Eye Catching Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), TripAdvisor Inc. (NASDAQ:TRIP), The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE:EDE), Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), General Mills (NYSE:GIS)

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) earnings delay clouds bond issuance in early 2015.Petrobras earnings delay clouds bond issuance in early 2015 Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras is likely to put off new debt sales until closer to mid-2015, as it grapples with a money-laundering and corruption investigation. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is 6.20% … Continue reading Eye Catching Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), TripAdvisor Inc. (NASDAQ:TRIP), The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE:EDE), Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), General Mills (NYSE:GIS)

Hot Alert: Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE:GFI), Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S), Flowserve Corp. (NYSE:FLS), Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:KERX), HEICO Corporation (NYSE:HEI)

Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (NYSE:GFI) on 20 October 2014 published updated production guidance for the Group for the September 2014 quarter (Q3 2014). Attributable gold equivalent production for the quarter is expected to be approximately 559,000 ounces at All-in Sustaining Costs (AISC) of US$1,074/oz and All-in Costs (AIC) of US$1,096/oz. Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE:GFI) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is … Continue reading Hot Alert: Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE:GFI), Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S), Flowserve Corp. (NYSE:FLS), Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:KERX), HEICO Corporation (NYSE:HEI)

Trader’s Recap: Itau Unibanco Holding (NYSE:ITUB), Trio-Tech International (NYSEMKT:TRT), The Phoenix Companies Inc. (NYSE:PNX), Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI), NextEra Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP)

Brazil’s Itau Unibanco Holding SA (ADR) (NYSE:ITUB) will walk away from its deal to merge with Chile’s CorpBanca if it is forced to carry out a tender offer, but does not see that as a likely outcome, a senior Itau executive told a local paper. The $3.7 billion deal, Latin America’s largest banking merger since 2008, was agreed in January, but U.S. activist investor Cartica … Continue reading Trader’s Recap: Itau Unibanco Holding (NYSE:ITUB), Trio-Tech International (NYSEMKT:TRT), The Phoenix Companies Inc. (NYSE:PNX), Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI), NextEra Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP)

Trending Tickers: Actavis plc (NYSE:ACT), AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS), Versar Inc. (NYSEMKT:VSR), Signal Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGNL), Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (NYSEMKT:ANV)

Actavis PLC (NYSE:ACT) agreed to pay about $66 billion for Allergan Inc., the maker of the antiwrinkle treatment Botox, in the year’s biggest pharmaceutical deal. The cash-and-stock purchase, in which Actavis will pay $219 a share, also puts an end to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.’s months-long hostile takeover fight for Allergan, a move backed by activist investor Bill Ackman. Actavis plc (NYSE:ACT) belongs to Healthcare … Continue reading Trending Tickers: Actavis plc (NYSE:ACT), AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS), Versar Inc. (NYSEMKT:VSR), Signal Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGNL), Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (NYSEMKT:ANV)

Trending Stocks: QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM), Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN), Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT), Escalade Inc. (NASDAQ:ESCA), Spherix Incorporated (NASDAQ:SPEX)

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM), and Ericsson (ERIC), successfully completed the world’s first announced inter-company interoperability testing of LTE Category 9 connectivity with download speeds of up to 450 Mbps. Testing was conducted using QTI’s next generation LTE Advanced modem and Ericsson LTE-A network infrastructure. The Category 9 speeds allow mobile users to enjoy blazing-fast downloads, swift application … Continue reading Trending Stocks: QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM), Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN), Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT), Escalade Inc. (NASDAQ:ESCA), Spherix Incorporated (NASDAQ:SPEX)

Stock Look Back: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) After Steve Balmer

Longtime Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Chief Steve Ballmer, in August 2013, issued the now-infamous statement that he would retire “within the year.” News of Ballmer’s departure couldn’t come soon enough for disgruntled shareholders, as evidenced by Microsoft’s share price spike of about 7% immediately following the announcement. But that was then, and this is now. With Ballmer gone and new CEO Satya Nadella hitting his stride, … Continue reading Stock Look Back: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) After Steve Balmer