Will China Let Visa And MasterCard In?
Daniel Jennings - at Seeking Alpha - 1 hr 37 mins ago
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Apple Partners China UnionPay to Ease App Store Payment - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Nov 18, 4:35PM CST
Apple Inc. (AAPL) announced a tie up with China's UnionPay as a mode of payment for App Store customers in China.
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Warren Buffett's Portfolio: Why Visa and MasterCard Will Charge Higher
at The Street - Tue Nov 18, 4:15PM CST
The Oracle of Omaha upped his positions in the credit card companies, possibly because he likes how they are fitting in with the new Apple Pay technology.
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Surprisingly, Warren Buffett Bought These 8 Dividend Stocks
Dividend Yield - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 1:44PM CST
Warren Buffett released recently his portfolio movements via 13F. I cover his investment changes and like to share my thoughts about his latest moves. Sure, I like to focus on dividend stocks, but you will also get his non-dividend payer stock buys...
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Tracking David Winters' Wintergreen Advisers Portfolio - Q3 2014 Update
John Vincent - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 6:27AM CST
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Here Are Some Big Caps Poised To Make Gains
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Nov 17, 5:45PM CST
Several Big Cap 20 stocks have recently broken out of bases, but are still within buy range, or are building new bases and could be good additions to a watch list. Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) has pulled back and is within the 5% buy zone. The...
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MasterCard Set to Possibly Rebound After Yesterday's Selloff of 1.01%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Nov 17, 4:45PM CST
MasterCard (NYSE:MA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $83.17 to a high of $84.26. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.0%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $83.33 on volume of 3.4 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
MA: 83.90 (+0.70)
Watch for MasterCard to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.01% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Nov 17, 4:45PM CST
MasterCard (NYSE:MA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $83.17 to a high of $84.26. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.0%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $83.33 on volume of 3.4 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
MA: 83.90 (+0.70)
Post Earnings Update: MasterCard Has Climbed 1.1% Higher in Past 2 Weeks (MA)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Nov 17, 4:22PM CST
18 days ago, on October 30th, 2014, MasterCard (NYSE:MA) reported its earnings. Analysts, on average, expected earnings of $0.78 per share on sales of $2.4 billion. MasterCard actually reported earnings of $0.89 per share on sales of $2.5 billion, beating EPS estimates by $0.11 and beating revenue estimates by $54.6 million. Shares of MasterCard have climbed from $83.13 to $84.05, representing a gain of 1.1% since the company reported earnings 18 days ago.
MA: 83.90 (+0.70)
A Street of Starry Dreams and Colourful Memories
JCN Newswire - Mon Nov 17, 3:12AM CST
Remember strolling down Orchard Road during Christmas as a child, when the bright lights would shine like stars in the night sky, promising goodies, presents and Yuletide joy? Relive those memories as Orchard Road transforms into a starry, colourful paradise from Saturday 15 November 2014 - Thursday 1 January 2015.
MA: 83.90 (+0.70)
Wal-Mart's Apple Pay Resistance -- Is It About Fees or Technology?
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Nov 14, 11:00AM CST
Apple 's new mobile payment service, Apple Pay, has seen some initial success . But it is also seeing some significant resistance -- particularly from members of the Merchant Customer Exchange group, who have agreed to exclusively accept mobile...
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Uptrend Call Working As MasterCard Stock Rises 13.0% (MA)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Nov 14, 9:32AM CST
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for MasterCard (NYSE:MA) on October 23rd, 2014 at $74.22. In approximately 3 weeks, MasterCard has returned 13.02% as of today's recent price of $83.88.
MA: 83.90 (+0.70)
Is It Time to Cut Bait on Banks Excluded from Apple Pay?
at The Street - Fri Nov 14, 9:12AM CST
Around 12,500 financial institutions are not in Apple Pay. Are they toast?
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NFL's Peyton Manning Wants to Make Buying Insurance Sexy
at The Street - Fri Nov 14, 8:45AM CST
Insurance companies have turned en masse to professional athletes in an attempt to spice up a bland product.
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New Chip Credit-Card Standard, Apple Pay Should Help Protect Consumers
at The Street - Fri Nov 14, 5:00AM CST
Counterfeiting of bank-issued credit and debit cards is likely to take a precipitous drop over the next few years in the U.S.
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Forget Apple Pay: Think MasterCard With Bionym
Michael Blair - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 13, 4:51PM CST
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Beyond Duracell: These 7 Boring Stocks are Making Warren Buffett Big Bucks
at The Street - Thu Nov 13, 12:14PM CST
This week, Warren Buffett has taken swings at DaVita and Duracell – not exactly the most exciting companies. But boring pays off for the Oracle of Omaha.
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Tracking Tweedy Browne Portfolio - Q3 2014 Update
John Vincent - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 13, 10:14AM CST
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Data Processing and Outsourced Services Equities Technical Analysis - Western Union, MasterCard, Visa, Fiserv, and Global Payments
PR Newswire - Thu Nov 13, 8:05AM CST
Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA), Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), Fiserv Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), and Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN). Free research on these five companies can be accessed at: http://investor-edge.com/register. The US markets on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, ended on a mixed note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 17,612.20, down 0.02% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,675.14, up 0.31%. The S&P 500 finished the session 0.07% lower at 2,038.25. During the trading session, six out of ten sectors finished on a higher note. The S&P 500 Information Technology Sector Index ended the day at 678.96, up 0.24%, with the index advancing 6.17% in the previous three months. Register for your complimentary reports on these five stocks at:
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Star Wars, Super Hero Movies Help Power Hasbro Sales
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Nov 12, 4:45PM CST
Santa brings gifts not just to kids but also to toymakers during the fourth quarter, in the form of brisk sales. Christmas arrived early for Hasbro (HAS) this year, as a flurry of blockbuster movies helped boost sales in Q3. The Pawtucket, R.I.-based...
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