Description: Winners include Mastercard and Costco, while Kraft Heinz is one of the worst performers
Source: MarketWatch.com
Date: Aug 29, 2019
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Description: As the fast-growing purveyor of shared work space prepares for an I.P.O., its filings lack some important insights.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: Aug 29, 2019
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/business/wework-ipo.html
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Description: Roku’s streaming business is growing faster than Netflix was at a similar stage in the company’s life, according to analysts at William Blair. The firm said it expects Roku to reach 80 million active accounts by 2025.
Source: CNBC.com
Date: Aug 27, 2019
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Description: “The board of SNC-Lavalin is seemingly content to deny shareholders the chance to retain a top-quality investment. Instead, with this 407 sale, shareholders are forced by its own board to gamble on rescuing a now near-worthless asset, a deal that strikes me as cruel and Machiavellian,” Jarislowsky wrote in an open letter published Monday on the website of the Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights (FAIR Canada), where he is a director.
Source: BNNBloomberg.com – video report
Date: May 01, 2019
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Description: Apple Inc. may have just seen its worst sequential drop in iPhone revenue for any March quarter in the company’s history, but investors seem optimistic about where the smartphone giant is headed. Shares of Apple AAPL, +7.05% were up 6.2% in Wednesday morning trading, putting the company on track to reclaim a $1 trillion valuation. The stock would have to close above 5.7% to reach the milestone once again.
Source: MarketWatch.com
Date: May 01, 2019
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Description: Jeremy Siegel, the longtime stock market bull and influential Wharton School professor, called for more diversity of thought among the members of the Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee, saying the central bank’s groupthink causes it to make mistakes.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: May 01, 2019
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Description: A gauge of U.S. factories fell in April to the weakest level since late 2016, signaling that manufacturing headwinds extended into the second quarter as companies continue to confront uncertainty about trade.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: May 01, 2019
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Description: Yum Brands reported first-quarter earnings Wednesday that beat Wall Street’s expectations, but weaker-than-expected same store-sales growth at Taco Bell and Pizza Hut disappointed investors.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: May 01, 2019
Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/01/yum-brands-q1-2019-earnings.html
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Description: Why the Once-Obscure Way to Invest Is Now Hot “Focus on stocks that have the greatest return” has long been the motto of most investors and, similarly, high returns have been the barometer for considering what made a corporation “successful.”
Source: FinanceYahoo.com and Say.com
Date: May 01, 2019
Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/whats-esg-why-suddenly-popular-191510286.html
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Description: Market regulator said plan to allow sale of shares met the rules, but could lead to negative perceptions
Source: CBC.ca
Date: April 26, 2019
Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bombardier-compensation-plan-1.5112398
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