P&G (PG) announced plans to separate its coffee business and create an independent company named The Folgers Coffee Company. The coffee business had sales of approximately $1.6 billion and operating income of…
Douglas A. McIntyre We are over half-way through earnings season now, but we still have four DJIA components set to report earnings this week. We’ve also provided a link here to see which targets are…
The market may be down 600 points today. If the selling picks up, it is hard to predict a bottom. There are a very few shares which should be a good defense…
Eddie Lambert has been a bust as a retailer. He may be fine at running a hedge fund, but due to his large holding in Sears (SHLD), that distinction may be shaky…
After Citigroup (C) and Merrill Lynch (MER) have announced their earnings, Wall St. will probably see what it expected. The estimates for write-offs, lay-offs, and new capital infusions are already out there.…
Getting high on cold mediciation appears to have become the "hot" path to a good time. And, it’s inexpensive and unregulated. Procter & Gamble’s (PG) NyQuil is now being headlined in the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Wall St. was taken by surprise when AT&T’s (T) chief said that the company was seeing soft home phone and internet business. So far, wireless spending seems OK. Since big company CEOs…
As 2008 looks a more shaky year and one that the stock market looks like it is trying to price in a recession, there may be one victim: the share repurchase plans…
A number of experts say that companies, especially financial services firms, will cut dividends in 2008. CNN Money writes that "dividend cuts or suspensions will continue to pick up among financial services…
We are updating our list of tier-one Defensive Stocks since so many of these stocks have run up and since lists need continual updating. Our originally updated list of tier one defensive…
Fortune has come up with a list of "Blue Ribbon" companies. The companies on the most Fortune lists (Fortune 500, Fastest Growing, Most Admired, Best To Work For) made the grade. Some…
24/7 Wall St. has evaluated over 200 CEOs in order to select it CEO of the Year. Six finalists were chosen from the list. The measurements were based on company stock performance…
Douglas A. McIntyre The markets haven’t fallen apart after yesterday’s 360 point dive on the DJIA, but we are still trading a tad lower today. Now that Cisco Systems is showing you can’t just automatically…
With the markets down so much today on the financial stock fallout after the Citi downgrade/concern and with oil stocks listing lower after the Exxon miss, we wanted to show a brief…
P&G (PG) announced net sales growth of eight percent to $20.2 billion for the quarter. Analysts were looking for $20.21 billion. Earnings per share were up 16 percent to $0.92 per share,…
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