• Sharps Compliance's CEO Discusses F2Q 2014 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  Sharps Compliance Corp. ( SMED ) F2Q 2014 Results Earnings Call January 28, 2014 11:00 AM ET Executives Jennifer Belodeau - Investor Relations David Tusa - President and CEO Diana Diaz - Vice President and CFO Analysts Nick Hiler - William Blair Brian Butler - Wunderlich Securities Joe Munda -…

• Zacks' Bear Of The Day: Alico

  By Zacks Investment Research : Alico, Inc. ( ALCO ) is an agribusiness and land management company with approximately 130,800 acres of land in six Florida counties. ALCO is a leading citrus grower in Florida, with 11,000 producing acres. Other principal lines of business are improved farmland…

• Starbucks: Gaining Momentum

  By Vivek Gupta: Powered by 260 bps improvement in operating income and 12% rise in revenues, Starbucks ( SBUX ) reported another excellent quarterly result on January 23, 2014. The growth in the revenue is fueled by 5% growth in comparable store sales and addition of 417 net new stores during the…

• Valuing Hawaiian Electric Industries

  By Christopher Lum Lee : Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. ( HE ) operates an electrical utility and banking business in the state of Hawai'i. HE's businesses include Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric, Hawai'i Electric Light and American Savings Bank. The electric companies account for…

• CenturyLink: A Lost Connection To Growth

  Douglas E. Johnston : CenturyLink ( CTL ) is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States. Prior to 2011, this company was primarily a "telephone" company with a declining asset (access lines) and revenue base. That year, however, CTL made some pricey acquisitions for…

• Datawatch's CEO Discusses F1Q 2014 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  Datawatch Corporation ( DWCH ) F1Q 2014 (Qtr End 12/31/2013) Earnings Call January 28, 2014, 8:30 AM ET Executives James Eliason - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Michael Morrison - President and Chief Executive Officer Ben Plummer - Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President,…

• DR Horton: safe as houses?

  The shares have jumped on better-than-expected revenue and earnings, but these stocks are volatile and homebuilders look expensive versus history

• OSI Systems Management Discusses Q2 2014 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  OSI Systems ( OSIS ) Q2 2014 Earnings Call January 28, 2014 12:00 pm ET Executives Alan I. Edrick - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Executive Vice President Deepak Chopra - Founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Analysts Brian W. Ruttenbur - CRT…

• First Financial Holdings' CEO Discusses Q4 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  First Financial Holdings, Inc. ( SCBT ) Q4 2013 Earnings Conference Call January 28, 2014 11:00 a.m. ET Executives Donna S. Pullen - Senior Vice President of SCBT Robert R. Hill Jr. - Chief Executive Officer John C. Pollok - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer Analysts Kevin…

• Northwestern football players seek union

  Football players at Northwestern University are seeking to join a labor union, according to the National College Players Association, which wants to be the first union to represent college athletes.

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• Intesa Sanpaolo repays ECB crisis loan

  Italian bank says it has switched €21bn of outstanding 'long term refinancing operation' loans to shorter-dated debt of one week to three months

• US Steel: Subject To Market Despite Carnegie Project Improvements

  By The Value Investor : US Steel ( X ) continues to be subject to the volatile steel market conditions, despite its attempts to structurally lower the cost under project "Carnegie". Despite the incremental improvements, aided by a modest rebound in prices, the company's profitability…

• LiveDeal: 50% Downside Possible In This Promoted Stock

  By Christopher Drose: (Editors' Note: This article covers a micro-cap stock. Please be aware of the risks associated with these stocks.) LiveDeal, Inc ( LIVE ) is a low float stock that has raced higher due to recent promotions. It is up 500% YTD and was up 35% on Friday alone. I think at…

• Were you charged $9.84? It might be fraud

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• Look For Tesla To Dramatically Raise Its Guidance: $500 Target Remains

  By Green Energy Addict: First, it's important to clarify my $500 target for Tesla ( TSLA ). It's where I think it's heading in a few years, and not today. When I published the article Tesla's Path To A Conservative $500 Per Share I was quickly told by readers that my article failed…

• FirstMerit Management Discusses Q4 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  FirstMerit ( FMER ) Q4 2013 Earnings Call January 28, 2014 11:00 am ET Executives Thomas O'Malley - Investor Relations Officer Paul G. Greig - Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Member of Executive Committee, Chairman of FirstMerit Bank N A, Chief Executive Officer of…

• NextEra Energy Management Discusses Q4 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  NextEra Energy ( NEE ) Q4 2013 Earnings Call January 28, 2014 9:00 am ET Executives Julie Holmes Moray P. Dewhurst - Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President - Finance Armando Pimentel - Chief Executive Officer of Nextera Energy Resources, LLC and President of Nextera…

• Vodafone, Verizon investors back $130 billion Verizon Wireless deal

  LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shareholders of both Vodafone and Verizon Communications Inc approved Verizon's $130 billion takeover of their Verizon Wireless venture on Tuesday, paving the way for the third biggest deal in corporate history.

• Hudson Valley's CEO Discusses Q4 2013 Earnings Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  Hudson Valley Holding Corp. ( HVB ) Q4 2013 Earnings Call January 28, 2014 10:00 am ET Executives Wendy Croker – First Vice President Shareholder Relations Stephen R. Brown – President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary & Director Michael J. Indiveri – Chief Financial…

• The Taper Might Give Investors A 'Bubble Bath'

  By Michael Blair : It does not look all that dangerous! So why are emerging markets so afraid of the dreaded "Taper". When central banks attempt to distort markets they almost always succeed. The vaunted Quantitative Easing ("QE") program drove fast money into the higher yields…