The annual letter for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is out and the discussion immediately jumps in about who will succeed Warren Buffett, book value, buybacks, and the portfolio. Berkshire Hathaway’s book…
The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a request from orange juice producers to allow more of the fungicide carbendazim in US imports of orange juice. Two major US producers of…
It was just yesterday that we noted how dividend investors were preferring the growth shares of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (NYSE: DPS) over larger rivals like The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO)…
Dr. Pepper Snapple (NYSE: DPS) is becoming the darling stock for beverage investors. It has growth, and it leads the pack in dividends. If today’s post-earnings gains can hold up for the…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into…
Saying that 2012 will be a transition year, Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi revealed today that the company will reduce its global workforce by about 8,700 people (3% of…
PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) is trying to turn a wrong-way ship. Whether this is the right path is going to be up for debate. During a recovery, layoffs are not always viewed as well. …
US equity markets opened lower this morning, but after the first hour or so of trading, the three major indexes moved to positive territory where they remained for the rest of the…
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…
Jon C. Ogg We are getting into the last of the normalized quarterly earnings reports and into the first waves of the companies with off-normal quarter-ends. Tuesday is going to be another busy day with…
A 30-second ad spot in this year’s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. That’s an 84% increase from 10 years ago and the highest amount advertisers have ever had to…
Just because certain products have a low price tag does not mean they cannot sell for billions of dollars. In fact, some of the cheapest products make the most money for their…
The US Food and Drug Administration said today that five samples of Brazilian orange juice and six samples from Canada tested positive for the banned fungicide carbendazim. The agency did not release…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found no traces of an illegal-in-the-US fungicide in orange juice imports. Results of 19 tests have so far revealed none of the carbendazim fungicide.…
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…
