11:56am ET
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Avon Fails To Recover
Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) shares are down over 15% in the last six months. The S&P 500 index is higher by 14%. Avon has not recovered from poor earnings and an SEC…
Douglas A. McIntyre
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Avon Products, Inc.
$5.60
▼ $0.05 (−0.89%) today
Markets closed · 11:20pm ET
AVP Coverage
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (ACI, NFLX, KMI, KMP, HNZ, AVP, GT, WPI, ARB, BWA, CPLA, FOSL, HSP, OMC, ZIP, KORS, SYNM, CHTP, ENER, JKS)
US stock markets opened lower this morning and gradually lost ground throughout the day. A fractionally lower opening bell has translated to around a -0.6% loss on each of the major indexes…
1:13pm ET
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Top Earnings & Economic Previews For The Day Ahead (AVP, GT, MET, OMC, WPI, ZNGA)
We have several sector-moving earnings reports due on Tuesday, February 14. These are basic previews for shares of Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP), Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT), MetLife Inc.…
6:52am ET
Media
Media Digest (2/13/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Greece’s parliament passes austerity measures as people riot. (Reuters) President Obama’s new budget plan will be based in part on taxation of the rich. (Reuters) Olympus forecasts a $412 million loss. (Reuters)…
6:40am ET
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Avon Bribery Case Moves To Grand Jury
The news for Avon, hammered by and SEC investigation and poor earnings got worse. The Wall Street Journal reports that a foreign bribery case will be presented to a grand jury. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:22am ET
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (CRL, CIM, NAT, RAX, AVP, GT, MET, OMC, ZNGA, A, NVDA, PCG, DVN, DE, NTAP, CMCSA, APA, DTV, WM, JWN, AMAT, DUK, HNZ, CPB)
Earnings season is starting to slow down a bit but we will still have some sector-moving earnings reports from major companies.  24/7 Wall St. has prepared earnings previews for the following companies: Charles River…
6:46am ET
Retail
Who Is at Fault at Avon?
Avon’s (NYSE: AVP) vice chairman, Charles Cramb, was fired as the federal government examines whether the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He may have known about bribes Avon made outside the…
6:43am ET
Media
Media Digest (1/31/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Toshiba cuts its profit forecasts and lowers guidance. (Reuters) Honda (NYSE: HMC) posts a 65% drop in profits and cuts its outlook because of the yen and Thai floods. (Reuters) Twenty-five nations,…
6:47am ET
Investing
Why Earnings Growth Has Slowed as Economy Recovers
The single greatest mystery of the fourth-quarter 2011 earnings season is why EPS growth will slow despite what is probably the most promising part of the recovery since the recent deep recession.…
6:30am ET
Special Report
The Best and Worst Online Stores This Holiday
Customer service surveys cannot entirely distinguish between true, direct customer service on the one hand and brand perception and reputation of the company providing the service on the other. A look at…
4:09pm ET
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GE, YHOO, YUM, MO, AVP, GRPN, JOY, SYNO, ADBE, DFS, FDX, FSLR, AVP, EONC, SGI, SPWR, RVSN)
Equity markets started the day down and stayed there all day. Traders were mirroring the action on European and Asian markets, which all settled down before the US markets opened this morning.…
11:19am ET
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Morning Movers (FSLR, AVP, SGI, JOY, GRPN)
There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:…
9:05am ET
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (MO, AVP, CE, LFC, EL, FITB, GE, MIND, VRTX, YHOO, YUM, GRPN)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.…
6:26am ET
Investing
How Did Andrea Jung Stay So Long as Avon CEO?
Andrea Jung has been chairman and CEO of Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) since November 1999. She has done an atrocious job as chief executive over the past several years. Her tenure as the…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:25am ET
Investing
Best Buy’s Dunn Should Be Next CEO Fired
Andrea Jung was forced out as CEO of Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) after years of poor financial performance at the company. The CEO of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Brian Dunn, should be the…