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Voices From The Street On Oracle's Upcoming Q1; Marc Benioff Calls NetSuite Acquisition 'Desperation Move'
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 3:50pm | 438Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is set to release its Q1 results, generally the company's slowest quarter, on September 15 after the market closes. Oracle said in July it will pay $9.3 billion to acquire NetSuite Inc (NYSE: N), one of the first cloud-services companies. Salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:...
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Jefferies Equity Strategist Details What To Look For In Small-Cap Stocks
Friday, July 29, 2016 - 1:25pm | 370Investors looking outside of large-cap names for superior returns should consider small- and mid-cap stocks, but they need to do so carefully. Steven Desanctis, an equity strategist at Jefferies, was a guest on Bloomberg TV on Friday to discuss what investors need to know about the small- and mid-...
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Morningstar Analyst: Abbott Laboratories' Acquisition Of St. Jude Medical 'Makes A Lot Of Strategic Sense'
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 2:06pm | 275Debbie Wang, an analyst at Morningstar explained during an interview on Bloomberg TV why Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) acquisition of St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ) "makes a lot of strategic sense." Speaking to Bloomberg TV, Wang said that the deal is attractive due to healthcare reform. "The...
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Ford CEO Mark Fields Expecting 'Another Outstanding Year'
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 1:21pm | 210Shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) gained more than 3 percent on Thursday after the company delivered a top-and-bottom line beat in its first quarter print. Speaking to Bloomberg TV, Ford's CEO Mark Fields said the company is on track for "another outstanding year." Related...
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Groupon CEO Explains His Four-Part Strategy
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 5:49pm | 375Shares of Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) skyrocketed nearly 30 percent on Friday after the company reported a strong fourth quarter, which included an earnings beat and EBITDA guidance raise. Speaking to Bloomberg TV on Friday, Groupon CEO Rich Williams discussed how the company plans to continue...
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Jared Woodard's Option Strategy For CBOE VIX
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 3:40pm | 322BGC Partners' Senior Equity Derivative Strategist, Jared Woodard, was on Bloomberg TV Wednesday to share his option play on the VIX Volatility S&P 500. The Reasoning "So, the trade we're talking about...it's something that we have been doing with clients for a...
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Alan Greenspan Thinks There Is A Bubble Brewing In The Bond Markets
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 4:26pm | 312With significant amount of money infused into the markets through quantitative easing, first in the United States and then in Europe and Japan, several investors have raised concerns over there is a bubble brewing in asset prices, especially bonds. According to Former Federal Reserve Chairman...
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Bill Gross On Rate Hike: 50 Basis Points Would Scare, 25 Is The Majority Consensus
Friday, August 7, 2015 - 3:09pm | 389With employment rate hovering around seven-year lows at 5.3 and the economy adding 215,000 jobs in July according to jobs data released on Friday, is a rate hike by the Federal Reserve in September now imminent? "Bond King" and portfolio manager at Janus Capital Group Inc (NYSE: JNS),...
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NYSE Trading Halt: Was High-Frequency Trading Responsible?
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 10:21am | 410While the NYSE hasn't really specified the nature of the 'technical glitches' that brought trading on the exchange to a halt for 3.5 hours on Wednesday, California Democrat, Representative Brad Sherman, feels that high-frequency trading (HFT) might be partially, if not solely,...
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What Does The Greek Debt Crisis Mean For European And American Investments?
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 2:14pm | 422The situation in Greece may be acting as a hindrance for investors wanting to invest in European equities. However, according to Hirtle Callaghan & Co. CEO and founder Jonathan Hirtle, it has actually made European stocks far more attractive than their American counterparts. Hirtle was on...
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Marc Faber: Greece May Have Followers Opposing Measures Imposed By The ECB, EU And IMF
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 1:57pm | 368Marc Faber, founder of Marc Faber Ltd. and publisher of the famous "Gloom, Boom & Doom" report, was on Bloomberg TV recently to discuss the Greece debt crisis and whether the debts taken by the country should be forgiven. Greece Needs A 50 Percent Haircut "They will have to compromise...
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Leon Cooperman Explains The Real Motive Behind Germany Not Wanting Greece To Leave The EU
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 4:39pm | 373With the situation in Greece worsening by the hour, many experts are predicting that the country leaving the European Union is a sure thing. However, renowned value investor and founder of hedge fund Omega Advisors, Leon Cooperman, thinks there is a significant chance that that won't happen...
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Sean Parker: 'I Probably Underestimated How Big Facebook Was'
Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 1:43pm | 395First president of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Napster founder, Sean Parker, was on Bloomberg TV Thursday to discuss Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s new service, Apple Music, and whether Facebook has become too big to innovate. Here is what he said. New Entrants Following Spotify's Lead...
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Sean Parker Thinks We May Be In A 'Valuation Bubble,' But Not A Tech Bubble
Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 12:42pm | 400The NASDAQ Composite (INDEX: .IXIC) is trading at its all-time highs. The last time the index traded at levels above 5,000 was during the tech bubble. So, is this déjà vu? Are we yet again in a tech bubble? First president of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), founder of Napster, an early investor in...
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Carnival Corp To Add 4 XL, LNG Powered Cruise Ships To Its Fleet
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 12:53pm | 395Carnival Corp (NYSE: CCL) announced recently that out of the nine new cruise ships that it plans to build and include in its fleet by 2022, four will be environmentally-friendly, large cruise ships that will have a capacity of 6,600 passengers. Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corp, was on...