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Who will win in the battle for supremacy among e-commerce giants? As Amazon prepares to report earnings, Institutional Research Analyst Tom Forte provides context for his stock ratings in “Clash of the Titans: Who Will Win as Amazon, Google Go Head to Head?” a Barron’s article by Teresa Rivas.Read the full article here. 

D.A. Davidson & Co. announced that it has served as exclusive financial advisor to RISA Technologies, Inc. in its sale to Nemetschek SE.

14 schools earn profit-sharing checks in hands-on portfolio programD.A. Davidson & Co. today announced that a student team from Portland State University had the top-performing portfolio in the company’s annual Student Investment Program (SIP), enjoying a total return of 33.6 percent for the program year. Additionally, the University of Montana has been named the winner of D.A. Davidson’s third annual Fred Dickson Memorial Award.“It was a year of strong market performance a...

E-commerce giant Amazon joins a growing list of retail companies that are reducing hiring numbers from last year or keeping their numbers flat, but D.A. Davidson Analyst Tom Forte said the seemingly cautious approach may also be tied to increased efficiencies. Forte’s comments can be found in the Reuters article, “Amazon to Keep U.S. Holiday Hiring Flat at 120,000 Workers,” by Siddharth Cavale and Sonam Rai.Read the full article here. 

With expanses of unscheduled time stretching before them, some retirees face potential boredom. Andrew Crowell, Vice Chairman of D.A. Davidson’s Individual Investor Group, has seen clients accomplish a great deal in retirement, and offers suggestions for future retirees based on his observations. His suggestions are part of “Afraid of being bored in retirement? Consider these options,” written by Alessandra Malito for MarketWatch.com.Read the full article here. 

D.A. Davidson & Co. announced that it has served as exclusive financial advisor to Nielsen-Kellerman Co., a portfolio company of JZ Partners, LLC and The Edgewater Funds, in connection with the sale to Clearview Capital Fund III, LP.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe in South Dakota is celebrating the completion of a new tribal health center, with funding for the project developed through the guidance of John Banks, Managing Director and Public Finance Banker for D.A. Davidson. The center’s grand opening ceremony was the focus of a Moody County (S.D.) Enterprise article, “Tribal health center holds grand opening,” written by Dana Hess.Read the full article here. 

Although the latest figures for U.S. unemployment are disappointing, they provided the benefit of a clearer direction for the Federal Reserve. James Ragan, Director of Individual Investor Research with D.A. Davidson, discusses the numbers and how they affect the Fed’s next move in the CNBC.com article, “The Fed just got what it was looking for to satisfy its ‘hawkish bent,’ ” by Jeff Cox.Read the full article here. 

As Amazon begins testing its own delivery service in densely populated areas, D.A. Davidson Analyst Tom Forte believes the approach may solve some of the e-commerce giant’s cost and delivery hurdles. Forte discusses the new strategy in “Amazon prudently cherry-picking dense delivery areas,” an interview on CNBC’s Closing Bell broadcast.Watch the full interview here. 

With toy maker Mattel shaking up its executive team, observers are wondering whether some new team members are the best choices. In Wall Street Journal article “Mattel Taps Former Sprint CFO in Executive Revamp” by Ezequiel Minaya and Tatyana Shumsky, D.A. Davidson Analyst Linda Bolton Weiser discusses the likelihood of the new CFO understanding and succeeding in the toy business.Read the full article here.