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Garmin takes on Fitbit with ads, new fitness bands

With fitness bands expected to be hot sellers this holiday season, Garmin (GRMN) is broadening its product lineup to take on market leader Fitbit (FIT). Garmin on Tuesday introduced the Vivosmart HR, a touchscreen activity tracker with a wrist-based heart rate monitor. When paired with a smartphone, the band can receive text messages and calls; issue email, calendar and social media alerts; control music and more, the company said. Garmin also is

Amazon, Fitbit Lead 4 Techs With Blowout Earnings

Amazon.com (AMZN) delivered a gargantuan Q3 earnings estimate beat last week. It put the e-commerce giant on IBD’s Estimate Beaters Screen of the Day, which filters for top-rated companies with blowout profits. Several other Estimate Beaters technology stocks, including LinkedIn (LNKD), Fitbit (FIT) and Ctrip (CTRP), will report new quarterly results soon. Amazon, the 800-pound online retail gorilla, stomped on and crushed analysts’ Q3 forecasts

Fitbit signs up 20 new corporate wellness clients

Fitbit (FIT) stock did calisthenics Tuesday, jumping on news that the wearable fitness device maker added over 20 new enterprise customers for corporate wellness programs in the last four months. The company’s business-to-business offering, Fitbit Wellness, signed up Aon Service Corporation, Barclays (BCS), BMC Software, Boston College, Emory University and Emory Healthcare, GoDaddy (GDDY) and Gonzaga University, among others. Fitbit stock was up