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NEW YORK, April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP (SFG), the institutional broker-dealer member of the Susquehanna International Group of Companies (SIG), announced today that Vasily Karasyov has joined the firm as the Senior Analyst covering the Media, Cable & Entertainment sectors. Mr. Karasyov, whose coverage will include names such as The Walt Disney Company, News Corp, Time Warner, and Viacom will be based out of Susquehanna's New York office. "Vasily is a...
NEW YORK, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle Corporation (ORCL: $35) has been picked by Standard & Poor's Equity Research as its Focus Stock of the Week. ORCL carries S&P's highest investment recommendation of 5-STARS, or Strong Buy. "Oracle is among the best-positioned technology vendors in our coverage universe, with leading market shares in database, middleware, and business applications," said Zaineb Bokhari, Information Technology Equity Analyst at Standard & Poor's...
NEW YORK, April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- United Rentals (URI: $32) has been picked by Standard & Poor's Equity Research as its Focus Stock of the Week. URI carries S&P's highest investment recommendation of 5-STARS, or Strong Buy. Founded in 1997 by acquiring and consolidating six established companies, United Rentals, Inc. has grown to become the largest equipment rental company in the world. "As the U.S. economy continues to slowly recover, we expect nonresidential construction...
NEW YORK, April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Covidien Plc (COV: $53) has been picked by Standard & Poor's Equity Research as its Focus Stock of the Week. COV carries S&P's highest investment recommendation of 5-STARS, or Strong Buy. Covidien is one of the largest suppliers in the world of certain medical devices, specialty pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, and is number-one or number-two in businesses representing more than 75% of its sales. The medical devices segment, the...
NEW YORK, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR: $13) has been picked by Standard & Poor's Equity Research as its Focus Stock of the Week. MPWR carries S&P's highest investment recommendation of 5-STARS, or Strong Buy. "We view Monolithic Power Systems as a high-growth semiconductor company that participates in the power management arena," said Angelo Zino, Information Technology Analyst at Standard & Poor's Equity Research. "The company also utilizes...
NEW YORK, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tesco Corp. (TESO: $17) has been picked by Standard & Poor's Equity Research as its Focus Stock of the Week. TESO carries S&P's highest investment recommendation of 5-STARS, or Strong Buy. Incorporated in Alberta, Canada, but with headquarters in Houston, TX, Tesco is a leading provider of capital equipment to the upstream oil & gas industry. "While Tesco's near-term prospects are geared towards the global rig count by virtue of sales...
NEW YORK, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Will higher commodity prices, interest rates and geo-political tensions translate into lower stock prices in 2011? Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services' leading investment strategists will answer this question and others listed below in this Equity Research webinar. Will 2011 be a year to "sell in May, then go away"?To what degree will rising inflation weigh on this bull market?What are the Capital IQ consensus earnings expectations for...
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantitative Research Group (QRG), a leading provider of global equity research and services to institutional money managers, today announced its research article "Capturing Alpha in the Alpha Capture System: Do Trade Ideas Generate Alpha?" is published in the Journal of Investing Spring 2011 issue. Jean W. Thomas, President & CEO, indicated that, "Given the recent failures of many quant factors, this research and our resulting SmartTrade...
NEW YORK, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV: $59) has been picked by Standard & Poor's Equity Research as its Focus Stock of the Week. TRV carries S&P's highest investment recommendation of 5-STARS, or Strong Buy. "We see Travelers as a leading property-casualty insurer capable of successfully navigating the soft market for insurance pricing that may be starting to firm," said Cathy Seifert, Insurance Analyst at Standard & Poor's Equity...
NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies (AKAM: $39) has been picked by Standard & Poor's Equity Research as its Focus Stock of the Week. AKAM carries S&P's highest investment recommendation of 5-STARS, or Strong Buy. S&P Equity believes the company's proprietary solutions enable people to use the Internet at faster rates, with greater reliability, and with more notable security. "As the Internet becomes even more pervasive and important, we think Akamai...
