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Macro Focus
The market continued its recent pattern of low volatility on Wednesday as the Dow and S&P finished with very minor losses
while the Nasdaq jumped in the wake of a better-than-expected earnings report from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). U.S. stock futures pushed modestly higher on Thursday,
supported by earnings optimism ahead of more results and by Federal Reserve comments perceived as dovish.
The major news on the day was that the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and said in a statement after the July FOMC
meeting that economic headwinds have diminished. This may signal another increase in rates is on the horizon.
BZ News Desk
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) Reports Q2 EPS $0.97
vs. Est. $0.82, Rev. $6.44B vs. Est. $6.02B
Ford (NYSE: F) Reports Q2 Adj. EPS $0.52 vs
$0.60 Est., Sales $39.5B vs $36.3B Est.
Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) Reports Q1 Adj. EPS
$0.01 vs $0.07 Est., Sales $541M vs $574M Est.
Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) Reports Q2 Adj. EPS
$(0.01) vs $(0.02) Est., Sales $756M vs $711M Est.
GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) Reports Q2 Adj. EPS
$(0.52) vs $(0.58) Est., Sales $220.755M vs $194M Est.
Hershey (NYSE: HSY) Reports Q2 Adj. EPS $0.85
vs $0.78 Est., Sales $1.638B vs $1.61B Est.
Sell-Side Themes
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) was downgraded
by at least four Street analysts after the company provided a "difficult near-term outlook."
Sell-Side's Most Noteworthy Calls
JPMorgan downgraded Level 3 (NYSE: LVLT)
to Neutral.
MKM downgraded Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) to
Neutral.
Hilliard Lyon upgraded Apple to Buy.
JPMorgan upgraded Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) to Overweight.
Pacific Crest initiated coverage on Cray (NASDAQ: CRAY) at Overweight.
Roth Capital started Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA) at Buy.
Deal Talk
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) will acquire
NetSuite (NYSE: N) for $9.3 billion. This was
first reported by Benzinga Pro on July 12.
SABMiller (OTC: SBMRY) is said to have
suspended work on integrating the brewer’s operations with that of Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD), according to a memo seen by Bloomberg. In the memo, SABMiller CEO Alan Clark
told employees “there should be no contact with AB InBev with immediate effect,” while a new offer is reviewed.
AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) CEO declined
comment on possibility the company might become a takeover target again.
SoftBank Group CEO said it has received no offer from Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) over Yahoo Japan shares.
In The News
President Obama defended his legacy and laid out the ways Hillary Clinton would continue it at the Democratic National
Convention on Wednesday. He unleashed his most ferocious attack on Donald Trump, saying that “homegrown demagogues” will always
fail in the end.
The Powerball jackpot swelled to $478 million after Wednesday night's drawing yielded no jackpot winners. That's the fifth
largest Powerball prize of all time, and it's number eight on the list of biggest lottery prizes in U.S. history.
Blogosphere
A 10-year old company with few physical assets and a small amount of employees is now worth more than an empire built by Warren
Buffett over the course of 50 years. Anything can
happen.
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