Stock Analysts

Canadian Solar Sells Illumination Plant to DIF Infrastructure III

Canadian Solar Inc. CSIQ announced that it has completed the sale of the 10-megawatt (“MW’) ac Illumination LP solar power plant, located in Ontario, Canada, for $48.4 million to an affiliate of DIF Infrastructure III (“DIF”). The solar plant comprises around 47,448 Canadian Solar MaxPower ‘CS6X-300/310P’ photovoltaic (“PV”) modules […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Agreement to Acquire the Ottawa Marriott Hotel

InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Agreement to Acquire the Ottawa Marriott Hotel Canada NewsWire TORONTO, Dec. 16, 2015 TORONTO , Dec. 16, 2015 /CNW/ – InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust (“InnVest” or the “REIT”) (TSX:INN.UN) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement, with a private seller, to acquire a 100% interest in the Ottawa Marriott Hotel located in downtown Ottawa, Ontario […]

Stock Analysts

American Express Maintains Niche Position Amid Challenges

On Dec 16, 2015, we issued an updated research report on American Express Company AXP . As a premier brand in financial services with a unique business model, American Express benefits from strong spending growth among its affluent card members. The company’s revenue generation from international business is expected to accelerate as its cards are accepted at more locations, and when spending in international markets outpaces growth in domestic card spending […]

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Builder Confidence Dips a Point in December

Homebuilders’ sentiment index slipped a point this December, after declining three points in November, as tight labor resources slowed down the pace of housing recovery. Homebuilders’ confidence for new single-family homes, as indicated by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index (HMI), dropped a point to 61 in December per data released on Tuesday. The recent housing data has been rather soft suggesting some weakening in the pace of recovery. […]

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Boston Properties Announces Defeasance of Mortgage Loan

Boston Properties Inc. BXP , the Massachusetts-based real estate investment trust (“REIT”), announced the defeasance of mortgage loan collateralized by 100 & 200 Clarendon Street in Boston, MA. Previously, the REIT had revealed its plans to seek repayment or refinancing options for its 2016 and 2017 debt maturities, carrying interest rate higher than the market rate, in order to save future interests. […]

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Airline Stock Roundup: JetBlue Tumbles on Weak Q4 PRASM View, IATA’s Bullish Forecast in Focus

The past week saw an array of updates in the airline space, the most eye-catching among them being the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) bullish profitability forecast for the airline industry. The trade association raised its 2015 profitability outlook for the industry to $33 billion (net profit margin of 4.6%) from the earlier projected $29.3 billion. The 2016 view is also encouraging with profitability expected to touch $36.3 billion with a net profit margin of 5.1% […]

Stock Analysts

AECOM Chosen as Specialist Service Provider for Eskom

AECOM ACM has been recently selected by South Africa-based public electricity firm Eskom to act as a technical and quality support services specialist for construction of Eskom’s Majuba Railway Line. Inside the Headlines AECOM, under a 17-month contract with Eskom, will provide specialists for areas like structural engineering, International Federation of Consulting Engineers (commonly known as FIDIC contract, environment, OHTE, rail design, rail welding, high voltage electrical and railway signaling. Four specialists have already been deployed for the project and the remaining will follow soon […]