Investors do not seem impressed after Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RAH) said this morning that acquisitions helped boost its fiscal third-quarter profit. Shares are down slightly in early trading. The St. Louis maker of…
Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL) has just reported its quarterly earnings of $2.03 per share and $1.6 billion in revenue. The results were up 7% and 4%, respectively, from the same period a year…
McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) may have been the best Dow Jones Industrial Average component in 2011, but that was then. The “this is now” is not looking too great here on the company’s same-store…
SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA) may have already seen its days of major growth, but it remains a cult stock and has many customers in America. Now it is gaining after earnings. The maker…
Today’s earnings report from Fossil Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL) has lit a fire a under leading luxury brand makers like Movado Group Inc. (NYSE: MOV), Warnaco Group Inc. (NYSE: WRC), and PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH).…
If you think that ‘ridiculous bonuses’ are limited to Wall Street, think again. We have always worried about a bonus even being called a bonus, but this one truly is frivolous and is going…
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) is lowering the average coupon on its debt, or at least that is the plan of a new debt tender offer. The American tobacco giant is commencing a $2…
U.S. consumers were spending money in July at about the same rate as last year, and up slightly from June 2012 spending. In a self-reporting poll from Gallup, consumers’ average daily spending in July…
P&GThe Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) has reported earnings, and the company managed to increase organic sales for the quarter by 3%. That was said to be due to price increases but also…
Many retailers are out today with July same-store sales results, and the month’s gains appear to be better than first expected. The Thomson Reuters consensus estimate for sales growth was 3.1%, but the final…
CafePress Inc. (NASDAQ: PRSS) has not been public anywhere long enough to have the post-earnings reaction that we are seeing today. The company gave a really poor guidance based in part on European weakness…
The most recent data for retail sales is out and it should act as a small preview for the same-store sales data that will come out on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning of this…
Today’s economic data is June data rather than July data, but it is still rather important because it pertains to the spending habits and income of Joe Public. Personal income rose by 0.5%, while…
Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) is getting pounded after its disappointing quarterly earnings of $0.86 per share and $1.16 billion in revenue. The results compare to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimates of $0.85 per share…
Don’t say that the United States is entering a recession. Not yet at any rate. For a true recession to be present, the gross domestic product (GDP) has to be negative for two consecutive…