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ConAgra Misses on EPS, Ralcorp Acquisition (CAG, RAH, KFT, GIS, HNZ, SLE)

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 8:33 am

Food processing giant ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) reported first quarter 2012 earnings before the markets opened this morning. Even after lowering expectations for EPS from $0.36 to $0.31, analysts ...
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Coffee Prices Set to Fall (SBUX, MCD, GMCR, DNKN, KFT, SJM, KKD)

Posted: September 6, 2011 at 1:19 pm

Coffee prices rose steadily from July 2010 to March 2011, before dipping a little, and then climbing back to a price of more than $3/pound. The price today is about ...
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Food, Ethanol Prices Set To Rise Again (ADM, DE, POT, VLO, PEIX, GPRE, KFT, SJM, GIS, K, TSN, HRL, SFD, MOO, DBA)

Posted: August 12, 2011 at 9:12 am

Hot, dry weather is now expected to reduce the US corn harvest and lift consumer prices for everything from breakfast cereal to pump prices at the local service station. Agricultural ...
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Kraft Split: Changing A DJIA Component; Warren Buffett Analysis (KFT, BRK-A, BRK-B, PEP, COP, RAH, COP, MRO, MPC, AIG)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 9:41 am

When Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) announced its deal to acquire Britain's Cadbury in May 2010, investor Warren Buffett proclaimed it a "dumb" deal and promptly cut his holdings in ...
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Goldman Sachs Calls For Much Lower Food Prices (GS, ADM, BG, TSN, SFD, KFT, CAG, GIS, K)

Posted: July 2, 2011 at 7:15 am

Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) have reversed a forecast from just two weeks ago suggesting that corn, wheat and soybean prices would be higher due to reduced ...
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Coffee Starts to Weigh on Roasters and Retailers (SJM, SBUX, GMCR, KFT, MCD, JO, CAFE)

Posted: June 9, 2011 at 1:15 pm

As is the case with crude oil, people just can't seem to get enough coffee. Global consumption of coffee rose 2.4% in 2010, to 134 million bags (each bag weighs ...
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Commodities Watch: Zinc Could Be China’s New Copper; Cocoa Rises on Short-Covering; Corn, Wheat Sink (TCK, XSRAY, AAUKY, NIB, KFT, UL, ADM, GIS, K, CORN, DBA)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 1:50 pm

Today's commodities news starts off with bursting warehouses full of zinc, an unexpected rise in cocoa futures, and an equally unexpected fall in corn and wheat prices. The stockpile of ...
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Commodities Watch: Corn Price Sets New Record; Cocoa Prices Falling; WTI Crude Could Drop Significantly (DBA, MOO, TSN, SFD, HRL, DE, CNH, AGCO, MOS, HSY, KFT, GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, SIL, USO)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 2:30 pm

Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments. Corn futures continue their seemingly inexorable march toward $8/bushel as wet and windy weather in the ...
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Data Break-in Affects Millions (ADS, WAG, JPM, COF, C, USB, BX, KFT)

Posted: April 4, 2011 at 10:25 am

Dallas-based Epsilon reported a break-in to the company's email system that exposed some of the data the company maintains for clients using its email marketing services. Epsilon is a subsidiary ...
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Commodities Watch: Grain Supplies and Planting Plans Stir Up Equities; Rare Earths Get Some Congressional Attention (MOS, POT, AGU, CF, MOO, DBA, MON, KFT, TSN, CAG, SFD, MCP)

Posted: March 31, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today's news is dominated by two reports from the US Department of Agriculture. One provides the USDA's latest figures ...
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Media Digest (1.7.2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 4:00 am

The Administration wants to cut $78 billion from the defense budget. (Reuters) Facebook has substantial profits. (Reuters) Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) says Kraft (NYSE: KFT) is blocking its grocery store plans. ...
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Media Digest (11/30/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 4:21 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is near a deal to buy Groupon for $6 billion. (NYT) The Congressional Budget Office says the cost of TARP to taxpayers was only $25 billion. (Reuters) ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/29/2010) Ireland Bailout Cyber Monday

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 9:03 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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