Agricultural products giant Archer Daniels Midland announced Monday morning that it will acquire Switzerland-based WILD Flavors for about $3 billion in cash and about $136 million in debt.
DuPont issued a warning on quarterly and full-year earnings after markets closed Thursday. Investors seem to believe that what happened with DuPont will happen with other agricultural product providers.
Oil refiner Valero Energy reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2014 earnings before markets opened Tuesday morning. Shares of Valero traded in the premarket.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Monday, March 10, 2014. They include Alcatel-Lucent, Charter Communications, Staples and VMware.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. They include Arch Coal, ADM, Citigroup, Myriad Genetics and Sirius.
Archer Daniels Midland reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 earnings Tuesday morning that exceeded consensus estimates. Revenue for both periods fell short of expectations.
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