courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The soft-drink maker posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.39 on revenues of…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as overnight trading in gold saw the beginnings of the biggest one-day drop in the yellow metal’s price in 30 years (more coverage here). Markets…
The energy drink business has grown from a niche market to a multibillion one in a short time. Red Bull sold more than $3.3 billion worth of energy drinks in 2012 in…
ThinkstockThere has been a bruising battle over how much America’s largest corporations should pay in taxes, especially as the size of the federal budget deficit grows. While on paper the federal corporate…
No matter how well the general market does, the advance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average still relies on just 30 stocks. Some have outrun their current values, and drops in those shares…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released his annual letter to shareholders. Investors will want to review the book value metric before anything else.…
The Fidelity Contrafund has released its 2012 annual report for its shareholders. While the date is December 31, 2012, and the asset size is listed as more than $84 billion as of…
This last week sure felt like a long week in the market, although it was only a four-day week. We saw several key dividend announcements from some great American companies. Some of…
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe dividend hike train continues to march forward and onward. Now we have an investor taste test happening between Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP),…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has been actively watched in the news of late. After its participation in the $28 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ), this…
courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.No company has a better reputation among American consumers than Amazon.com. The online retailer pushed Apple out of the the top slot this year, according to a…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but there…
ThinkstockAs Fat Tuesday quickly turns into Ash Wednesday, Lent will take place from Wednesday, February 13 to Saturday, March 30 in 2013. It may not seem like much on the surface, but…
U.S. equity markets opened about flat this morning on another day devoid of significant data releases. In Asia, markets in China and Hong Kong remain closed for the holiday, but Japan’s Nikkei…
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the soft-drink maker posted diluted earnings per share (EPS)…
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