Piper Jaffray
Summary
Piper Jaffray & Co. (NYSE: PJC), often shortened to just Piper Jaffray or PiperJaffray, is a U.S. middle-market investment banking firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and sells financial advice, investment products, and transaction execution within targeted sectors of the financial services marketplace. Through its principal subsidiary, Piper Jaffray & Co., the Company targets corporations, government, non-profit entities, institutional investors, and the financial advisory needs of private individuals. Piper Jaffray traces its roots to 1895 when George Lane established George B. Lane, Commercial Paper and Collateral Loans & Co., a commercial paper brokerage, in Minneapolis. In 1913, Piper, Jaffray Co. was established as another commercial paper business by H.C. Piper Sr. and C.P. Jaffray. In 1917, George B. Lane & Co. merged with Piper, Jaffray & Co. to form Lane, Piper & Jaffray.
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Dressing down Ralph Lauren
After eight years of trying to attract younger consumers with its youth-oriented Rugby label, Ralph Lauren Corp. recently announced it will shutter the 14-store chain by February. The death of the budding brand, known for edgier prep, represents a rare misstep for the fashion stalwart, which has enjoyed decades of growth in the luxury arena.
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Dressing Down
After eight years of trying to attract younger consumers with its youth-oriented Rugby label, Ralph Lauren Corp. recently announced it will shutter the 14-store chain by February. The death of the budding brand, known for edgier prep, represents a rare misstep for the fashion stalwart, which has enjoyed decades of growth in the luxury arena.
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Analysts see multi-quarter hit to Zynga from Facebook site changes
(Reuters) - Zynga Inc's financial performance is unlikely to improve anytime soon, analysts said, after changes to Facebook Inc's algorithm have made it harder for users to access games such as "Farmville" and "Hidden Chronicles".
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Analyst Says RTB Hurting Valueclick Network Business; Zynga Integrating Cross-Platform
Here's today's AdExchanger. com news round-up. . . Want it by email? Sign-up here. Dotomi Sets ValueClick's Destiny That's the take from Piper Jaffray analyst Mark Zgutowicz on the negative impact of real-time bidding platforms on ValueClick's ad network business. The display ad company finds itself in "the precarious position of having to bid up impressions among many," [.
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DVD not so DOA after all? Redbox Q1 revenue up 39%
While its longtime DVD-rental rival, Netflix has signaled its eventual retreat from the disc business, kiosk operator Redbox seems more than happy to take on any physical-media customers Netflix wants to cut loose.
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Strong eBay results bode well for Amazon
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc's strong first quarter bodes well for Amazon. com Inc's results next week - especially Amazon's own online Marketplace business and e-commerce in general, analysts said on Thursday.
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Why Apple’s China concessions will hit its rivals hardest
Make no mistake: Apple will end up eating the higher costs that supplier Foxconn will incur to end excessive overtime and improve working conditions at its plants. But, as we suggested earlier this year, it will be Apple’s rivals that will end up suffering most.
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Apple iPad 3 Coming Next Week
It looks like Apple fans are in for a treat next week. Earlier today, the company sent out invitations to a special event in San Francisco on March 7, where it's widely expected that Apple will unveil the next generation iPad.
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Sketchy Bloomberg Report On Amazon Prime Contains Little Real Data
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Prime has three to five million members, according to “people familiar with the matter” cited Bloomberg. The main thrust of the piece is that that is about half as many as analysts believed, but since Amazon has never released numbers about the program, it’s not clear what the takeaway is.
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iPhone Sales Must Be Going Bananas -- Gene Munster Just Raised Estimates Again (AAPL)
Apple analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray is raising his estimate for iPhone for the second time in two weeks.
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