If the brand of Lance Armstrong was a stock, let’s just be nice say that the value would have tanked. The reality is that the exchange would have probably halted trading if it was…
PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) reported fiscal third-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The food and beverage company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.21 on revenues of $16.65 billion. In the…
LifeLockLifeLock Inc. (NYSE: LOCK) has continued to be a poor and disappointing initial public offering. Last week it looked as though investors were willing to try to make a stand by buying shares but…
Today brought news about retail inflation for Joe Public. The U.S. Labor Department has reported its Consumer Price Index for the month of September, and the numbers are looking as though inflation is still…
The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) reported fiscal third-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The soft-drink maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.51 on revenues of $12.34 billion. In the same…
The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading is out showing the preliminary October report. It gave a sentiment reading 83.1. This was well above the Bloomberg consensus reading of 78.3 (with a range of…
Activist investor Carl Icahn said in a statement today that he will make a tender offer of $32.50 per share in cash for the outstanding shares of Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK). Icahn owns about…
Helen of Troy Ltd. (NASDAQ: HELE) reported second-quarter 2013 diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.72 on net sales of $287.41 million. In the same period a year ago, the consumer products company reported…
LifeLockLifeLock Inc. (NYSE: LOCK) has been a very poor and disappointing initial public offering. The identity theft solutions providing company has been spending excessively on marketing, and its subscriber acquisition costs equate to about eighteen months…
News has been out all day about same-day delivery being tested by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT). The move, if successful and if launched, is an obvious front to challenge the likes of Amazon.com…
P&GProcter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) is trying to fight shareholder activism at the moment as Bill Ackman has been trying to attract more attention to his calls against the path that P&G has been…
Consumer products company Spectrum Brands Inc. (NYSE: SPB) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the hardware and home improvement division of Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (NYSE: SWK) for…
Samsung may be losing the patent battle with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the courts, buy based on expert preference, the edge is not so clear. Consumer Reports rated the new Apple iPhone 5…
Consumer Credit posted a gain for the month of August according to a Federal Reserve report. Not only that, this $18.1 billion gain was the biggest jump in three months. Today’s report is not…
Wikimedia CommonsAvon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) announced today that Andrea Jung will step down as executive chairman and member of the beauty company’s board of directors at the end of the year. She will…