Year: 2015

Social networking website, Twitter ( TWTR ) is keen on growing its advertising business and reportedly, expanded the advertising space from Timeline to users’ following list. Some of the celebrity Twitter users have noticed the change, but it is not clear if the company has fully rolled out this advertisement strategy for marketers. We believe that Twitter will benefit from this higher spending by marketers as its innovative product portfolio continues to attract advertisers (its primary revenue source) […]

Switzerland-based Weatherford International Ltd. ( WFT ) procured an amount of $750 million following the closure of the previously announced sale of the company’s engineered chemistry and Integrity drilling fluids businesses to an affiliate of The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company. The transaction is, however, subject to a customary post-closing working capital adjustment […]

On Dec 31, 2014, we issued an updated research report on Shutterfly, Inc. ( SFLY ). On Oct 29, this leading provider of personalized products posted the third-quarter 2014 results. […]

On Dec 31, Zacks Investment Research upgraded Insperity Inc. ( NSP ) to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). Why the Upgrade? […]

In a bid to ramp up its presence in the flourishing Chinese market, leading hotelier, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. ( HOT ) recently unveiled a property named Aloft Dongguan Songshan Lake in the city of Dongguan, in the central Guangdong province. This marked the entry of Aloft, one of Starwood’s contemporary hotel brands, in the city of Dongguan. […]

Sam’s Club, a subsidiary of retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ( WMT ), is offering $20 gift cards to all its members who join Sam’s Club or renew their existing membership before Jan 31, 2015. This is expected to be one of the best membership deals from Sam’s Club and a perfect New Year gift for its members. […]

The largest drugstore chain in the U.S., Walgreen , has completed its acquisition of the UK-based Alliance Boots on Dec 31, 2014, to form a new company called Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Walgreens Boots Alliance, the first global pharmacy-led health and wellbeing enterprise, will start trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “ WBA ”. The merger process, which began in Jun 2012, was completed this week following the approval by Walgreen’s shareholders on Dec 29, 2014 […]

On Jan 2, Zacks Investment Research upgraded Stellus Capital Investment Corporation ( SCM ) to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). Why the Upgrade? The rank upgrade of this Houston-based non-diversified investment management company was driven by strong estimate revisions that came on the back of the recent reorganization of its revolving credit facility and impressive fiscal third-quarter results. […]