Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and its affiliates ("Aberdeen" or the "Group") are pleased to announce that they have completed the acquisition of Artio Global Investors Inc. ("Artio"), a U.S. publicly-listed asset manager, effective as of the close of business on May 21, 2013. 
Share:  <span class="sent">Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and its affiliates ("Aberdeen" or the "Group") are pleased to announce that they have completed the acquisition of Artio Global Investors Inc. ("Artio"), a U.S. publicly-listed asset manager, effective as of the close of business on May 21, 2013.</span> Tweet this   read full story

Under the contract, I. D. Systems will integrate Track and Trace data into the customer's existing cloud based Transportation Management System. Jeffrey Jagid, I. D. Systems' chairman and CEO, said, "This contract reflects the unique position of our VeriWise Track and Trace system in the competitive marketplace. It provides our customers with an affordable, easily installed, high quality, effective means of tracking and managing virtually any type of transportation asset. In addition, we can help our customers integrate the data we collect into their legacy management systems. 
Share:  Under the contract, I. D. Systems will integrate Track and Trace data into the customer's existing cloud based Transportation Management System. <span class="sent"><span class="analyst">Jeffrey Jagid</span>, I. D. Systems' chairman and CEO, said, "This contract reflects the unique position of our VeriWise Track and Trace system in the competitive marketplace.</span> It provides our customers with an affordable, easily installed, high quality, effective means of tracking and managing virtually any type of transportation asset. In addition, we can help our customers integrate the data we collect into their legacy management systems. Tweet this   read full story

Li3 Energy, Inc., (OTC.BB.LIEG) ("Li3""), a US-listed and South America-based global exploration company in the lithium and minerals sector, and Blue Wolf Mongolia Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: MNGL) ("Blue Wolf"), a British Virgin Islands blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination, announced their entry into an Agreement and Plan of Merger for an initial business combination. 
Share:  <span class="sent">Li3 Energy, Inc., (OTC.BB.LIEG) ("Li3""), a US-listed and South America-based global exploration company in the lithium and minerals sector, and Blue Wolf Mongolia Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: MNGL) ("Blue Wolf"), a British Virgin Islands blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination, announced their entry into an Agreement and Plan of Merger for an initial business combination.</span> Tweet this   read full story

"Customers are asking for it. clearly the whole public cloud service area has been growing and maturing," Gelsinger said. While he declined to provide pricing information, he said . VMware's service will be more expensive than similar offerings from Amazon, the market leader, and Microsoft 
Share:  "Customers are asking for it. <span class="sent">clearly the whole public cloud service area has been growing and maturing," <span class="analyst">Gelsinger</span> said.</span> While he declined to provide pricing information, he said . <span class="company">VMware</span>'s service will be more expensive than similar offerings from Amazon, the market leader, and Microsoft....<span class="company">VMware</span>'s service will be more expensive than similar offerings from Amazon, the market leader, and Microsoft. <span class="sent"><span class="analyst">Gelsinger</span> said <span class="company">VMware</span>'s new offering can command a premium because it lets users easily move applications between so called private clouds, where software and services are run on customers' own machines, to public ones on <span class="company">VMware</span>'s servers.</span> Microsoft rolled out an infrastructure as a service product last month along with a pledge to match Amazon's prices on certain offerings. While 71 percent of public cloud customers said they use Amazon in a Forrester Research Inc ( FORR) survey, about 20 percent said they used Microsoft....<span class="company">VMware</span> will announce partnerships with Tibco Software Inc ( TIBX) as well as Pivotal. <span class="sent">a spinoff of <span class="company">VMware</span> and its parent company EMC Corp ( EMC) , according to <span class="analyst">Gelsinger</span>.</span> Those agreements will let customers run the applications they purchase from those companies in <span class="company">VMware</span>'s data centers, he said. Microsoft will also allow vCloud Hybrid Service customers to use Microsoft's e mail and database software running in the ....Microsoft will also allow vCloud Hybrid Service customers to use Microsoft's e mail and database software running in the . <span class="sent"><span class="company">VMware</span> cloud, <span class="analyst">Gelsinger</span> said.</span> <span class="company">VMware</span> is set to announce its new cloud product at an event today at the company's headquarters in Palo Alto, California. To contact the reporter on this story: . Tweet this   read full story

Investment analysts at Credit Suisse raised their target price on shares of AutoZone ( NYSE: AZO) from $440.00 to $445.00 in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, AnalystRatings. 
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Analysts at Lazard Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of Semtech from $39.00 to $41.00 in a research note to investors on Thursday, March 7th. 
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Investment analysts at JP Morgan Cazenove increased their target price on shares of Lifepoint Hospitals ( NASDAQ: LPNT) from $55.00 to $56.00 in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports.The firm currently has an "overweight" rating on the stock. 
Share:  <span class="sent">Investment analysts at JP Morgan Cazenove increased their target price on shares of Lifepoint Hospitals ( NASDAQ: LPNT) from $55.00 to $56.00 in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports.The firm currently has an "overweight" rating on the stock.</span> Tweet this   read full story

 
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Johnson & Johnson ( NYSE:JNJ) owes close to 65% of its value to its medical devices and diagnostics business, according to our estimates. If we delve deeper, we find that a little over 20% of the company's value can be attributed to its surgical device business, which has otherwise seen strong revenue growth, except in the last year. Johnson & Johnson's surgical devices division essentially includes endo mechanical devices, access devices, energy based devices, stapling systems, ligation devices and gastric banding systems. 
Share:  Johnson & Johnson ( <span class="company">NYSE:JNJ</span>) owes close to 65% of its value to its medical devices and diagnostics business, according to our estimates. If we delve deeper, we find that a little over 20% of the company's value can be attributed to its surgical device business, which has otherwise seen strong revenue growth, except in the last year. Johnson & Johnson's surgical devices division essentially includes endo mechanical devices, access devices, energy based devices, stapling systems, ligation devices and gastric banding systems. Tweet this   read full story