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Facebook Joins Disney, Under Armour With Yahoo Award

It’s not like getting a Nobel Prize or an Oscar for best picture, but Facebook (FB) has received the Company of the Year title by Yahoo (YHOO) Finance. Facebook certainly has the cachet and performance to receive the award. The company has consistently turned in double-digit growth or better in its quarterly earnings reports for years. And in the third quarter, daily active users surpassed 1 billion for the first time. “Other companies talk about

Where Is The Real Strength In The Building Sector?

When people mention the building sector, many folks think of homebuilders. Sometimes, though, such associations can be misleading. It’s not enough to ask which of the 33 sectors are doing well. You have to know where the strength is within the sector. That’s why IBD breaks the market into 197 industry groups. Homebuilders, for example, have a Relative Strength line that has been moving sideways since August. (The RS line measures performance vs.

Analysts Upbeat On Zayo;Insider Selling To Ease?

Organic revenue growth at Zayo Group Holdings (ZAYO) will pick up next year, say analysts at Cowen & Co., which expects insider selling that has pressured the stock to ease. Cowen calls the telecom network operator a “best idea” for 2016 stocks. Macquarie Securities, Oppenheimer and Bernstein Research have also issued upbeat reports recently on Zayo. Boulder, Colo.-based Zayo operates fiber-optic networks in metropolitan areas and has expanded