Walmart is turning up the heat on Amazon on both sides of the Pacific.
America’s biggest retail chain said late Thursday it would start selling e-books and audiobooks online for the first time later this year.
The shift will bring the company into even closer competition with Amazon (AMZN), which started out as an internet bookseller but has grown into all-encompassing retail giant, both online and offline.
Walmart’s (WMT) move into an established Amazon business is part of a broader alliance with Rakuten (RKUNF), Japan’s largest ecommerce company. As well as teaming up to sell e-books to American consumers, they are also setting up an online grocery platform in Japan.
In the U.S., Walmart will sell Rakuten’s Kobo e-readers, which are similar to Amazon’s Kindle. The Kobo platform, created by a Canadian company that Rakuten bought in 2011, currently offers readers millions of titles.
Scott Hilton, chief revenue officer of Walmart’s ecommerce business, said in a blog post that the deal “enables us to quickly and efficiently launch a full e-book and audiobook catalog on Walmart.com.”
Top Canadian Stocks To Watch For 2019: Plains All American Pipeline L.P.(PAA)
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- [By Matthew DiLallo]
However, Long stated that the company is also in discussions with Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) to potentially join their Wink to Webster Pipeline project. Long stated that “we will continue to go down parallel paths in order to evaluate and achieve the most efficient and accretive [project] for our partnership.”
- [By Matthew DiLallo]
There’s just one problem with all that production: It needs to get out of the basin, which is a problem right now since there aren’t enough pipelines. Because of that, some of the best ways to play the Permian production boom are pipeline companies. Three perfectly positioned to profit from the Permian boom are Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA), Targa Resources (NYSE:TRGP), and Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI).
- [By Matthew DiLallo]
Another issue affecting Permian producers is dwindling space on pipelines to move crude out of the region. At one point last year, oil companies were pumping 3.3 million BPD out of the Permian but had only about 3.6 million BPD of pipeline space. That bottleneck has eased somewhat in recent months, after Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) raced to finish its Sunrise expansion project, which came online in November. Plains All American is also on track to start partial service of its Cactus II pipeline by the third quarter of this year, with full service expected by next April. Meanwhile, Plains All American recently joined forces with ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) and another midstream company to move forward with a new pipeline project, Wink to Webster, which should start up in the first half of 2021. That pipeline is crucial to support ExxonMobil’s Permian-focused expansion plans.
Top Canadian Stocks To Watch For 2019: Patni Computer Systems Limited(PTI)
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- [By Chris Lange]
Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: PTI) saw its shares slide early on Thursday after the company reported that it had positive data from its early stage trial in cystic fibrosis (CF). These results come from the firm’s ongoing Phase 1 dosing study of PTI-801 in CF patients on background Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) therapy.
Top Canadian Stocks To Watch For 2019: Encana Corporation(ECA)
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- [By Max Byerly]
Shares of Encana Corp (NYSE:ECA) (TSE:ECA) gapped up before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $5.95, but opened at $6.10. Encana shares last traded at $6.11, with a volume of 65113676 shares changing hands.
- [By Stephan Byrd]
Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) and Encana (NYSE:ECA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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Already, shale companies such as Encana (ECA) , Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) , among others, are reporting higher cash flows and earnings on higher oil prices. As a result, they are paying down debt, increasing dividends and engaging in buybacks. This is a dramatic improvement in shareholder yield for the group.
- [By Matthew DiLallo]
Today, however, many drillers are setting a high bar for new wells. EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) has been one of the leaders in disrupting the former way of thinking by establishing a high return hurdle rate for new wells of 30% after-tax at $40 oil. Others followed with similar return-focused approaches, including Encana (NYSE:ECA), which needs locations to achieve a 35% after-tax return at $50 oil to meet its premium hurdle rate.
- [By Lee Jackson]
This stock has pulled back sharply and is offering an outstanding entry point. Encana Corp. (NYSE: ECA) is an energy producer focused on developing its multibasin portfolio of natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs) producing plays. Its operations also include the marketing of natural gas, oil and NGLs. All of its reserves and production are located in North America.
Top Canadian Stocks To Watch For 2019: Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.(CMG)
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
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Several research firms have commented on CMG. Piper Jaffray raised their price objective on Chipotle Mexican Grill from $420.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday. Deutsche Bank set a $285.00 price objective on Chipotle Mexican Grill and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, April 26th. Maxim Group downgraded Chipotle Mexican Grill from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $410.00 to $435.00 in a report on Friday, April 27th. ValuEngine upgraded Chipotle Mexican Grill from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, April 27th. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Chipotle Mexican Grill from $400.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 26th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-six have assigned a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. Chipotle Mexican Grill presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $356.78.
- [By Daniel Sparks]
Fast-casual restaurant Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) has seen some impressive momentum recently as its turnaround under new CEO Brian Niccol takes hold. Investors are thrilled. Shares have surged 135% over the past 12 months.
- [By Joe Tenebruso]
Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) rose nearly 15% last month, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the restaurant giant reported impressive fourth-quarter results.