A sluggish economy and persistently high inflation have combined to curb venture capital firms’ appetite in Brazil. The once-popular investment hub for private equity and venture capital firms had to lose out to other Latin American counterparts like Mexico, Colombia and Peru as investors turned to more nascent markets for higher return on investments.

We look at 3 Biosimilar Stocks set to grow in 2014 as number of patents expire. The global biosimilars space generated $1.2B in 2013. We expect it to grow to $24B by 2019.

Confirming a long-standing rumor, Comcast Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc. for which the official announcement is yet to come.

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Usually, one big storm or weather event isn't enough to wreck havoc with an entire quarter unless it is a protracted event, such as a hurricane. But that hasn't stopped companies from blaming the weather for poor quarterly results in the past. Blaming the weather has become something of a joke among investors.

Mobile advertising revenues were more than 75.0% of total advertising revenue in the quarter, up from 55.0% in the year-ago quarter. But fewer people are signing up for the service.

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Guidance was the real issue though, as WFM had already cut guidance late last year, marking another round of slashed expectations. Total sales are now expected to grow between 11%-12%, compared to earlier growth of 11%-13%, with the top end of comparable-store sales projecting falling from 6.2% growth to just 5.5% growth.

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A key reason for this move has been the positive trend in the earnings estimate revisions picture. For ZNGA’s full year estimate, we have seen 7 estimates go higher in the past 30 days, and there has been no downward revision over the same time frame.

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The company estimates that it will lose approximately $2 billion in annual revenues from the "tobacco shopper"   They expects 2014 EPS to be negatively impacted by 6-9 cents. What do you think of CVS's decision to stop selling tobacco products? Join the discussion on Zacks.com