Year: 2015

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ’s HMC shares dipped 0.31% to $32.06 on Dec 9 after it announced the recall of over 90,200 passenger vehicles in India. The recalled vehicles include 64,428 Honda City sedans manufactured between Dec 2013 and Jul 2015, and 25,782 Mobilio minivans produced between Jul 2014 and Jul 2015. […]

U.S. telecom regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), recently gave its nod to the proposed wireless spectrum swap deal between T-Mobile US Inc. TMUS and Verizon Communications Inc. […]

Shares of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. […]

On Dec 15, 2015, we issued an updated research report on AmSurg Corporation AMSG , a leading operator of single-specialty practice-based ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). AmSurg has, so far, made consistent progress with several quarters of double-digit sales growth. Significant contribution from Sheridan Healthcare, which recorded its fourth full quarter as part of AmSurg’s business, drove the company’s third-quarter revenues […]

In sync with its disciplined growth strategy, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated JLL recently announced its acquisition of the tenant-focused real estate firm Cresa South Florida. This acquisition provides the Chicago-based full-service real estate firm with an opportunity to expand its foothold in the South Florida market. Further, this bolsters JLL’s local tenant representation as well as project management service capabilities […]

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust WRE has announced that The Maxwell, a ground-up multifamily development project, is presently 93% leased and stabilized. This lease-up of the 163-unit and 2,200-square foot retail space in Arlington, VA, in collaboration with Crimson Partners, marks Washington REIT’s successful execution of the ground-up development project. […]

AstraZeneca plc AZN confirmed, in response to a speculation, that it is exploring strategic options with Acerta Pharma BV. On Dec 11, 2015, the Wall Street Journal had reported that AstraZeneca is in advanced talks to acquire a privately-held Dutch biotech company, Acerta, in a deal worth more than $5 billion. […]

AT&T Inc. ’s T customers should now brace themselves for a hike in their voice and U-verse video service rates, as the company has decided to increase the prices of these services with effect from 2016. Almost all the TV packages are poised to see prices going up by $2 per month […]

The European Union governments and the European Parliament are expected to agree upon a massive new data protection law that would give people more say over how their digital information is collected and used. A major purpose of the new law is to create a new standard of privacy laws across all 28 members of the EU. Currently, only some polices within the new law are enforced in specific countries, or by court rulings. […]

Ashland Inc. ASH recently inked a definitive agreement to acquire OCH International, Inc. (“Oil Can Henry’s”), operating and franchising a total of 89 quick-lube stores in six states. […]

On Dec 14, 2015, we issued an updated research report on VWR Corporation VWR , an independent worldwide provider of products, services and solutions to laboratory and production facilities. In the third-quarter of 2015, VWR reported in-line earnings with revenues beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate. […]

Shares of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CF touched a 52-week low of $39.64 yesterday, before eventually closing marginally higher at $40.07. […]

The U.S. stock market’s six-year Bull Run has continued for too long and runs the risk of high volatility in the near future. Though investors may begin to get comfortable, there is no denying the fact that the fourth quarter will likely experience certain macroeconomic headwinds that can aggravate later […]

Activist investor Dan Loeb is calling for the ouster of Dow Chemical ’s DOW CEO Andrew N. Liveris, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Loeb, the founder of Third Point hedge fund, has urged Dow to remove its CEO questioning the timing of the announcement of the chemical giant’s merger with DuPont DD […]

The junk bond sell-off continued for the third day on Monday. Several major asset managers were also affected by the wide ranging sell-off. […]

Yesterday, Microsoft Corp. MSFT released a preview of its Planner technology to those participating in the Office 365 First Release program. […]

The imminent lifting of the four-decade old ban on U.S. oil exports has suddenly put the domestic energy players in the spotlight. The move was expedited as part of a broader spending plan and tax bill that's currently making waves in the Congress, which is under constant pressure from the Republican majority to lift the ban. […]