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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Apple, Intel, Yahoo, AT&T and Amazon

For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – September 16, 2014 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the Apple (AAPL-Free Report), Intel (INTC-Free Report), Yahoo (YHOO-Free Report), AT&T (T-Free Report) and Amazon (AMZN-Free Report).

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Here are highlights from Monday’s Analyst Blog:

Technology Stock Roundup

Apple (AAPL-Free Report) announced two new phones, a watch and a payments system, while Intel (INTC-Free Report) talked about progress with new technologies, processes, mobile and wearables.

Apple’s Mega Sep 9 Event

Apple launched the anticipated phones, watch and payments system in typical style, accompanied with the same level of excitement as always. But the novelty this time around was not the devices as much as the NFC-based payments system, a technology Apple has shunned in the past. It appears that Apple has been busy teaming up with a host of companies to ensure its success. And the efforts just might bear fruit considering the changes being implemented by the government to check fraudulent payments.

Americans will now be issued credit cards incorporating chip-level security that will necessitate the changing of POS terminals. Stores that do not upgrade by Oct 15 will be required to pay higher transaction fees. The biggest deterrent to NFC adoption was the cost of replacing payment terminals, but now there’s every chance that the new terminals will be NFC enabled.

Alibaba IPO Drives Yahoo Shares

The Alibaba IPO news is getting old, but Yahoo (YHOO-Free Report) shares are scaling high as the big day draws near. The shares could fetch as much as $21.1 billion, dwarfing Facebook’s $16 billion. If underwriters sell additional shares, the company would be able to raise $24 billion.

Also, unlike other tech IPOs, prices may be expected to hold up and gain further because the company is not a startup and has a roaring business in one of the fastest-growing economies of the world. The shares will trade on NYSE under the BABA symbol from Sep 19. Yahoo shares are a good way to buy into Alibaba’s success, so shares are likely to remain buoyant at least until then.

Intel at IDF

Apple drew much of the spotlight last week, so the Intel Developer Forum was almost a quiet affair. But Intel went ahead and announced its products and projects so developers can prepare for a strong 2015. Intel assured that Skylake (Broadwell’s successor) was on track for a second half 2015 launch, meaning that Intel maintains its tick-tock strategy (the tick year gets you a new chip-architecture and the tock year its shrink to the next process node). So Skylake is based on 14nm. Intel is already testing yields at 10nm and below.

Developer tools from the company included an Intel Reference Design for Android, which includes software engineering and support for tablet makers. Analytics for Wearables, or A-Wear includes software tools and Cloudera data management, all of which will be offered free of cost to Intel’s wearables partners. Edison, the tiny computer with built-in wireless is now available. Intel also announced that AT&T (T-Free Report) was the exclusive carrier for its MICA bracelet.

Amazon’s New Office in the UK: Amazon (AMZN-Free Report) will be joining other U.S. tech companies at the technology hub in east London called Silicon Roundabout. The company has agreed to rent 400,000 square feet of office space Brookfield Property Partners that could house 5,000 employees. Amazon currently has 1,700 employees in the UK, which seems to indicate major expansion plans in the region.

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