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What do Analysts suggest for: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT)
- December 28, 2016

Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc.'s holdings in Wal-Mart Stores were worth $3,112,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in WMT. As for as concerns shares volumes, in share of capital Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Number of analysts are eying on this stock, and after detailed observation, they have given the stock mean target price of $31.88 while their mean recommendation is 2.60 ... (more...)

Featured Stock to Focus: The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO)
- December 28, 2016

Coca-Cola Company (The) (NYSE:KO) now has P/E (Price to Earnings) ratio of 25.25 while the company's industry has 39.85 P/E and the sector P/E is 37.04. Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 26th. The analysts estimated EPS for the higher end at 0.38 and lower end at 0.35 while the year ago reported earnings per share was 0.42. (more...)

Xiaomi to launch Redmi Note 4X with Snapdragon 653 SoC, 4GB RAM
- December 28, 2016

The existing Xiaomi Note 4, which is likely to arrive in India soon comes with interesting specs too. As reported by techupdate3, the Redmi Note 4X is said to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 SoC paired with 4GB of RAM. If pricing will be based on China, RedMi Note 4 base variant 2GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage might sell at Rs9,000 ($130) while the 3GB variant with 64GB of onboard storage might be sold for Rs12,000 (roughly $175). (more...)

Large Cap REIT - Retail: SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE:SLG)
- December 28, 2016

The reported earnings topped the analyst's consensus by $0.48 with the surprise factor around 342.90%. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its stake in CoreSite Realty Corp .by 2.6% in the second quarter. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 28th. SL Green Realty Corp.'s short ratio is now at 5.26 and the float short is at 4.79%. (more...)

Watch young MI fan, 3, serenade Florida State at team hotel
- December 28, 2016

U of M's first game there was a win over Alabama in the 2000 Orange Bowl. MI comes into the game ranked 6th in the country. The 'Noles play in the stadium at least once every two years, not including any Orange Bowl appearances. That being said, he doesn't watch the more-dramatic television copy of the game. Despite suffering three losses, Jimbo Fisher's team played its best football down the stretch. (more...)

Getting Started with that new Windows 10 PC or Tablet
- December 28, 2016

Each Feature Update adds new features to the OS but the core elements of the software remain fairly standard with a few tweaks along the way. While most users haven't had any particular quarrels with Windows 10, the same can't be said for those on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 who refused to upgrade. (more...)

World's smallest electrical wire made from world's smallest diamonds
- December 28, 2016

Those sulphur atoms attach to the diamondoids and then the sulfur atom bonds with a single copper ion and forms the basic building blocks for the nanowires. The researchers began their experiments with single cages of the diamondoids that contained only 10 carbon atoms. Usually, diamondoids are extracted from petroleum, being rendered by size. (more...)

Stock Buzz: Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)
- December 28, 2016

The performance week for Ford Motor Company is at -1.35% and the performance month is at 4.71%. 1832 Asset Management L.P. boosted its stake in Ford Motor by 21.5% in the second quarter. According to these analysts, the Low Revenue Estimate for General Electric Company is 32.07 Billion and the High Revenue Estimate is 35.01 Billion. (more...)

Coolpad Cool 1 with dual 13MP cameras, Snapdragon 652, 4GB RAM…
- December 28, 2016

Like Huawei P9, One of the rear cameras is for capturing monochrome while the other one is for color for better depth of field and sharp images. To begin with, the Cool1 sports a shiny metallic unibody with chamfered edges and a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS panel up front with a sufficient 450 nits brightness. (more...)

Microsoft Offering Up to $300 Discount for Select Surface Pro Models
- December 28, 2016

With regard to the release date of the Surface Pro 5, unofficial channels are claiming that Microsoft will announce the device (officially) even before the Surface Phone is announced, which is likely during the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2017) next year in which Microsoft's participation is confirmed. (more...)

Kerry to Lay Out Mid-East Peace Vision in Speech Wednesday
- December 28, 2016

Kerry has just one month left before the end of President Barack Obama's administration, so if an agreement is eventually reached, he will not be the one featured in pictures smiling and shaking hands with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. That would contradict the terms of Resolution 2334, which demands that Israel halt all building in areas it won in the 1967 Middle East war and brands construction there illegal. (more...)

Uber's Self-Driving Program Flees to Arizona After Violating California DMV Rules
- December 28, 2016

However, the DMV insisted that Uber had to follow the rules, as other vehicle manufacturers had done before conducting test drives, according to CNN Tech . Parsing the definition of an autonomous vehicle is the latest example of Uber testing legal boundaries. San Francisco is Uber's second self-driving city; its first cars have been cruising around Pittsburgh since September. (more...)

Oil extends winning streak ahead of Opec production cut
- December 28, 2016

Venezuela, a price hawk within OPEC and one of the nations worst affected by a fall in crude revenue since mid-2014, now produces just over 2.4 million barrels of crude and condensates per day, according to ministry data. Based on OPEC's own forecast, non-cartel oil supply in 2017 is expected to grow by 300,000 barrels a day - as compared with this year - to average 56.5 million barrels a day. (more...)

More Mysterious Radio Signals Detected Coming from Deep Space
- December 28, 2016

What's also special about these FRBs is that even though they exist for such small durations, they tend to generate so much energy that it could parallel the amount of energy generated by the Sun for a whole day! FRBs were discovered only in the year 2007, with nearly 10 years gone by Scientists are now able to narrow down the options for this particular cause. (more...)

South Korea pension fund chief detained by special prosecutor
- December 28, 2016

A South Korean special prosecution team on early Wednesday, 28 December put the chairman of the National Pension Service (NPS), Moon Hyung-pyo, under emergency detention. The deal took place while he was head of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which runs the pension fund. The merger of Samsung units Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T past year was seen as a crucial step to ensure a smooth father-to-son power transfer to Lee Jae-Yong, scion of Samsung's founding family. (more...)

Qualcomm Royalties Are In Doubt After South Korea Fines Follows China's
- December 28, 2016

In short, the KFTC claims that Qualcomm was using its clout to bully companies to its benefit. Qualcomm QCOM, +0.58% used its position as a key chip supplier as a leveraging tool in its negotiations with mobile-phone makers to agree to unfair conditions, said Shin Young-son, Secretary-General at KFTC. (more...)

Jamie Carragher not convinced Ryan Giggs wants the Swansea job
- December 28, 2016

Now it is emerging that the man who was pipped to the post by Bradley, when the position became open back in October, is the clear front-runner for the newly opened position. The 27-year-old winger opened the floodgate for his side in their 4-1 away win over Swansea City in the English top-flight. Slaven Bilic insisted his West Ham players had always believed that they could turn around their season around after their third league win in a row at Swansea. (more...)

Apple iPhone 8 Updates
- December 28, 2016

On the front will be a 5-inch screen which will feature on this handset but won't be the only size. It claims that the 5-inch will feature a dual-camera design similar to the Plus models, but will be placed vertically versus the current horizontal design. (more...)

Sundar Pichai visits India, to make announcements for startups
- December 28, 2016

As Indian small businesses chart their journey, technology is playing a pivotal role in helping them explore new markets, engage different audiences and compete more effectively. In December previous year, Pichai visited India to share developments on the company's free Wi-FI project for railway stations and also talked about his journey to Google. (more...)

PM's Meeting With NITI Aayog Focuses On Job Creation, Agricultural Reform
- December 28, 2016

In a meeting with top economists, government officials and Niti Aayog members, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated his views on pathway to economic development through "skill, scale and scope" and laying emphasis on improving farm incomes, job creation, rationalisation of taxes to widen the tax base, investment in tourism and other such policies. (more...)