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Western Union: ROIC Substantially Above Peers And Shares Undervalued
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Is Western Union A Value Trap?
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Western Union Is Sending Cash Your Way
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Moving Money Into Western Union
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A Potential Value Mirage In Western Union
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Buy Western Union At 3-Year Lows
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The Western Union Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 30
The Western Union Company's Management Presents at Barclays Capital Emerging Payments Forum (Transcript)
Wed, Mar 20
The Western Union's Management Presents at Credit Suisse 15th Annual Global Services Conference (Transcript)
Mon, Mar 11
The Western Union Company Presents at Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference 2013, Feb-14-2013 11:00 AM
Thu, Feb 14
The Western Union Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 12
The Western Union Company Presents at Citi Financial Technology Conference (Transcript)
Sun, Nov 11, 2012
The Western Union Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Oct 30, 2012
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The Western Union's CEO Hosts 2012 Investors Day (Transcript)
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Western Union's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Western Union's CEO Discusses Q4 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Western Union CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Western Unio Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
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The Western Union Company Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 27, 2010
The Western Union Company Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 3, 2010

MasterCard and Western Union Launch Dedicated International Payments Service for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

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Western Union Hosts Financial and Regulatory Meeting in Vienna

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Western Union and Western Union Foundation Partner with UNICEF on PASS Initiative to Provide Young People with Access to Quality Education

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Western Union to Present at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on May 16

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The Western Union Foundation Announces its Commitment to Grants Supporting Global Education

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Company Description

The Western Union Company (“Western Union” or the “Company”) is a leader in global money transfer and payment services, providing people and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send money and make payments around the world.

The Western Union® brand is globally recognized... More

Sector: Services

Industry: Personal Services

Country: United States

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Wednesday, June 19, 8:40 AM MasterCard (MA) and Western Union (WU) will partner on a new international payments service geared toward small and medium-sized businesses. The service will feature a dedicated online foreign payments portal to help facilitate cross-border trade. Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, June 18, 1:34 PM Western Union (WU +0.4%) expects to see digital revenue grow triple to $500M by 2015, according to CEO Hikmet Ersek. The pace of sales growth in the company's digital channels is the fastest of its business segments. Comment! [Consumer]
Wednesday, May 29, 6:05 AM Federal prosecutors have indicted the operators of a Costa Rica-based digital currency exchange called Liberty Reserve (LR) for facilitating the laundering of over $6B in illicit cash. LR users were able to transfer money using Western Union (WU), MoneyGram (MGI), Visa (V), MasterCard (MA), American Express (AXP), and CitiBank (C). Given the crackdown on compliance policies at banks such as HSBC, questions now might be asked whether those companies have any culpability. 5 Comments [Financials, Top Stories]
Tuesday, May 21, 5:40 AM Goldman Sachs lifts its forecasts for the S&P 500 (SPY), as David Kostin and company now say they expect the index to gain 5% by year-end to 1,750, 9% to 1,900 in 2014, and 10% to 2,100 in 2015. The rationale: expectations of above-trend real GDP growth beginning next year (Mr. Evans' "escape velocity" ?) coupled with P/E multiple expansion to 16x. Furthermore, dividends should rise ~30% over the next two years, bolstering the firm's claim that dividend-paying equities (DVY) are one of the only places U.S. investors can look to for income-generation. Some of GS's dividend picks, as listed on MarketWatch: Mattel (MAT), Ford (F), Philip Morris (PM), Walgreen (WAG), Chevron (CVX), U.S. Bancorp (USB), GE, Western Union (WU), Dow Chemical (DOW), and AT&T (T). 11 Comments
Monday, May 13, 9:16 AM Western Union (WU) is getting the Barron's bounce after being profiled by the publication as a stock that could shoot into the twenties and stay there as the company's business accelerates this year. WU +3.3% premarket to $16.51. 1 Comment [Consumer, On the Move]
Tuesday, April 30, 4:18 PM Western Union (WU): Q1 EPS of $0.37 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $1.3M (-5% Y/Y) misses by $50M. (PR) Comment! [Consumer, Earnings, Breaking News]
Sunday, March 31, 11:33 AM What makes a good share buyback? Barron's cites four factors: i) Shares are in a downtrend. ii) It's a long-term strategy and not a short-term fix ( = >1% share count reduction/quarter). iii) Shares are cheap based on price-to-book. iv) The company has a rising dividend. The stocks that pass the test? Wellpoint (WLP), Seagate (STX), Western Union (WU) and AT&T (T). 31 Comments [Quick Ideas, Dividends]
Thursday, February 21, 6:37 PM The Western Union Company (WU) declares $0.125/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 3.60%. For shareholders of record Mar. 15. Payable Mar. 29. Ex-div date Mar. 13. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Friday, February 15, 5:00 PM Xoom (XOOM) IPO buyers can't complain about the company's first day of trading. Shares continued to rally following a sizable pop at the open, and finished the day at $25.49, up 59.3%. Western Union (WU +1.8%) and MoneyGram (MGI +0.8%) may have received a slight boost from the offering. (previous: I, II) Comment! [Tech, On the Move, Financials]
Friday, February 15, 10:04 AM Online money transfer service Xoom (XOOM) has priced its IPO at $16, above a prior range of $13-$15. That gives Xoom, which is selling 5.2M new shares and 1.1M on behalf of insiders, a valuation of $509M. The company posted 2012 revenue of $80M (+60% Y/Y) and a net loss of $5.8M. Gross sending volume rose 90% to $3.25B. For reference, incumbents Western Union (WU) and MoneyGram (MGI) respectively had 2012 sales of $5.66B and $1.34B. (S-1) Comment! [Tech]
Tuesday, February 12, 4:08 PM Western Union (WU): Q4 EPS of $0.40 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $1.4B (flat Y/Y) in-line. WU -0.7% AH. (PR) Comment! [Consumer, Earnings, Breaking News]
Tuesday, February 12, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday’s close: ACC, AXLL, BWLD, CLF, CLWR, DDR, FRT, FTI, HTS, LPSN, NRP, NTGR, RAX, RENN, RKUS, SCI, SGEN, SKT, SVM, THRX, TRLA, WU, XNPT 1 Comment [Earnings]
Monday, February 11, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Tuesday’s close: ACC, AXLL, BWLD, CLF, CLWR, DDR, FRT, FTI, HTS, LPSN, NRP, NTGR, RAX, RENN, RKUS, SCI, SGEN, SKT, SVM, THRX, TRLA, WU, XNPT 1 Comment [Earnings]
Friday, February 8, 7:05 AM The shareholders are getting restless at Western Union (WU), according to analysts. The biggest criticism aimed at the company is that it isn't adjusting fast enough to a money transfer industry which is going digital. It appears CEO Hikmet Ersek has until the end of the year to show progress before shareholder activism picks up. 1 Comment [Consumer]
Wednesday, February 6, 9:59 AM Western Union (WU -0.4%) signs a three-year agreement with Walmart Canada to continue to offer its money transfer services at 330 location in Canada. Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, January 29, 8:48 AM Western Union (WU) says it will expand its direct-to-bank platform to include China within the next couple of months. In addition, the company has extended its global payments network to allow digital transactions from Canada. The company's broad goal is to tap into the large number of people who live abroad and send money back to their home nation. Comment! [Consumer]

