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5/25/2013, 8:57 AM ET

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Friday, May 17, 5:28 PM Accenture (ACN) is acquiring e-commerce/online ad consulting firm Acquity Group (AQ) for $316M, or $13/share, in cash. The price represents an 118% premium to Acquity's close today. Much like Accenture's recent purchases of Fjord and avVenta, the deal is about increasing Accenture's exposure to a burgeoning Web/digital marketing services space, and pitch more comprehensive solutions to CMOs and ad agencies. Accenture notes Acquity brings expertise in popular platforms such as Adobe and hybris. Acquity shares +111% AH to $12.56. Comment! [Tech, M&A, On the Move]
Tuesday, May 7, 6:20 PM Accenture (ACN) has acquired Fjord, a consulting firm that has helped develop digital services for PayPal, Citi, Nokia, Telefonica, the BBC, and others. Fjord's offerings will complement Accenture's existing arsenal of digital service and marketing offerings. The deal, whose terms are undisclosed, comes 7 months after Accenture bought digital production services provider avVenta to strengthen its marketing services arm. 1 Comment [Tech, M&A]
Thursday, March 28, 9:10 AM More on Accenture: CFO Pamela Craig is resigning from the position, effective July 1. Finance SVP David Rowland will replace her. FQ3 guidance is for revenue of $7.25B-$7.5B, below a $7.6B consensus. FY13 revenue growth is now expected to be "in the lower half" of a prior guidance range of 5%-8%; consensus is already at 5.1%. Adjusted FY13 EPS guidance of $4.24-$4.32, in-line with $4.26 consensus, maintained. New bookings were $9.1B in FQ2, +15% Y/Y. $31B-$34B in FY13 bookings still expected. $609M worth of buybacks. ACN -3% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Thursday, March 28, 8:31 AM Accenture (ACN) announces that Pamela Craig will step down from her role as CFO on July 1 to be replaced by senior VP David P. Rowland. Comment! [Tech]
Thursday, March 28, 7:31 AM Accenture (ACN): FQ2 EPS of $1.00 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $7.1B beats by $0.03B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Tech]
Thursday, March 28, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ACN, BBRY, CMC, FINL, GME, MOS 3 Comments [Earnings]
Wednesday, March 27, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ACN, BBRY, CMC, FINL, GME, MOS 5 Comments [Earnings]
Wednesday, January 23, 10:09 AM Deutsche Bank's David Bianco lists his 30 favorite big-cap stocks, each with a P-E ratio on 2013 EPS below 18 and EPS growth above 5%: DD, APD, MSFT, INTC, IBM, ACN, GOOG, APH, EMC, AAPL, QCOM, ITW, ROK, UTX, HON, GD, ALL, C, USB, PNC, SLB, HAL, CAM, BHI, LYB, DIS, VIAB, NWSA, CBS, MCD. 10 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Friday, January 11, 9:38 AM Low expectations are doing wonders for Infosys (INFY +18.4%), which has taken off following its FQ3 beat. With full-year figures aided by the beat, the company is now guiding for FY13 (ends March 31) revenue of at least $7.45B and EPS of at least $2.97, above a consensus of $7.32B and $2.95. 8 major outsourcing deals with a combined value of $731M were signed, and cloud engagements (previous) rose by 20 Q/Q to 190. Gross margin, hurt by rising wages, fell 100 bps Q/Q and 600 bps Y/Y to 37%. WIT +6.6%. CTSH +4.2%. ACN +1%. (PR) Comment! [Tech, On the Move, Earnings]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 5:40 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: SD +8%. APOL +7%. TTWO +6%. JBL +6%. GNCMA +5%.
After-hours top losers: FOLD -52%. RGR -7%. VRTX -6%. HMA -5%. ACN -5%. 3 Comments [On the Move]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 5:19 PM More on Accenture: FQ2 guidance is for revenue of $6.9B-$7.15B, below a $7.17B consensus. FY13 guidance is for 4%-7% revenue growth (after forex impact) and EPS of $4.24-$4.32, in-line with a consensus of 5.6% growth and $4.27. $225M in shares were repurchased in FQ1, helping EPS beat estimates in spite of the revenue miss. New bookings were $7.5B, down from $7.8B in year-ago period. Americas sales +8% and Asia-Pac +7%, but EMEA -6%. ACN -4.8% AH. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 4:02 PM Accenture (ACN): FQ1 EPS of $1.06 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $7.22B (+2% Y/Y) misses by $70M. Shares -2% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech, On the Move]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: ACN, BBBY, JBL, PAYX Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: ACN, BBBY, JBL, PAYX Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, November 26, 2012, 7:28 AM Accenture (ACN) announces it landed a five year contract from the TSA with an upper bound of $250M. The company will help the government agency to create and manage a system to track identities of workers through a single channel. 1 Comment [Consumer]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 2:15 PM Apple (AAPL) tops the 10 high-conviction purchases Morningstar's "ultimate stock pickers" like right now. With Apple looking at a strong iPhone 5 launch into the holiday season, the current share price does not fully reflect the value it should be able to generate for shareholders in the near- to medium-term. The others: JNJ, JPM, CHRW, COP, CME, ACN, RIMM, NLY, TROX. 19 Comments [Quick Ideas, Tech]