Companies /Consumer Defensive

Kroger Company

NYSE: KR Grocery Stores
$66.76
▲ $0.83 (+1.26%) today
Markets closed · 4:31am ET

KR Coverage Page 27

4:05pm ET
Investing

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 16, 2012: Markets Up on Consumer Confidence, Homebuilders (S, RVBD, WPI, HAL, KR, PKG, WDFC, FRX, GS, JNJ, MAT, PNC, KO, UNH, GWW, WWW, C, INTC, IBM, CSX, URI, ABT, BK, BLK, CHKP, CMA, HAL, KCG, PEP, USB, CLWR, RATE, NOK, MSFT)

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following a report that economic sentiment in Germany came in better than expected (more coverage here) and that U.K. inflation was lower…

Paul Ausick
9:25am ET
Retail

Safeway Shares Drop on Weak Forecast

Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) reported fiscal third-quarter results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the grocery store chain posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.45 on revenues of $10…

KR
Paul Ausick
12:11pm ET
Retail

S&P Lifts Whole Foods to Investment Grade

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) may be an expensive stock trading at a significant premium to traditional grocery store chains and also to most retailers.  Still, the company has managed to beat…

KR
Jon C. Ogg
6:12am ET
Jobs

U.S. Companies Hiring the World’s Geniuses

The story of American business has been about shipping the country’s manufacturing jobs overseas. However, there is another part of the story. Every year, American companies hire thousands of highly skilled foreign…

Douglas A. McIntyre
9:20am ET
Retail

Supervalu Shares Collapse after Earnings

Shares of grocer Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) have lost more than -30% since the company announced quarterly results after the markets closed last night. We covered the gruesome details after the company…

Paul Ausick