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Google (GOOG) stepped further into the world of audio entertainment Wednesday when the company emailed millions of Android users with an announcement of the Google All Access music service. Consumers were offered 30 days of unlimited music access where they can listen to millions of tracks any time, customize stations, and build play-lists. After the 30 day free trial the service can be continued for just $7.99 per month. Details from the email are below: Introducing All Access, the new music service from Google Play that lets you listen to all the music you want - on your mobile device and the web. Try All Access for free for 30 days. After the trial, keep listening for just $7.99 per month when you start your trial by June 30, 2013. Play anything you like. From today's hits to classic tunes, you'll find millions of songs by your favorite

Deere & Company (DE) is well placed to benefit from structural demand growth for farm equipment supported by high farm income, growing global demand for agricultural commodities and the need for more efficient equipment. As a major farm equipment manufacturer, the company is well positioned. Furthermore the launch of new products and geographic expansion offer attractive opportunities for Deere's long-term growth prospects. A key risk could be a sharp drop in US farmer income and thus lower demand for equipment. Strong long-term growth potential Deere is trading at a P/E 2014E (Fiscal Year ending October 2014) of 9.8, below its 5-year average of 13.3. Continued demand for farm equipment led by the long-term need for better agriculture productivity and recovering construction activities should support Deere's future earnings. Thus, a BUY recommendation is maintained. Higher sales and stable margins help Q2 2013 earnings Deere's Q2 2013 EPS grew by 6% YOY

Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) announced on May 21 the upcoming release of its new generation Xbox gaming console, the Xbox One. It will be packed with loads of breakthrough features that will probably raise the gaming entertainment standard to a higher level. The scheduled release date is not set yet, but it could be anytime later this year. While the Xbox One will surely rock the gaming console industry, will this be enough to trigger a rally of Microsoft shares?For the past weeks, Microsoft rallied and gained 7% month-to-date. Year-to-date growth is a whopping 27%. The announcement on the upcoming release of Xbox One may further boost the current rally, but whether the actual launch will trigger another rally or not, that remains to be seen.The gaming console is just a part of one major segment of Microsoft, which is the entertainment and devices division. This segment contributes

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (PBH) May 22, 2013 10:30 am ET Executives Matthew M. Mannelly - Chief Executive Officer, President and Director Timothy J. Connors - Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing Ronald M. Lombardi - Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer Analysts Frank A. Camma - Sidoti & Company, LLC Joseph Altobello - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division Olivia Tong - BofA Merrill Lynch, Research Division William M. Reuter - BofA Merrill Lynch, Research Division Presentation Matthew M. Mannelly Good morning. Welcome, and thank you very much for coming. We're very excited to talk to you today. This is the first for us, our first ever Investor Day. And we think we have some exciting things to talk about, and we appreciate you being here this morning. So we look forward to getting into it. We're going to -- we tried to keep the words on

Wednesday's market was a roller coaster. After being up more than 150 points on the Dow early in the day, the market reversed and ended significantly down across the board. This is the first time this type of reversal has hit the market since March 2009 as investors seemed to wake up and realize how dependent the market is on continued massive Federal Reserve largesse.I think it is too early to deploy major cash into the market as I think we have a significant pull back ahead. However, putting some cash into the market in small amounts on days like these makes some sense. Finding stocks that are performing better than the overall market appears to be a sound strategy. Here are two independent energy concerns that bucked the sell-off Wednesday on back of analysts' upgrades.Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD): $143 a share, is a large (~$20B market capitalization)

Like the stealth bomber which is almost invisible to radar, the coming recession is almost invisible to leading indicators. The yield curve which has been reliable for decades is useless right now. Other indicators are hopelessly out of calibration indicating stronger than actual growth. The Yield Curve For almost six decades the yield curve has given warning about 18 months before a recession would come. Every recession from 1955 to the present was preceded by an inversion where the 1 year T-Bill yield rises above the 10 year T-Bond yield. As the gap between the yields narrow the yield curve is referred to as flattening. When the short term rate goes above the long rate it is referred to as inverted. In the chart below the red line labeled yield curve shows the difference of the 10 year T-Bond yield less the 1 year T-Bill yield. The red axes are

