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New iPhone Set to Continue Apple?s Quest for Dominance
Research Recap submits: Forrester Research says Apple’s iPhone strategy will help Apple further its world domination plan. In a new report, Forrester analyst Charles Golvin says Apple’s (NASDAQ: APPL) decision to differentiate its new version via not only its new features, such as video capture and...
Tags: Gadgets, Research Recap, Apple Inc.
External links 2009-06-15
'BingHoo' - Not So Awesome, Say Analysts
Research Recap submits: Yahoo! YHOO and Microsoft MSFT are certainly pulling out all the stops to put the best face on the merger of their search activities. Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz gushes that "everything’s just going to get a whole lot better” and that “this deal...
Tags: Internet, Research Recap, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
External links 2009-07-30
Commercial Loan Losses Cast Shadow Over Regional Banks
Research Recap submits: Excerpted from Rising Commercial Loan Losses Cast A Long Shadow Over U.S. Banks Despite some hopeful signs of relief for U.S. banks in second-quarter 2009, the next several quarters likely will continue to be a struggle, especially for small regional institutions, Standard &...
Tags: Financial, Research Recap, Fifth Third Bancorp, SunTrust Banks Inc.
External links 2009-08-12
Moody?s Upgrades Technology Hardware Sector to Stable
Research Recap submits: Two days after identifying it at as one of the top candidates for upgrade, Moody’s Investors Service Thursday changed its Industry Sector Outlook for the U.S. Technology Hardware sector to stable from negative. The outlook expresses Moody’s expectations for the fundamental credit conditions in the...
Tags: Hardware, Research Recap
External links 2009-08-13
High Leverage May Lead Moody's to Downgrade Some REITs
Research Recap submits: Differences in leverage as measured by the current market value of a real estate portfolio versus its book value may lead Moody’s to consider a small number of rating downgrades among U.S. REITs. In a new report, Moody’s says it has identified a number of...
Tags: Financial, Research Recap, Frawley Corp.
External links 2009-08-14
Widening CDS Spreads Reflect Concern Over Target Corp.
Research Recap submits: Excerpted from Market Derived Signal: Wider CDS Spreads May Indicate That Target Corp. Is Off The Mark A recent widening of the spread on Target’s (NYSE: TGT) credit default swaps is raising concern as the spread is moving closer to a “BBB” rating...
Tags: Retail, Research Recap, Target Corp.
External links 2009-08-18
Target Still Lags Wal-Mart Despite Improving Numbers
Research Recap submits: On the heels of Standard and Poor’s raising concerns about Target Corp, (NYSE: TGT) James Goldstein of CreditSights maintains a skeptical view in comments on the discount retailer’s quarterly results, which were better than expected. Selected excerpts: by Research Recap
Tags: Retail, Research Recap, Target Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
External links 2009-08-20
Negative Equity Not a Big Factor in Mortgage Re-Defaults
Research Recap submits: CreditSights looks at US mortgage modification programs in an analysis carried out with ICP Advisory and Solutions. Key findings: by Research Recap
Tags: Financial, Research Recap
External links 2009-08-24
Improving Liquidity Should Help REITS Meet Obligations
Research Recap submits: Excerpted from REIT Liquidity: Cutting Credit Capacities Real Estate Investment Trust liquidity profiles continue to improve as the selective terming out of debt maturities has taken a front seat to the deleveraging from the widespread issuance of common equity that took place during...
Tags: US Market, Research Recap, Highwoods Properties Inc.
External links 2009-08-26
Technology Hardware Sector Showing Signs of Rebound
Research Recap submits: Signs are emerging that the nearly year-long trough in demand for personal computers, servers, copiers and other technology hardware may be nearing an end. Excerpted from U.S. Technology Hardware: Six-Month Update by Research Recap
Tags: Hardware, Research Recap, Dell Computer Corp.
External links 2009-08-28
U.S. Auto Loan Losses Continue Rising
Research Recap submits: Fitch Ratings expects auto loan performance to continue to deteriorate, especially for older vintages. Excerpted from U.S. Auto: Asset Quality Review 2Q09 by Research Recap
Tags: Transport, Research Recap, Ford Motor Co.
External links 2009-08-31
Emerging Market Economies Decoupling from OECD Countries
Research Recap submits: The latest trends in real exchange rates suggest that ‘decoupling’ autonomous growth in the emerging markets could be underway. Guest Post from Oxford Analytica by Research Recap
Tags: US Market, Research Recap
External links 2009-09-09
Medical Costs of Obesity Double in Last 10 Years
Research Recap submits: Yet another reason why health care reform is critical to the nation’s economic prosperity as well as its wellbeing: the medical costs of obesity are estimated to have doubled in the last 10 years, with as much as half of the cost covered by Medicare...
Tags: Healthcare, Research Recap
External links 2009-07-28
Ratings: Would More Competition Improve Quality?
Research Recap submits: On the heels of calls for increased competition as part of the solution to improved financial regulation, it is worth looking at an updated version of a Harvard paper arguing that competition has actually had a negative impact on the quality of the credit...
Tags: Financial, Research Recap, Moody's Corp., McGraw-Hill Companies
External links 2009-07-21
Analysts Largely Bullish on Yahoo Changes Despite Bing
Research Recap submits: 2009 has brought much of the change at Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) that shareholders were clamoring for in 2008: a new CEO, CFO, and a revised homepage with third party applications. Citi’s Mark Mahaney upgraded his rating on Yahoo to Buy from Hold, with a...
Tags: Internet, Research Recap, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
External links 2009-06-17
Global Pharma Outlook Negative as Patents Expire
Research Recap submits: The outlook for the global pharmaceutical industry remains negative, mainly due to looming patent expirations of top-selling drugs and weakening product pipelines, says Moody’s in a new Global Pharmaceutical Industry Outlook. Key points: Consolidation in the form of M&A or diversification into other health-related...
Tags: Healthcare, Research Recap, AstraZeneca Plc.
External links 2009-06-18
Porsche, VW and Qatar in Three-Way Dance
Research Recap submits: Porsche (POAHF.PK) needs another dance partner after taking on $12.5 billion in debt in attempts to control Volkswagen AG (VLKAY.PK). After failing so far to consummate a merger with VW, the company is now said to be looking to Qatar for capital. The...
Tags: Transport, Research Recap
External links 2009-06-19
Retrofitting Coal Plants: The MIT Report
Research Recap submits: MIT’s Energy Initiative has released a summary of options for cutting carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants, which it says is “the only credible pathway toward prudent greenhouse gas stabilization targets.” The report is based on the findings of a major MIT...
Tags: Utility, Research Recap
External links 2009-06-19
The World Bank's Grim Picture of Emerging Economies
Research Recap submits: It is a hard to find much positive in the World Bank’s grim economic outlook for emerging economies. True, the Bank did increase its estimate of China’s growth to 7.2% from 6.5% this year, but that is not enough to make much difference. ...
Tags: US Market, Emerging Markets, Research Recap
External links 2009-06-23
AIG: Nothin' from Nothin' Leaves Nothin'
Research Recap submits: Suggestions today that AIG’s equity value may be zero should come as no surprise to anyone who has read Michel Lewis’s account in Vanity Fair of how the firm’s Financial Products group dug itself such a big hole. Lewis skewers former FP group head Joe...
Tags: Financial, Research Recap, American International Group Inc.
External links 2009-07-10
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