Technicals

What Does the Social Media Crowd Think About AstraZeneca (AZN) Stock?

If you are looking for a stock in the Large Cap Pharma industry, AstraZeneca PLC AZN could be one to watch closely. Right now the company has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and it has been seeing rising earnings estimate revisions as of late. In fact, the full year consensus estimate has risen from $2.13/share to $2.15/share in the past 30 days, while one estimate has gone higher for the time frame and none has gone lower […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Strength of Nature Announces Acquisition of Five Hair Care Brands from Unilever

Strength of Nature Announces Acquisition of Five Hair Care Brands from Unilever Latest Acquisition Positions Strength of Nature as the Fastest Growing Category Leader in the Industry Motions, Just for Me, Consort, Groom & Clean and TCB’s Business in Africa will now Join the Strength of Nature Portfolio of Premium Quality, Value Brands PR Newswire SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 2, 2015 SAVANNAH, Ga. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Cisco Brothers Acquires The Environment Brand

Cisco Brothers Acquires The Environment Brand PR Newswire LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2, 2015 LOS ANGELES , Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Cisco Pinedo, the CEO of Cisco Brothers Corporation, announced that they have acquired Environment, the LA based furniture brand with a similar eco-friendly, handmade brand ethos […]

Stock Analysts

Alibaba Hires 2 Business Leaders to Run European Operations

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group BABA recently appointed two senior business leaders to carry out its operations in Germany and France. Alibaba appointed Terry von Bibra and Sébastien Badault as managing directors of Alibaba Group Germany and Alibaba Group France, respectively. The appointments are effective immediately and both will report to Alibaba president, Michael Evans […]

Stock Analysts

JPMorgan & KeyCorp Join Hands with FinTech Companies

Financial technology companies, also known as FinTech companies, are firms that use software to provide financial services. These companies are easing payment processes, reducing fraud, saving users money, promoting financial planning and in short reshaping the financial sector. While FinTech companies like LendingClub Corporation LC are gaining immense popularity due to peer-to-peer models, crowdfunding, and contactless payments, traditional companies have started collaborating with these virtual start-up firms in a bid to capitalize on the online boom. […]

Economic Data

Strong ADP Jobs Report To Boost Markets

The major indexes are on track to start today’s session essentially flat, with the strong ADP (ADP) jobs reading raising hopes of a similar outcome from the key government jobs report on Friday that would further firm up Fed expectations for an interest rate hike. A major speech by the Fed Chairwoman a little later will likely add to these expectations. […]

Economic Data

ADP Report: Firmer Tone for Fed Rate Hike

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 The major indexes are on track to start today’s session essentially flat, with the strong ADP (ADP) jobs reading raising hopes of a similar outcome from the key government jobs report on Friday that would further firm up Fed expectations for an interest rate hike. A major speech by the Fed Chairwoman a little later will likely add to these expectations. This morning’s jobs report from payroll processor ADP came in better than expected. […]