Stock Analysts

4 Financial Stocks That Surged Ahead of the Fed Rate Hike

The Federal Reserve is all set to mark the end of its accommodative monetary policy on Dec 16 by raising the interest rate after keeping it near zero for about eight years. While the market is expecting an initial 25 basis point hike, it prepared positively for the historic move with the U.S. stock indices and bond yields moving higher in anticipation […]

Stock Analysts

Leucadia Unit Jefferies’ Q4 Earnings & Revenues Rise Y/Y

Leucadia National Corporation ’s LUK wholly owned subsidiary, Jefferies Group LLC, recently reported fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2015 (ended Nov 30, 2015) results. The firm’s adjusted net earnings totaled $37 million, reflecting remarkable improvement over loss of $17.8 million recorded in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted earnings excluded an amount of approximately $12.2 million related to operating results and wind-down costs of Jefferies’ Bache business […]

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Should You Dump GNC Holdings (GNC) from Your Portfolio?

On Dec 11, 2015, we issued an updated research report on Pennsylvania-based GNC Holdings Inc . GNC – a leading global specialty retailer of health and wellness products, including vitamins, minerals, herbal supplements, sports nutrition and diet elements. GNC Holdings delivered disappointing third-quarter 2015 results, which squarely missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Lockton Brazil Expands with Acquisition of Specialist Broker VIS

Lockton Brazil Expands with Acquisition of Specialist Broker VIS PR Newswire SAO PAULO, Dec. 16, 2015 SAO PAULO , Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Lockton Brazil is pleased to announce the acquisition of VIS Corretora de Seguros e Beneficios Ltda (VIS), a specialist insurance and employee benefits broker in Sao Paulo with 27 staff members […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

SureShot Joins Forces With Connexio Labs, Expands Cross-Channel Marketing Offerings

SureShot Joins Forces With Connexio Labs, Expands Cross-Channel Marketing Offerings Leading Oracle App Provider Expands Product Portfolio PR Newswire DALLAS, Dec. 16, 2015 DALLAS , Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — SureShot, the industry leader in providing innovative apps for Oracle Marketing Cloud customers has merged with North Carolina -based Connexio Labs to expand its cross-channel marketing portfolio of products. […]

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SAP S/4HANA to Simplify & Support Wipro Business Structure

Enterprise application software provider SAP SE ’s SAP next-generation SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA) has recently gained a new customer in the form of India-based information technology behemoth Wipro Ltd. WIT . SAP’s Global Service & Support organization team, along with Wipro, will work on the project which will likely be functional from 2016 […]

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Oil Snaps Downtrend: 5 Energy Stocks Moving Up

Long-beleaguered crude oil made an unexpected comeback this week with prices going north for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. The two global benchmarks, the Brent crude futures and the U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures rose 1% and 3%, respectively […]

Stock Analysts

Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim in Talks over Business Swap

Sanofi SNY announced that it has entered into exclusive talks with Boehringer Ingelheim regarding a possible exchange of their respective businesses. Sanofi’s shares were up 3.4% following the announcement. The proposed swap would consist of an exchange of Sanofi’s animal health business (Merial) with an enterprise value of €11.4 billion with Boehringer Ingelheim’s consumer healthcare (CHC) business worth €6.7 billion […]