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Investors are showing their willingness to back new restaurant chains as interest grows in that sector. Jeff Cleveland, managing director and leader of the food, beverage and agriculture practice at D.A. Davidson, comments on the growing opportunities in the sector in “Investment tracker: Early-stage restaurant financing surges,” in Nation’s Restaurant News. The article is written by Jonathan Maze.Read the full article here. 

What’s next after the U.S. enacts a tariff on Canadian softwood lumber? Steven Chercover, senior equity research analyst, focuses on that question with the Wall Street Journal in “U.S. Tariffs Pose New Reckoning on Canada’s Lumber Sector,” by Paul Vieira and David George-Cosh.Subscribers can read the full article here. 

D.A. Davidson & Co. has announced that Linda Bolton Weiser has joined the firm’s award-winning institutional equity research team in New York to provide analysis of healthy living companies within the consumer products sector.

Mergers and acquisitions are changing the community banking landscape in Oregon. Senior Research Analyst Jeff Rulis of D.A. Davidson & Co. discusses the potential ramifications for banking customers as part of an Oregon Business magazine article, written by Kim Moore and called “Powerlist: Shadow Banking.”Read the full article here. 

Investors focused this week on foreign matters, helping to boost U.S. Treasury yields. Mary Ann Hurley, Fixed Income Trader with D.A. Davidson, spoke with Reuters about the gains, and what to expect next, in “TREASURIES – Yields rise ahead of French election” by Karen Brettell.Read the full article here. 

Andrew Burns, Senior Research Analyst for D.A. Davidson, adds his voice to the debate about the two sports apparel giants in “Which Stock is Better: Nike or Under Armour?” The article is written by Brian O’Connell for U.S. News & World Report.Read the full article here. 

A newly strengthened relationship between PayPal and Google could drive further collaboration in the future, said Gil Luria, Director of Institutional Research for D.A. Davidson & Co. Luria addressed the potential for even stronger interaction in “PayPal and Google Get Cozy With New Digital Wallet Partnership,” a Bloomberg Technology article written by Spencer Soper and Mark Bergen.Read the full article here. 

U.S. investors, concerned about the potential for increased conflicts overseas, have been turning to bonds as relatively safe investments. Mary Ann Hurley, Fixed Income Trader with D.A. Davidson & Co., spoke with Reuters reporter Richard Leong about Treasuries and geopolitical tensions for his article, “U.S. bond yields flat as geopolitical worries offset supply.”Read the full article here. 

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPBI), the holding company of Pacific Premier Bank, has completed its acquisition of Heritage Oaks Bancorp (NASDAQ:HEOP).

Is Columbia Bank of Tacoma’s planned acquisition of Eugene, Ore.-based Pacific Continental Bank part of a larger trend? Jeff Rulis, a Senior Institutional Analyst with D.A. Davidson, said the Great Recession and related changes have made bankers question whether they want to continue operating banks. Rulis discusses his perspective in “A new banking landscape,” written by Ed Russo of The Register-Guard in Eugene.Read the full article here.