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Royal Dutch Shell plc RDS.A recently confirmed that it resumed activities at Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility offshore Western Australia. The facility remained offline since February due to engineering glitches. This suspension followed an order from Australia's upstream regulator to perform additional work following three safety incidents that took place at the facility between September and January.

Supported by a decent increase in consumer loans along with a rise in dealer enrollments, Credit Acceptance Corporation 's CACC revenues are anticipated to improve in the near term. Moreover, its share buyback policy remains impressive, through which the company is expected to continue enhancing its shareholder value.

Concho Resources Inc. CXO has been gaining traction from its huge acreage position in the Permian Basin. Its better-than-expected results for the second quarter of 2020 buoy investors’ optimism.

Synchrony Financial SYF is well-poised for growth on the back of rising interest income and inorganic growth strategies. The company is expected to make progress, evident from its favorable VGM Score of B. Here V stands for Value, G for Growth and M for Momentum with the score being a weighted combination of all three factors.

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. ’s LPI strong fundamentals and healthy liquidity along with growth expectations make it a good investment choice. Moreover, its strategic initiatives and oil hedges bode well

Novartis NVS announced positive data on asthma treatment Enerzair Breezhaler from a post hoc analysis in the phase III IRIDIUM study. The data was presented virtually at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2020.

In the past week, United Airlines UAL announced that due to the uptick in air-travel demand, it plans to increase its October flying schedule to 40% of its full schedule from 34% in September. Taking advantage of this improvement in travel demand (particularly for leisure), Spirit Airlines SAVE too issued an expansion update. Meanwhile, Hawaiian Airlines, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings HA , became the latest carrier to eliminate change fees.

On Sep 7, we issued an updated research report on AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AVEO .

Mastercard Inc. MA and partners N-Frnds, SGeBIZ and Finastra have entered into an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide funds for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. SMEs are at the receiving end of the COVID-19-led business disruption, which affected their supply chains and trade networks

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. or Petrobras PBR recently concluded the formation test in the pre-salt exploration area of Jupiter oilfield at the Santos Basin. The outcomes of the same ascertain the high productive capacity of the well, which comprises condensed oil of top-class quality with elevated flow rates, thereby strengthening the prospects of the region

Horace Mann Educators Corporation HMN is well-poised for growth, riding on transformational actions and profitability initiatives, niche market focus and a sturdy financial position. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2020 and 2021 earnings has moved up 11.1% and 3.4%, respectively in the past 30 days, reflecting analysts’ optimism. Return on equity of 7.6% in the trailing 12 months was slightly better than the industry average of 7.5%, reflecting the company’s efficiency in utilizing shareholders’ funds

We issued an updated research report on Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. CPRX on Sep 7, 2020. Catalyst’s share price has declined 17.9% compared with the industry ’s decline of 9% in the year so far.