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  • Telefónica seeks O2 engagement

    Telefónica seeks O2 engagement

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Concerns rise about owning a shrinking mobile-only business as rivals bolster broadband and TV Source: Companies
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    January 21, 2015Telefónica seeks O2 engagement
    Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?

    Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    In at least three previous State of the Union speeches, President Barack Obama placed great emphasis on his "all of the above" energy strategy — one that includes both aggressive pursuit of…
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    January 21, 2015Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?
    Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?

    Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    A large focus of Microsoft's press event today other than high-concept holograms and Windows 10 itself was the personification of the OS, Cortana. We've seen the Halo-themed AI (complete with original…
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    January 21, 2015Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?
    Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic

    Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Microsoft debuted its new augmented reality tech at the Windows 10 live event today. Source: Technology
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    January 21, 2015Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic
    With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

    With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Xbox One users are gaining the ability to stream any Xbox One game to an in-network tablet or PC running Windows 10. Source: Technology
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    January 21, 2015With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

Wells Fargo's Fee Revenues Unlikely To Make Up For Shrinking Interest Margins In Q2

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
While the bank has done well to improve revenues from its asset management arm and also to slash costs over this period, we believe that the benefits from these are unlikely to nullify the negative impact of the low interest-rate environment on Wells Fargo?s businesses. Source: Markets
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June 2014 Might Have Been One Of The Better Months For Wal-Mart

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Strong sales of seasonal products and attractive promotions during the last week of June boosted store traffic, resulting in 6% sales rise during the week as compared to the same period last year. Source: Markets
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Value-Added Businesses Drive Alcoa's Q2 Results

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
In view of the uncertainty regarding aluminum prices, the company has shifted its focus towards value-added products, which command greater pricing premiums and command higher margins as compared to the upstream businesses. Source: Markets
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Lower Cost Logistics Likely to Drive UPS' Freight Delivery Business

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
UPS recently announced the addition of a low-cost rail solution for transporting full container loads between China and Europe. The adoption of the low-cost rail service and improving trade relations between China and Europe should help drive UPS’s freight volume and revenues. Source: Markets
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HarperCollins looks to bypass Amazon

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
News Corp-owned publisher plans to sell its titles direct to readers as the industry’s feud with its largest online retailer grows Source: Companies
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UK insurers slide under pressure

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
A series of downbeat developments disappoint investors, sending shares in Admiral and Aviva lower Source: Companies
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AbbVie retraction shows panel has teeth

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Gonzalez is not the first CEO to fall foul of the British panel’s extensive guidelines that can easily trip up globe-trotting company bosses Source: Companies
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América Móvil aims to attract big player

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Slim’s telecoms group is seeking a single buyer for roughly 15-17% of assets it is putting on the block to avoid new Mexican competition regulations Source: Companies
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European regulators fine Servier of France

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Drugmakers, along with Servier, are fined €428m for blocking the introduction of cheaper generic competition for an expensive branded medicine Source: Companies
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Portrait of a young City banker

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The first of two features on the new generation entering the scandal-hit sector this summer as interns and banking analysts. Who are they? Source: Management
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The Dow Jumps as Alcoa's Earnings Delight Wall Street

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing After two days of losses, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  has put together a strong 75-point climb as of 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. The majority of the index’s member stocks are in the green so far. Cisco  has pulled in more than 1.6% to lead the Dow. Meanwhile, Alcoa‘s stock has surged after the company reported upbeat earnings following the closing bell yesterday. Let’s catch up on what you need to know. Cisco’s long-term approach Source: Wikimedia Commons Cisco put up strong numbers today despite little news from the company, part of a [...]
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Boardwalk Pipeline Partners Is 1 MLP With Pipelines Perfectly Positioned for LNG Exports

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing There’s no doubt about it, this has been a rough year for Boardwalk Pipelines Partners . The MLP’s units are down more than 27% as it cut its distribution amid slumping income. However, Gulf Coast LNG export facilities like those being built by Cheniere Energy Partners as well as those proposed by Energy Transfer Partners have its pipelines perfectly positioned to supply gas to those facilities and future income to investors. LNG Exports are focused along the Gulf Coast While energy companies have filed to build LNG export facilities along the [...]
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These 2 Stocks Are Your Best Bet for Investing in America's Energy Exports

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing While politicians continuously debate whether the U.S. should export oil and natural gas, the export of natural-gas liquids such as propane and ethane is growing at an almost exponential rate. With the shale boom producing more of these hydrocarbons used for chemical feedstocks than this nation can consume, prices at historic lows, and the shift from oil-based to NGL-based chemical feedstocks in places like Europe and the Asia-Pacific, there couldn’t be a more opportune time to export NGL. Investors who want to seriously look at NGL exports must consider two major players: [...]
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Threat of Dilution Still Exists for Seadrill Ltd

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Seadrill shares took a beating yesterday when the company announced the offering of $1 billion 2019 convertible bond. Together with this announcement, Seadrill made a voluntary incentive payment offer to convert the existing $650 million 3.375% 2017 convertible bond. If one word could explain investor fears over this news, this word would be “dilution.”  The next day, Seadrill canceled its offering. The company stated that the drop in share price made conversion price unattractive. However, shareholder worries over future financing deals might have bothered Seadrill more than unattractive conversion prices. Financial [...]
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Is ConocoPhillips A Better Dividend Stock than BP and Chevron?

