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September 08 : What’s On Top Ten Symbols

NASDAQ:FNSR · Finisar Corp.

NASDAQ:FANG · Diamondback Energy, Inc.

NASDAQ:ALNY · Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

NYSE:MAN · ManpowerGroup Inc.

NYSE:SDRL · SeaDrill Limited

NASDAQ:SAPE · Sapient Corp.

NYSE:CI · Cigna Corp.

NYSE:STJ · St. Jude Medical Inc.

NASDAQ:MDAS · MedAssets, Inc.

NYSE:RH · Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.

Google stock hits $1000

Last week Google saw its stock price climb above the $1000 mark. The shares jumped on Friday and saw a 13% raise to a high of $1008.18. Google now holds a market value of $40 billion and is worth more than Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway. It is ranked 3rd in the United States for market value, behind Exxon Mobil and Apple. Investors have been gaining confidence in the company after continued dominance of mobile an video advertising business compared to competitors such as Facebook and Yahoo. Google saw advertising rise 26% this past year and expectations are that advertising with Google with continue to rise moving forward. Besides the search engine, Google is also known for their Chrome browser, maps and their Nexus smart devices. In addition Google owns the Android ecosystem and they are beginning to see a snowballing effect here as growth of apps and users generate more profit. Google is also seeing revenue growth outside of the United States and the UK, in markets such as South Korea and Japan.

http://aclassasset.blogspot.com/2013/10/google-climbed-to-1000.html

The Kenyan middle class is an emerging demographic in need of hospitality and food services. Hellofood is a business venture originating out of Berlin’s Rocket Internet e-business incubator. The business has grown to several countries including Ghana, Senegal and Morocco.

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3 Reasons Why Buy Side Analysts Believe Adobe Will Beat Wall Street Expectations

Adobe (ADBE) is expected to report FQ3 2013 earnings on September 17th after the close. The information below is derived from data submitted to the Estimize platform by a set of Buy Side and Independent analyst contributors.

Northwestern University unveils some shiny, new design proposals for the former Prentice Women’s Hospital site on its Chicago campus.

Designs submitted by Goettsch Partners and Ballinger, Perkins & Will and Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture and Payette made the final three and now the university wants feedback.

So, tell us: Which design do you like best?

Cost of Shutdown?

Furloughed federal workers protest outside the U.S. Capitol $24 billion dollars is the answer. The 16 day long government shutdown over financing a healthcare reform for America's poorest citizens, that almost crashed the economy, cost the American Taxpayer $24 billion dollars. This was published in an estimate by Standard and Poor's. Another way to look at this is, it cost $1.5 billion dollars a day. The shutdown had a large affect on the economy, and it was estimated that fourth quarter GDP growth  will be reduced from 3% to 2.5%. A breakdown of losses: $3.1 billion was lost to government services according to research firm IHS. $152 million was lost each day to travel spending by the U.S. Travel Association. $76 million per day was lost because the National Parks were closed. $216 million per day was lost in contractor wages in the D.C. area alone. The shutdown affected hundreds of thousands of federal workers. It affected small businesses and stalled many business loans. It put a halt on tourism in many areas and affected military families who rely on child services. Many federal workers will receive furloughed pay, but contractors will not. Financial predictions expect this to affect spending during the holidays. It is still amazing that our politicians would be so irresponsible to let the U.S. government shutdown for over two weeks. The future does not look promising either. The decision made last week to reopen the government is not a solution to the problem but merely a delay until January when the fight over spending and the debt ceiling will come down to another deadline. Hopefully our leaders in Washington can figure this out before then, as usual I am skeptical.

http://aclassasset.blogspot.com/2013/10/how-much-did-that-shutdown-actually-cost.html

#NYSE : $UA · Under Armour, Inc.  

40.4% gain 3-months : 56.35 -> 79.11   0.1% gain 2-weeks   : 79.0 -> 79.11

1,154,500 median volume (3 months) …max: 5,778,100 …avg: 1,260,723 …min: 475,400

70.1%  daily positive gains (47/67 days)

Apple reveals iPad Air, new Macs and new OS X

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Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage here in San Francisco to talk about “a lot”: New iPads, new Macs and the latest version of OS X — plus a lot of premium apps that are now free.

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