Monday, March 26, 2012

DailyMarkets.com - Air Products, SCUT For Green Cause

DailyMarkets.com - Air Products, SCUT For Green Cause

Air Products, SCUT For Green Cause

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:50 AM PDT

Leading industrial-gas company Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (NYSE:APD) recently forged a joint research and development (R&D) pact with South China University of Technology ("SCUT") on water purification technology to expedite the development of sustainable and innovative water treatment solutions. Such solutions will be aimed at helping customers in China to meet the growing energy efficiency and environmental improvement targets.
SCUT is a major university of science and engineering … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Reaffirming Cooper At Neutral

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:35 AM PDT

We remain Neutral on The Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO), a prominent player in the global contact lens market. Revenues and earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimates in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
Industry outlook has improved with an expectation of rising utilization in the emerging nations and a higher proportion of sales of value-added lenses. Cooper proves to be a turnaround story based on rationalization of plants and better execution. It remains a leader in torics. The company offers … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Accenture To Boost Panalpina Biz

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:25 AM PDT

Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) recently announced that it has successfully completed the first phase of an outsourcing project for a forwarding and logistics services provider, Panalpina Group. The 7-year deal between the two was signed sometime in October 2010 and we don't have any information about the deal value. Per the deal, Accenture will provide outsourcing services to Panalpina's various operating units.
Switzerland-based Panalpina deals in freight and logistics services across the world. It … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

H-P In IT Deal With Sabre Holdings

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:10 AM PDT

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) recently clinched an information technology (IT) services deal with travel technology solutions provider Sabre Holdings. H-P will get a total sum of $800 million for this 6-year deal.
U.S.-based Sabre Holdings provides software to travel agencies, corporations, travelers, airlines, hotels, rent-a-car companies, railways, cruise companies and tour operating companies. The company selected H-P's networking and flexible storage solutions to ensure a scalable and … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

MF Global’s Corzine May Be Liable For Missing Funds

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:00 AM PDT

03/26/12 Jon Corzine, the former chief executive of MF Global, could face legal liabilities if investigators prove that he knew customer money might be used when he ordered a $200 million … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Encana Still In Neutral Lane

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 10:55 AM PDT

We are maintaining our Neutral recommendation on Encana Corporation (NYSE:ECA), reflecting its vast natural gas resources and attractive collaborations, partially offset by soft fourth quarter 2011 results and an unstable natural gas scenario.
Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Encana is one of the largest natural gas companies in North America with a diverse/high quality portfolio of natural gas assets spread over Canada and the U.S. This provides the company with a huge inventory of reserves and … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

CenturyLink Slips To Neutral

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 10:40 AM PDT

We have downgraded our long-term rating on CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE:CTL) to Neutral from Outperform following a lackluster fourth quarter.
The company's bottom line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6 cents in the fourth quarter and plunged 26.7% from the year-ago earnings. The downfall was due to steeper operating expenses and lower legacy voice and access revenues, given loss of customers and lower minutes of use that clouded over higher strategic revenues.
The Embarq, Qwest and Savvis … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Analyst Interviews: Consumer Staples Sector Outlook

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Stocks in the Consumer Staples sector carried out their traditional defensive role as the broader equity markets came under pressure over concerns about the prolonged weak US economy and the debt crisis in Europe. But the group has been a laggard as momentum returned to the market over the last three months. In 2011, the sector index grew 10.5% versus a flat finish for the S&P 500 index.

The group's defensive attributes stem from its ability to buck sluggish economic growth as food, … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

“Sell-in-May” In 2012, Too?

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 10:25 AM PDT

In my weekly recap report to members yesterday, I wrote that "having a 'game plan', some expectation of the market's near-term direction, helps put context to individual security trading decisions.  That game plan may turn out to be precisely correct … Continue reading … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Fiserv Extends Ties With Carleton

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 10:25 AM PDT

Recently announced, Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV) extended its ties with Carleton, Inc. The company decided to ameliorate its Common Origination Platform with Carleton's SmartCales financial tool.
The SmartCales financial software is a lending calculation software which would allow mortgage, business and consumer lenders at every hierarchy to make calculations easily from anywhere to better cater to their customers' risk management solutions. The calculation files shall be integrated pervasively … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

CIT Reiterated At Neutral

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 10:15 AM PDT

We have maintained our long-term "Neutral" recommendation on CIT Group Inc (NYSE:CIT) on the back of its fourth-quarter 2011 results and initiatives undertaken to lower its cost of capital. However, sluggish growth in the industries, where CIT provides finance, could mar the company's growth prospects.
CIT's fourth-quarter 2011 earnings were significantly ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The results benefited from improvement in credit quality and decline in operating expenses. … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Central Bank News Link List – 26 March 2012

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:29 AM PDT

Here’s today’s Central Bank News link list, click through if you missed the previous central bank news link list.  Remember, if you want to submit links for inclusion in the daily link list, just email them through to us or post them in the comments section below.

Bernanke says US needs faster growth (Reuters)
Bernanke says central bankers should learn more about policy tools (Businessweek)
But economists warn of the risks of further QE (Nasdaq)
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