On Wednesday shares of HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HSBC) closed at $42.92. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -3.90% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 1.40%. A U.S. independent monitor has said that HSBC Holdings Plc. (NYSE:HSBC) is moving too slowly to fix some of its compliance issues. Monitor Michael Cherkasky’s report, summarized in a court filing, has lauded the lender for the compliance efforts of top leaders. It has also applauded the HSBC’s adoption of anti-money-laundering standards.

salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) in last trading activity moved down -1.09% to close at $66.08. Company weekly performance is 0.46% while its quarterly performance stands at 11.19%. salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) is -6.93% away from its 52 week high. Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), announced that Salesforce executives participated in Deutsche Bank Securities on Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2015: at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) / 5:00 p.m. (EDT) in San Francisco, CA.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) in last trading activity advanced 0.15% to close at $40.72. Company weekly performance is -1.78% while its quarterly performance stands at -12.79%. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is -17.54% away from its 52 week high. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is making a cheaper version of its Surface Pro 3 tablet computer in an effort to reach students and budget-conscious families. Graphic artists, engineers and finance professionals needing to run complex software might still want the company’s higher-end Pro 3, said Dennis Meinhardt, director of program management for Surface.

On last trading day SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ:SODA) decreased -2.32% to close at $19.79. Its volatility for the week is 4.01% while volatility for the month is 3.67%. SODA’s sales growth for past 5 years was 41.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 74.80%. SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ:SODA) monthly performance is 8.38%.

On last trading day Exar Corp. (NYSE:EXAR) decreased -0.70% to close at $9.98. Its volatility for the week is 2.11% while volatility for the month is 2.10%. EXAR’s sales growth for past 5 years was 1.70% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 15.70%. Exar Corp. (NYSE:EXAR) monthly performance is -8.44%. On March 24, Exar Corporation (NYSE:EXAR), announced the certification of AltraHD hardware accelerated compression solution for Hadoop with the Cloudera Enterprise 5 platform. Cloudera’s data management platform enables enterprises to use Apache’s open source software to better manage data.