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Morning Buzz: Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI), The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD), WidePoint Corp. (NYSEMKT:WYY), Yelp, Inc. (NYSE:YELP)

Morning Buzz: Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI), The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD), WidePoint Corp. (NYSEMKT:WYY), Yelp, Inc. (NYSE:YELP)
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Charles Donlon
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October 16, 2014
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI), the creators of the popular Call of Duty®franchise, today filed a response to Manuel Noriega’s opposition in the frivolous lawsuit brought by the former dictator and convicted murderer. Rudy Giuliani, former New York City Mayor and named partner of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, will argue as co-counsel beside Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, at the October 16 hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court in support of Activision Blizzard’s motion. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) in last trading activity increased 2.80% to close at $18.72. Company weekly performance is -9.30% while its quarterly performance stands at -17.06%. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) is -22.58% away from its 52 week high.The Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was downgraded by stock analysts at SunTrust from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report issued on Tuesday. They currently have a $95.00 price objective on the stock, down from their previous price objective of $100.00. On last trading day The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) moved down -2.50% to close at $87.85. Its volatility for the week is 2.26% while volatility for the month is 1.67%. HD's sales growth for past 5 years was 2.00% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 22.40%. The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) monthly performance is -2.68%.On October 13, WidePoint Corporation (NYSEMKT:WYY), announced its collaboration with SPYRUS, Inc., to deliver the industry's first Trusted Mobile device that guarantees device identity, personal identity and secure network access from any global location. On last trading day WidePoint Corp. (NYSEMKT:WYY) increased 1.24% to close at $1.63. Its volatility for the week is 2.75% while volatility for the month is 3.97%. WYY's sales growth for past 5 years was 5.70% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -8.40%. WidePoint Corp. (NYSEMKT:WYY) monthly performance is 0.00%.Yelp Inc. (NYSEYELP), the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, announced that it will issue its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014 after the market close on Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Yelp will host a conference call to discuss the results at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) on the same day. Yelp, Inc. (NYSE:YELP) has 11.16% insider ownership. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $66.71.Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s next generation operating system is off to a solid start. In less than two weeks, more than a million people have signed up for the company’s Windows Insider Program to provide feedback on their experience with the Windows 10 Technical Preview. On Wednesday shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) closed at $43.22. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was 8.20% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 7.17%.

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