors like to look for value in stocks, but this can be very tough to define. There is great debate regarding which metrics are the best to focus on in this regard, and which are not really quality indicators of future performance. Fortunately, with our new style score system we have identified the key statistics to pay close attention to and thus which stocks might be the best for value investors in the near term […]

Stock Analysts

Broadcom Offers Ultra HD Set-Top Box to Korean Households

Leading semiconductor solutions provider Broadcom Corp BRCM announced that KT Skylife – a premier satellite broadcast provider in South Korea, has created an Ultra HD set-top box built on its single chip – the BCM7376. This will enable the broadcaster to deliver a unique and extraordinary viewing experience to its subscribers. Broadcom is focused on innovating technologies related to connectivity, bandwidth and content, which enable it to capture a sizeable market share […]

Stock Analysts

3 Chemical Growth Stocks to Revitalize Your Portfolio

The chemical industry is gradually gaining strength after being badly shaken by the global economic crisis. The highly cyclical industry – which had long been out of favor – is finally looking up, making it an attractive investment proposition for 2015. The industry got off to a positive start in 2015 as the March quarter showed healthy demand trends for chemicals across key markets, and continued recovery in commercial construction – an end-market that has long been a weak link […]

Stock Analysts

Teva Settles Provigil Drug Delay Charge with FTC for $1.2B

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited TEVA has been asked by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to pay $1.2 billion to settle all antitrust charges leveled against its Cephalon unit for illegally delaying the launch of generic versions of its sleep disorder drug Provigil. The settlement came just ahead of trial proceedings which were scheduled to begin on Jun 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. […]