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Shares of Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) and United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) have been heading north on news of merger talks. Several analysts expressed their views on the potential combination. Cowen Cowen’s Cai von Rumohr maintained an Outperform rating for...

Nomura initiated coverage of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) with a Buy rating and $70 price target, citing the company's digital initiatives, favorable market-share trends and a beneficial coffee-cost outlook. The Seattle-based coffee retailer has investing heavily to improve its mobile...

Wristwear company Fossil Group Inc (NASDAQ: FOSL) proved to be a diamond-studded timepiece after reporting fourth-quarter earnings after close Tuesday with great news for investors. However, analysts wonder if the company's sheen will tarnish coming out of a successful holiday. The company reported...

Nomura’s Frederick Grieb has maintained a Buy rating on salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) with a price target of $90. The company is scheduled to report its F4Q16 earnings on February 24, after market close. Although the stock has declined 23 percent since the F3Q16 earnings were reported...

Shares of American Internet companies have been trending lower in 2016. While shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) have lost more than 20 percent since January 4, shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are down less than 10 percent...

Shares of both TJX Companies Inc (NYSE: TJX) and Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST) have gained about 5 percent since January 19. Nomura’s Robert Drbul stated that the off-price sector of America’s retailing / broadlines & department stores remains well positioned heading into...

Analysts roundly panned LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD)'s 2016 outlook after the company lowered guidance in a fourth-quarter earnings report this week. The company also offered a surprise for investors in announcing it would merge the B2B marketing solution it purchased last year, Bizo, into an...

Shares of Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) are up more than 12.5 percent this week following a big Q4 revenue beat. But should traders now be taking profits on Xilinx, or is there more upside in coming months? Here’s what top firms have to say about the stock now. Deutsche Bank Analyst Ross...

Nomura's Anthony DiClemente maintained a Neutral rating on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), while lowering the price target from $30 to $19. DiClemente believes the departure of five key executives from the company could mean "current turnaround efforts may be taking more time to bear fruit than expected...

Nomura, Stifel, Citi and Suntrust recently issued reports on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) after weakness seen in the company's user growth and turnover in management has caused share prices to fall 57 percent in the past year. The overall sentiment was negative, with analysts reiterating that Twitter...

In a new report, Nomura analyst Steven Chubak suggested two potential financial pair trades for investors who want to hedge against market weakness in 2016. Trade 1: Long Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS)/Short JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) Chubak sees similar downside risks for the two...