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing While investors were widely expecting a sharp rise in interest rates this year, that hasn’t happened. 10-year Treasury notes currently yield around 2.6 %, leaving investors scrambling for higher yielding investments. One option income-seeking investors should seriously consider is ConocoPhillips , an independent oil company that currently sports a respectable 3.2%  dividend yield and has strong prospects for dividend growth. Let’s take a closer look how the company stacks up next to dividend paying peers Chevron and BP and why it may be a good fit for your portfolio. Photo credit: ConocoPhillips [...]
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Review: The Alliance

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman and co-authors say leaders must learn how to manage teams undertaking a series of short, often project-based assignments Source: Management
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Hong Kong Big Four get rule of law wrong

July 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Who would the accountants PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG prefer to appear before if they got into trouble – China’s judges or Hong Kong’s? Source: Management
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BRIEF-U.S. jury reaches verdict in Rengan Rajaratnam trial

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
July 8 (Reuters) – * U.S. jury reaches verdict in trial of rengan rajaratnam for alleged insider Source: Financials
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Steelhead LNG joins Canada natural gas export race

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
VANCOUVER, July 8 (Reuters) – A closely held Canadian company has waded into British Columbia’s crowded liquefied natural gas (LNG) export fray with a plan to build a $30 billion terminal on Vancouver Island. Source: Financials
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Hispania adquiere el 90% de una inmobiliaria de la ONCE por 80,2 mlns euros

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MADRID, 8 jul (Reuters) – La sociedad inmobiliaria Hispania se hizo el martes con el 90 por ciento de ONCISA, una inmobiliaria del Grupo de Empresas de la ONCE, con la suscripción de una ampliación de capital por valor de 80,2 millones de euros. Source: Financials
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CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-U.S. in sanctions talks with Commerzbank and Deutsche -source

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
(Clarifies context of quote in paras 11-13 with reference to specific legislation) Source: Financials
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SEC settles with California school district over bond disclosures

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
July 8 (Reuters) – A California school district has agreed to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it misled investors by omitting required disclosures when it conducted a $6.8 million bond offering in November 2010. Source: Financials
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IEX bumps up planned fundraising to $75m

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Equity trading venue plans to apply to the US SEC and may also consider competing with Nasdaq and NYSE for listings of public companies Source: Companies
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S&P warns of ExIm Bank risk for Boeing

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Report warns that the political battle over the US export credit agency could have a ‘significant’ impact on the aircraft maker Source: Companies
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North Star eyes hospital landlord deal

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Talks could value Griffin-American Healthcare Reit II near $4bn and extend a rally in merger and acquisition activity in US real estate Source: Companies
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Samsung hits smartphone growth plateau

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
A two-year period of impressive earnings growth has come to a definitive end as Samsung is hit by weak demand in China and Europe Source: Companies
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Rolls-Royce hits record sales

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Rolls-Royce, the biggest-selling global car brand in the €200,000-plus segment, sold 1,968 cars in the first six months of 2014, a rise of 33% Source: Companies
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Why It's Not Too Late to Buy Under Armour

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing UA data by YCharts. Under Armour has been an enormously profitable investment over the long term, as the company has grown at amazing speed and delivered extraordinary financial performance for investors. However, trading near all-time highs, Under Armour is priced at a considerable premium versus competitors such as Nike and lululemon athletica . Does Under Armour still have room to run, or is it too late to buy the stock? The business Under Armour has been one [...]
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Why Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Briefly Dipped

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes — just in case they’re material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of Anacor Pharmaceuticals , a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory medications, briefly dipped as much as 11% this morning following the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Kerydin as a treatment for onychomycosis of the toenails. Shares have since recovered and are now down just 1% as of this writing. So what?: According [...]
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3 More Reasons to Buy Enable Midstream Partners LP

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Formed as a result of a joint venture between OGE Energy , CenterPoint Energy , and ArcLight Capital Partners, Enable Midstream Partners is a relatively low-risk master limited partnership (MLP) with attractive organic growth around its highly integrated natural gas gathering and processing (G&P) and transportation and storage (T&S) footprint exposed to the best liquid plays in Oklahoma. Enable’s fee-based multi-year contracts with minimum volume commitments result in highly stable cash flows. The company’s large mix of fee-based cash flows, investment-grade credit metrics, an under-levered balance sheet, and top management team [...]
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Why bluebird bio Inc. Stock Faltered

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes — just in case they’re material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of bluebird bio , a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing gene-based therapies to treat orphan diseases and other genetic disorders, stumbled as much as 10% after announcing its intention to offer common stock after the closing bell last night. So what: According to the company’s after-hours press release on Monday, bluebird bio intends to offer $100 million [...]
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Taseko Mine's Minor Victory Won't Lead to New Prosperity