Earlier today we looked at US sector weightings, and below we take a look at the percentage of total world stock market cap that the largest countries make up. As shown below, the US and Japan, which were the two largest stock markets at the start of the year, have added

With Tuesday's dovish duo Bullard and Dudley to set expectations, the S&P 500 rallied in anticipation of Chairman Bernanke's congressional testimony and soared to its all-time intraday high, up 1.07% during his prepared remarks. But the Q&A deflated the balloon, and the 2 PM release of the latest Fed Minutes accelerated the decline. It seems that the possibility of tapering QE in the near term is not entirely off the table. The index hit its -1.23% intraday low about 30 minutes before the final bell. It then trimmed its loss to close down 0.83%. The 10-year yield jumped 9 bps to close at 2.03%, just off the 2013 interim high of 2.07% on

Cytokinetics, Incorporated (CYTK) Annual Meeting of Stockholders Conference Transcript May 22, 2013 4:30 PM ET Executives Pat Gage - Chairman Lynne Parshall - Member of the Board Robert Blum - President and CEO Sharon Barbari - EVP, Finance and CFO Marjorie Wagman - VP Legal Affairs and General Counsel [Aaron Kurtz] - Senior Director, Finance Dave Cragg - Senior Vice President, Human Resources Joanna Goldstein - Independent Director Scott Jordan - Independent Director Wendell Wierenga - Independent Director [Adrian Bennett] - PricewaterhouseCoopers James Kirkland - Inspector of Election, Computershare Analysts Presentation Pat Gage Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Pat Gage, and I’m the Chairman of Cytokinetics Board of Directors. It’s pleasure to welcome you for our 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The meeting is now called to order. I’ve asked Marjorie Wagman, Cytokinetics Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel to record the minutes. Before proceeding

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook’s appearance in front of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations yesterday brought attention to the company’s practice of establishing offshore subsidiaries in countries that have lower taxes than the U.S. However, Apple is not the only California-based technology company that avoids U.S. taxes by keeping profits overseas. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has also avoided paying U.S. income taxes with a practically identical tax-avoidance strategy. Is Apple now a once-in-a-decade buying opportunity? Click here to get your 24-page Ultimate Cheat Sheet to Apple’s Stock now! Google uses Ireland’s tax laws to its advantage by moving its overseas profits through an Ireland-based subsidiary, according to Bloomberg. Google manages one Irish subsidiary from Bermuda, which has no income tax for corporations. Google’s tax attorneys referred to the Mountain View-based company’s tax strategies by the colorful monikers of “Double Irish” and “Dutch Sandwich.” Google shifts its foreign earnings through the Netherlands and Ireland and into Bermuda. According to Google’s filings, these accounting maneuvers allowed the company to save approximately $2 billion in income taxes a year. Since Ireland only considers a company to be a tax resident if it is managed and controlled locally, both Apple and Google can pay little to no taxes on subsidiaries operating in Ireland. The recent Senate hearing revealed that Apple has avoided income taxes on $74 billion in profit made between 2009 and 2012 by using multiple subsidiaries based in low-tax countries such as Ireland. These subsidiaries included Apple Operations International, Apple Sales International, and Apple Operations Europe. However, Cook pointed out that all of the cash kept in Ireland was profits from Apple’s overseas sales. “We pay all the taxes we owe — every single dollar. We not only comply with the laws, but we comply with the spirit of the laws,” said Cook at the Senate hearing. NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW! Here’s how Apple and Google have traded so far this week. Here’s how Apple traded Wednesday: Follow Nathanael on Twitter (@ArnoldEtan_WSCS) Don’t Miss: Is Apple’s Chip Supply Stressed? Read the original article from Wall St. Cheat Sheet