The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) and Swiss-based Nestle S.A. have participated in a 50-50 joint venture called Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW) for the past decade to sell tea products in North America,…
Paul Ausick The primary reason, it is often argued, that China is an important market for many large U.S. companies is that its population has doubled since the early 1960s. But the whole picture…
Throughout December we have been giving updates on dividends that will rise in the coming days and weeks from the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks. Many have already come true and…
The poisoning of a child in China who drank a Cola-Cola (NYSE: KO) yogurt product may have been intentional. Since the incident appears to be isolated, Coke will probably not have to…
Douglas A. McIntyre Dividends are still rising and equity and income investors should expect more of the same for 2012. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) joined in on the dividend hike brigade with another dividend…
Stocks got off on a positive note this morning, but resisted the temptation to climb based on a positive reading of the leading econonmic indicators and higher estimates of US GDP growth…
The soda industry has a problem. Some of the industry’s largest selling and most famous brands have lost well over a third of their sales in the last decade. When those brands…
These are some of Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Market Perform at KBW. Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also looking for…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into two…
Reports that Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is set to invest up to $2 billion in India over the next five-year period brings up an interesting question regarding its arch-rival Pepsico Inc. (NYSE:…
Today was a day of red that went to a day of green. Earnings were at first a disappointment, and producer price index came out far hotter at +0.8% on the headline…
Jon OggEarnings season is upon us and so far things are shaping up either a bit better, or less-bad, than what the news reports and headlines might have led investors to believe.…
PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) has not been living up to its defensive stock nature like rival Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO). The beverage snack food giant reported earnings this morning that are heading…
Walmart announced a partnership today with the world’s largest social media service offering unique Facebook pages for 3,500 of its stores. The move, according to the world’s largest retailer, is an effort…
