None of the analysts who cover Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) like Chairman & CEO Robert A. McDonald. He has been CEO for three years. The stock has handily under-performed the S&P…
Markets opened higher this morning following a lower-than-expected GDP growth estimate of 2.2%. That was weaker, but not awful (our coverage here). The consumer sentiment survey rose a couple of ticks in…
Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) reported third fiscal quarter results this morning that were about in-line with expectations, but the company’s lowered full-year forecast is pushing shares down.…
Dividends have continued to rise. Better yet, they are expected to keep rising for the rest of the year. A study from Dow Jones Indexes showed a rise of almost 2.2% so…
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) posted earnings and revenues this morning that exceeded expectations, setting the stage for next week’s reports from Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL).…
Warren Buffett is supposed to be invincible. Unfortunately the world is finding out that this is not the case. A disclosure letter came from Mr. Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)…
US stocks opened higher this morning following an in-line report from ADP on US employment gains. There was little economic news out today, but we can anticipate tomorrow’s report on new jobless…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) named Bull of the Day and raised to Outperform…
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) will cut as many as 5,700 jobs, despite the fact that Wall St. is impressed by the company’s success. Its shares trade at a two-year high, up 25% over…
Douglas A. McIntyre Steve Wynn pushes major shareholder Kazuo Okada off the board of Wynn Macau. (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) makes a large profit on portfolio gains. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) legal fight with Proview International…
Moody’s may cut Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and UBS (NYSE: UBS) as the global euro crisis spreads. (Reuters) Officials in Japan arrest former Olympus executives. (Reuters) Congress reaches a deal on payroll tax…
Cereal maker Kellogg Co. (NYSE: K) has offered $2.7 billion for the Pringles business of Proctor & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG). The offer follows hard on the heels of the withdrawal of…
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 31, 2011. We have included some accompanying notes on each and…
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) is now an at-risk company. The fears about the audit committee’s findings are as bad or worse than what the skeptics were expecting, and the news just…
Jon C. Ogg Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) is a story that just goes from negative to bad to worse to just plain awful. The maker of nuts and almond products has reported that it…
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