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Clorox Company

NYSE: CLX Household & Personal Products
$103.62
▼ $0.62 (−0.59%) today
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CLX Coverage

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Investing

Beware of the Coming Activist Bubble

ThinkstockYou have heard of all sorts of bubbles in the financial world. There are instances like the housing bubble, a bond bubble, the dot-com bubble, the tech bubble, the private equity bubble, and…

Jon C. Ogg
1:48pm ET
Companies and Brands

Kimberly-Clark Boosts High Dividend Yield Even Higher

We keep talking about big great American companies which are hiking their dividends. Now we have Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) out with news that the consumer products giant’s board of directors has…

Jon C. Ogg
1:06pm ET
Investing

Venezuelan Currency Devaluation Hits Consumer Goods, Oil

ThinkstockThe effects of last week’s surprise devaluation of Venezuela’s currency are already hitting some U.S. firms. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL) said this morning that it will take a $120 million one-time charge…

Paul Ausick
4:04pm ET
Investing

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 5, 2013: Markets Recover from Yesterday’s Slump (CLWR, M, SWC, DRI, UNH, CYOU, GCI, HUM, GOLD, RCL, SPG, CLX, APC, BIDU, EW, YUM, AGCO, AGN, ACI, ADM, ARMH, BP, ETN, EL, SIRI, K, CMG, EXPE, GNW, TTWO, DIS, ZNGA, CVS, MRO, NUS, RL, SYT, TWX, DELL, OPXA, MHP)

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and maintained their upward momentum for essentially the whole day. Lacking any really bad news from Asia or Europe, U.S. markets shrugged off a weaker…

Paul Ausick