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>>> comScore reports Jan smartphone market share...AAPL, GOOG, FB...

comScore reports Jan smartphone market share

- Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 41.6% OEM market share, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 51.7% platform market share. Google Sites ranked as the top mobile media property, while Facebook was the top individual app.

- Apple ranked as the top OEM with 41.6% of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 1% point from October). Samsung ranked second with 26.7% market share (up 1.3% points), followed by LG with 6.9% (up 0.3% points), Motorola with 6.4% and HTC with 5.4%.

>>> NKE - NKE Mar 80 calls are seeing interest ahead of a TP Minds Summit on Mar

NKE Mar 80 calls are seeing interest ahead of a TP Minds Summit on Mar 11 with 2280 contracts trading vs. open int of 8560, pushing implied vol up around 2 points to ~33% -- one transaction of ~2490 contracts traded on the offer. We noted bullish call activity on Feb 28 . Co is confirmed to report earnings Mar 20 after the close
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>>> Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) Shareholders said to have approved offer to acquire

Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) Shareholders said to have approved offer to acquire Ono

>>> Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Hatzius: Still forecasting first rate rise in

Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Hatzius: Still forecasting first rate rise in early 2016 though could come in late 2015 - CNBC

- March and April should be better than OK for the United States

>>> Yongye Weakness attributed to cautious comment from Prescience - report atta

Yongye International, Inc Weakness attributed to cautious comment from Prescience Point after the going private proposal failed to gain approval earlier this week

Report Attached

Download final-report_yong.pdf

>>> Coupons.com IPO opens for trade at $27.15, 29.35 now...+83%

Coupons.com IPO opens for trade at $27.15

- Priced 10.5M shares at $16.

>>> Visa Inc. Mastercard and Visa form payments security alliance ---ve for GTO

Visa Inc. Mastercard and Visa form payments security alliance - press

- Initial focus will be on moving toward the adoption of EMV chip technology in credit cards.

--> -ve for Gemalto

>>> Valero Energy Partners LP Reports Q4 $0.03 v $0.19e, R$24.6M v $23.1Me (2 es

Valero Energy Partners LP Reports Q4 $0.03 v $0.19e, R$24.6M v $23.1Me (2 ests)

- fourth quarter 2013 net income of $12.1 million. For the period from the initial public offering (IPO) that closed on December 16, 2013, through December 31, 2013, net income was $2.0 million, or $0.03 per common unit. During this same period, the Partnership generated earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $2.6 million and distributable cash flow of $2.6 million.

>>> Nike breaks out above 2-week range highs along 79-level, pushing towards its

Nike breaks out above 2-week range highs along 79-level, pushing towards its Nov/Dec highs near $80.

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ADS not far from relative low compare to NKE have a look :

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(BFW) Airbus Reviews A380 Wing Structure After Testbed Fatigue Finding

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Airbus Reviews A380 Wing Structure After Testbed Fatigue Finding 2014-03-07 14:44:49.303 GMT

By Benedikt Kammel March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Manufacturer discovered fatigue in spar on wing structure on dedicated fatigue test bed, company says. * no findings of any A380 wing-structure fatigue on actual aircraft * test-bed structure ‘way ahead’ of operating aircraft in terms of hours: Airbus * Airbus says defining fix to spar, which may lead to change of maintenance inspection interval

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To contact the reporter on this story: Benedikt Kammel in Berlin at +49-30-70010-6230 or bkammel@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Benedikt Kammel at +49-30-70010-6230 or bkammel@bloomberg.net