The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) has managed to beat earnings and shares are trading higher in the pre-market after the report. On an operational and normalized basis, Coca-Cola’s earnings hit $0.79 EPS and that…
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is showing that not all international stories are cautious. The owner of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC reported earnings for the fourth quarter. For the quarter, earnings came in…
We have noted that this week should be the climax of the companies reporting earnings which have a calendar or quarterly year-end in December. Still, some reports are still coming this week and next…
Consumer Confidence is heading the wrong way. The report is just on the heels of a weak Chicago Purchasing Managers reading, and this data from The Conference Board is going to likely dampen expectations…
Chicago Purchasing Managers is often used as a leading barometer for overall manufacturing activity in the United States. If that holds true, some tempering of expectation for the Institute of Supply Management data coming…
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), makers of Marlboro cigarettes and many other branded tobacco products, reported fourth quarter earnings this morning. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.50, a penny better than estimates. Revenue totaled…
The U.S. is still growing despite all of the world’s troubles and despite the currency fluctuations. The Commerce Department’s  preliminary reading on Gross Domestic Product showed to have growth of 2.8% and the deflator,…
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) has reported earnings for its second quarter and the consumer products giant has turned in earnings of $0.57 EPS but the normalized earnings was $1.10 EPS on $22.14 billion…
It was just on January 5 that we called the news on J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP)… Bad News Is Good News! Our take was that the company big drop was a chance…
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is making a series of management changes today. While this is not the CEO level of the whole company, CEO Mike Duke noted, “Current Sam’s Club President and CEO…
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) is showing just how a secular trend is still going to rule the roost in retail. It was Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) hitting new all-time highs yesterday,…
The Labor Department has just released its data on retail inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index. This was the December 2011 level and the figure came to +0.1% on the headline CPI and…
The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has just released the December 2011 producer price index as a measurement of wholesale inflation in the United States. The December figure came to -0.1% on the…
Brand consultancy Interbrand has issued its latest report on brand value, and while the top five did not change, a gap is opening between the fourth and fifth place finishers. The largest annual gain…
The sentiment reading from the University of Michigan and Reuters survey came in at 74.0 for the preliminary figure. This is a gain from the 69.9 final reading of December and is still above…