The Walmart statement of ethics is the core of the company’s values: Each business organization Walmart operates is expected to have a complete set of policies providing guidance to associates for whatever country they are working in. Walmart also publishes…
US markets opened mixed this morning as there was not a big piece of news to drive investors in any particular direction. The Greek debt swap deal triggered a credit event and…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse. Approach Resources…
A consumer group called Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) claims that the food coloring that gives colas their distinctive coloring has been found to be carcinogenic in animals. The…
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…
China’s imports number fell more than expected, another sign that an economy that grew at 10% or more per year for a decade has moved into a recession of sorts. Exports decreased 0.5%…
The three major US stock indexes opened a bit higher this morning, and after some volatility have managed to get to the final half hour of trading with a modest gain. Some…
PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) had decent earnings but came in with layoffs today. Shares shares have not reacted well with a drop of 3.7% to $64.28, but now there is something else…
Jon C. Ogg 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. …
This week should be the last waves of the normalized quarterly earnings reports for companies with December 31 quarter-end dates. We are also starting to get a few of the first waves…
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…