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$MA all-time highs here, new $MS price target of $640, and new deal with $WU
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The Financial Lexicon
20 individual bonds yielding over 5%: http://bit.ly/1752bHT $KGC, $CLF, $AU, $AA, $WU, $SCCO, $VALE, $HSP, $ADT, $TCK, $NEM, $HPQ
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Dhierin Bechai
[2/2] SMA cross on weekchart upcoming for: $MNST, $NIHD, $POT, $SHLD, $SINA, $SU, $UDR, $WCRX, $WU, $WFM, $WPZ.
May 19, 7:34 PM
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StockConsultant
$WU breakout watch and ;arge upside price gap
Mar 27, 10:51 PM
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Matthew Dow
$WU is undervalued, read about it in my new article: http://bit.ly/15cymQ6
Mar 17, 2:44 AM
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Worn out 123: GE looking better since downgrade. Great management with long sucessful track record.
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Worn out 123: Matt, I think we r cing a long, slow bull mkt. Looking 4 eventual high of perhaps 1800 with multiple pullbacks. longPPL, WU, GE.
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Jim Van Meerten
$WU - 100% Barchart technical buy signals - 5 new highs and up 2.88% in the last month - Relative Strength index 61.00%
Mar 11, 1:42 PM
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bakwaasmails@gmail.com: Could you care to comment on how more than 90% institutional ownership of this stock will effect its stock price
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Jim Van Meerten: I have no problem since no single institution has more than 5% and it is widely held across many institutions
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MagicDiligence
New article: Western Union $WU is Sending Cash Your Way (also $MGI) http://bit.ly/TTRcWZ
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Gregory Vousvounis
$WU still in buy territory. Don't miss this opportunity, http://seekingalpha.com/a/l3ql
12/3/12
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Youngone91
will add $WU soon as a play on housing bounce
12/2/12
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Windsun33
I only have two stock in the green today - VNM, WU - must be some kind of indicator there
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Jim Van Meerten
$WU - 100% Barchart technical buy signals - 5 new highs and up 2.88% in the last month - Relative Strength index 61.00%
Mar 11, 1:42 PM
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bakwaasmails@gmail.com: Could you care to comment on how more than 90% institutional ownership of this stock will effect its stock price
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Jim Van Meerten: I have no problem since no single institution has more than 5% and it is widely held across many institutions
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Matthew Dow
$WU is undervalued, read about it in my new article: http://bit.ly/15cymQ6
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Worn out 123: GE looking better since downgrade. Great management with long sucessful track record.
Mar 17, 8:23 AM
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Worn out 123: Matt, I think we r cing a long, slow bull mkt. Looking 4 eventual high of perhaps 1800 with multiple pullbacks. longPPL, WU, GE.
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Youngone91
will add $WU soon as a play on housing bounce
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Youngone91: construction money will be sent to immigrants back to their home countries
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ChanelS
watching WU. the move this week seems way overdone
11/2/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: I wear black Lucchese ropers!
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SlingWing9: Check out The North Face - that's what I buy for my daughter - she's in college and quite fashion conscious.
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Robert S.
Any thoughts on WU here?
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joe kelly: Bought some anyway. What the hell. As long as people travel they will need money.
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LLamaLima: Trying to get in at $12.50
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