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U.S based Mergers and Acquisitions have been off to their fastest start in 2013 since 2000. In a market where survival is now reviving, M&A deals are seen as way forward for inorganic growth for companies which have managed to survive the economic downturn and for companies who are looking into concentrating on core businesses. […]

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon has been an outspoken critic of the US Congress’ attempts to more closely regulate Wall Street and the banking industry following the infamous bailouts of 2008.  Apparently Dimon never learned the old axiom “You can’t fight City Hall.”  Either that or he hasn’t thought about applying the principle at the […]

Duke Realty Corporation (NYSE:DRE) – The company operates Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). It offers leasing property and small asset management, development, construction built to suit and other tenant related services. Its portfolio exceeds 145 million square feet with properties in 18 major markets in U.S.

Technology sector was one of the best performing sectors of 2012 and bullish trend still continues and should for the rest of 2013. After the stock market bubble burst of early last decade, tech companies are now recording all time high earning which has caught their stocks being most undervalued of all the sectors. The […]

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG): The stock is trading at $823.48, 0.50 percent lower than its previous close. It has traded in the range of $823.02 and $830.69 in the current trading session. Google reported that it has reached settlement with 38 US states with regard to its Street View cars issue.

Beta is a measurement used to analyze a stock’s volatility as against the movements of the market. A stock with beta more than 1 is more volatile than the market whereas a stock with beta less than 1 is less volatile than the market. A high beta stock is picked by investors who are looking […]

American Electric Power Co. Inc. (NYSE:AEP)-American Electric Power Co. Inc. is an electric utilities company with nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity,40000 mile electricity transmission network, serving in 11 states of United States. For 2012 financial year, the company had reported operating earnings of $238 million. The company’s performance had suffered due to sluggish demand...

New employment figures released amidst Sequester debate The United Stated economy 236,000 jobs in February newly released figures reveal.  When combined with 157,000 jobs created in January the US employment rate now stands at 7.7%, the lowest figure since President Obama took office in January 2009. Welcoming the figures Alan Krueger, chairman of the White […]

Biotechnology Industry has been of the fastest growing for past few years as the market has seen fast paced developments in terms of research and development, government regulations and new avenues. Due to innovations government support and significant increase in the public and private investment the industry has growth at a CAGR of 7% since […]

With economy gaining strength employment figures improving and incomes rising Retail Industry is all set to come out of its slump period. Within the retail industry the segment of luxury retail was not much impacted by the economic downturn as luxury retailers thrive on the spending of the elite 1%, but it seems to be […]