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Company name Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA)
Stock ticker TRI
Live stock price [stckqut]TRI[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=tri

Thomson Reuters Corporation (Thomson Reuters) is a provider of information for the world’s businesses and professionals. As of January 1, 2012, the Company was organized in four business units: Financial & Risk, a provider of news, information and analytics; Legal, a provider of critical information, decision support tools, software and services to legal, investigation, business and Government professionals worldwide; Tax & Accounting, a provider of integrated tax compliance and accounting information, software and services for professionals in accounting firms, corporations, law firms and Government, and Intellectual Property & Science, a provider of intellectual property and scientific resources. Thomson Reuters’ corporate headquarters are located in New York, New York with key operations in the United Kingdom, India, Eagan, Minnesota and Stamford, Connecticut. It operates in over 100 countries. In February 2012, the Company acquired RedEgg.

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Company name SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Stock ticker STI
Live stock price [stckqut]STI[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $2070119.2
Target stock price (averages with growth) $48587.22
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $4.08
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $27.66

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=sti

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (SunTrust) is a commercial banking organization. The Company is a diversified financial services holding company whose businesses provide a range of financial services to consumer and corporate clients. During the year ended December 31, 2011, it operated its business segments: Retail Banking, Diversified Commercial Banking, CRE, CIB, Mortgage, W&IM, and Corporate Other and Treasury. Through its principal subsidiary, SunTrust Bank, the Company offers a line of financial services for consumers and businesses, including deposit, credit, and trust and investment services. Additional subsidiaries provide mortgage banking, asset management, securities brokerage, capital market services, and credit-related insurance. SunTrust provides clients with a selection of branch-based and technology-based banking channels, including the Internet, automatic teller machine (ATMs), and round the clock telebanking.

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Company name Telefonica S.A. (ADR)
Stock ticker TEF
Live stock price [stckqut]TEF[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $7.09
Target stock price (averages with growth) $22.3
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $37.35
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $14.78

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=tef

Telefonica, S.A. (Telefonica) together with its subsidiaries and investees operates in the telecommunications, media and contact center industries. Telefonica’s basic purpose is the provision of all manner of public or private telecommunications services, including ancillary or complementary telecommunications services or related services. It operates in three business segments: Telefonica Spain, Telefonica Europe and Telefonica Latin America. On October 26, 2010, it acquired Portugal Telecom’s, a 50% interest in Brasilcel. On September 27, 2010, it acquired 50% of the interest of Brasilcel (a Dutch company that owns interest representing, approximately, 60% of the interest capital stock of Brazilian company Vivo Participacoes, S.A.). On February 16, 2010, it completed the acquisition of 100% of the interest of HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH. In January 2010, the Telefonica Group, through its wholly owned subsidiary Telefonica Europe Plc, acquired 100% of the interest of Jajah Inc.

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Company name Medivation, Inc.
Stock ticker MDVN
Live stock price [stckqut]MDVN[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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Medivation, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the rapid development of small molecule drugs to treat serious diseases, for which there are limited treatment options. Its product candidates in clinical development are MDV3100, which is in Phase 3 development for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, and dimebon (latrepirdine), which is in Phase 3 development for the treatment of Alzheimer�s disease and Huntington disease. Its MDV3100 program is partnered with Astellas Pharma Inc. (Astellas, and its dimebon program is partnered with Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer).

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Company name Illumina, Inc.
Stock ticker ILMN
Live stock price [stckqut]ILMN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $4.37
Target stock price (averages with growth) $10.97
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $18.41
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $5.92

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Illumina, Inc. (Illumina) is a developer and manufacturer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function. The Company provides a line of genetic analysis solutions, with products and services that serve a range of interconnected markets, including sequencing, genotyping, gene expression, and molecular diagnostics. The Company is organized in two business segments: Life Sciences and Diagnostics. Its Life Sciences business unit includes all products and services related to the research market, namely the product lines based on its sequencing, BeadArray, VeraCode, and real-time PCR technologies. Its Diagnostics business unit focuses on molecular diagnostics. Its customers include genomic research centers, academic institutions, government laboratories, and clinical research organizations. In January 2011, the Company acquired Epicentre Technologies Corporation. In April 2010, the Company purchased Helixis, Inc.

Confident Investor comments: Unfortunately, it is difficult for a company to be profitable and still have this much red. At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.