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Source: Taseko Mines Taseko Mines may have won a battle for its proposed New Prosperity mine in British Columbia, but it’s still going to lose the war.  A recent Supreme Court ruling delineated for the first time that Canada’s aboriginal people have specific title to defined areas which gives them significant say in how the land can be developed, or whether it can be developed at all. As has been seen elsewhere around the world, indigenous populations are wielding significant clout when it comes to miners wanting to build or expand [...]
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A French riposte to Google’s dominance

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
From a failed brasserie to trading alongside Nassim Taleb and an Axel Springer-backed search engine: the eclectic career of Jean-Manuel Rozan Source: Management
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My pill-peddling son

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
My 18-year-old son has been selling his ADHD prescription medicine to other students at his school as they cram for their A levels Source: Management
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A science lesson that can explain my rise

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
What we learn as children in the classroom can play an unexpected role in adult life. For me, the process of fermentation has been a career motif Source: Management
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Companies Seek Help, Guidance on New Revenue Standards

July 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Now that companies have had time to ponder new accounting standards on revenue recognition, they are realizing the enormity of the task in front of them. The standards require new judgments, new controls, and new disclosures, which will mean new systems needs for many companies. The new accounting standard represents an “extreme makeover” for how companies recognize revenue, says Brian Markley, of consulting firm SolomonEdwards. More inside. Source: Accounting and Auditing
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YOUR MONEY- Shoppers save time, money with customization

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
NEW YORK, July 8 (Reuters) – Technology may finally be solving the thorny problem of buying clothing online – that you cannot try things on. Through scanners and data mining, consumers are now able to get a custom fit, saving them time and money because they do not have to order multiple items and return what doesn’t fit. Source: Financials
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Carlo Tassara sold 231.3 mln shares of Intesa Sanpaolo

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MILAN, July 7 (Reuters) – Italian holding company Carlo Tassara said on Monday it had sold 231.27 million shares of Italy’s biggest retail bank Intesa Sanpaolo in recent months. Source: Financials
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Airbnb fined in Catalonia over short-term room lets

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MADRID, July 7 (Reuters) – The region of Catalonia, whose beaches on the northeastern coast of Spain draw millions of tourists every year, has fined home rental website Airbnb for marketing short-term room lets, a first in Europe amid a mounting crackdown on the practice. Source: Financials
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UPDATE 1-U.S. House panel sets hearing to reform Federal Reserve

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
(New throughout, adds Garrett proposal, prior attempts to rein in the Fed) Source: Financials
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Italy's CDP starts placement of 1.913 pct stake in Generali

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MILAN, July 7 (Reuters) – Italy’s state-lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) said on Monday it had launched the placement of a 1.913 percent stake in insurer Assicurazioni Generali. Source: Financials
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EU banks to sell €100bn loans

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Fund managers with ‘wall of money’ ready to purchase portfolios from banks being pushed by regulators to reshape their businesses Source: Companies
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ADM buys Wild Flavors for €2.3bn

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Archer Daniels Midland outbid Japanese food seasoning company Ajinomoto for the Switzerland-based speciality food flavour company Source: Companies
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HSBC modifies Hong Kong report

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
HSBC rewrote an outlook downgrade of Hong Kong to add additional factors after critics attacked the first version on Twitter and social media Source: Companies
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More than 30 new UK banks could open

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Easing of rules intended to attract more small banks into a market long dominated by the four or five biggest high-street names Source: Companies
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TeliaSonera buys Tele2 Norway arm

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Swedish telecoms group’s acquisition of Tele2’s Norwegian business will reduce the number of major mobile operators in country to two Source: Companies
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When the gadgets get tough

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Panasonic has a niche in rugged laptops and hopes to do the same with tablets Source: Management
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American Electric Shapes up Its Risk Profile

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Utility companies in the US offer attractive dividend yields, which is why they remain attractive investment options for dividend-seeking investors. American Electric Power Company is among the leading utility companies with exposure to both regulated and unregulated business operations; the company offers a dividend yield of 3.7%. American Electric has been undertaking initiatives that include increasing its regulated capital investment and lowering the volatility of its unregulated business earnings to stabilize its cash flows and earnings. Duke Energy and Exelon , two other utility companies, are also working to increase their [...]
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Refiners Are Sliding, but Should You Be Worried?

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing The biggest story of last month was the news that the U.S. Department of Commerce had allowed two companies, Pioneer Natural Resources and Enterprise Products Partners , to export condensate, a hydrocarbon that can be turned into fuels. It would be fair to say that after the news was released, investors panicked. Refiners such as HollyFrontier , Valero Energy , and Western Refining took dives, with stock prices falling as much as 10% in one session. The declines extended over several days.  Plenty to worry about To put it simply, investors [...]
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Why Peabody Energy Corporation Shares Could Stall

July 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing While Fools should generally take the opinion of Wall Street with a grain of salt, it’s not a bad idea to take a closer look at particularly stock-shaking analyst upgrades and downgrades — just in case their reasoning behind the call makes sense. What: Shares of Peabody Energy  slipped 1% in premarket trading Monday after Deutsche Bank downgraded the coal miner from buy to hold. So what: Along with the downgrade, analyst Jorge Beristain lowered his price target to $19 (from $23), representing about 14% worth of upside to Friday’s close. [...]
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