ThinkstockIf you have followed Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) for very long, you know that Mr. Buffett loves to make acquisitions. He particularly likes the so-called “whale of a deal” in…
Shares of beleaguered yoga-inspired apparel maker Lululemon Athletica got a boost Tuesday morning on new speculation it may be a takeover target. VF Corp. is the potential buyer.
Keurig Green Mountain is seeing yet another rise this week, a week after positive earnings news. Coca-Cola now has agreed to raise its stake in Keurig to the maximum 16% of the company.
Hillshire Brands woke up investors this Monday morning with the announcement that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Pinnacle Foods for a total value of about $6.6 billion.
ThinkstockMajor League Baseball Rivalries Cause Ticket Price Surge exclusive to 24/7 Wall St. From TiqIQ Prices For Yankees-Red Sox Tickets at Fenway Is MLB’s Biggest Rivalry Premium With a long baseball season featuring 81…
couresty of Keurig Green MountainKeurig Green Mountain, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) is out with its second quarter earnings report, and the company earned $260 million. This comes to $1.03 per share, but the adjusted earnings…
ThinkstockThe U.S. campaign for a $15 hourly wage for fast-food workers is going global. A New York-based group called Fast Food Forward said today that fast food workers on six continents will join a…
Kimberly-Clark has reconfirmed its previously announced plan to spin off its health care business. The new company will be called Halyard Health, and it will be a stand-alone public company.
Tyson Foods reported mixed second-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Monday morning. Tyson's EPS guidance was way below the consensus estimate.
Wikimedia CommonsGroupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN), the struggling e-commerce coupon company, has become desperate enough to expand its business model. Part of this expansion includes pre-packaged vacations trips. And, some of these include “deals” which…
Avon announced poor earnings for the first quarter. However, the most important part of its disclosure was that it settled a federal case brought against it under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Avon Products is a company that is in some ways frankly moving into a far different phase of its investment cycle than its investors want to hear -- the questionable future cycle.
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe American companies with the best reputations do not have a great deal of common on the surface. They run from Coca-Cola to Amazon.com to Whole Foods. However, according to…
ThinkstockCoach Inc. (NYSE: COH) reported third-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday. The luxury accessories company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.68 on revenues of $1.10 billion. In the same…
Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) reported first quarter 2014 results after the markets closed Monday. The nutrition and weight loss company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.50 on revenues of…