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The Ten Industries That Pay Women The Least
Women continue to struggle for equal rights in the workplace. For at least two decades, they have earned 80% of the wages of men doing equivalent jobs. That should be a shock…
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, AXS, CEPH, DELL, INTC, MU, PTIE, PM, TIBX)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Maintained Buy with $450 target but lowered…
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The World’s Most Misunderstood Consumer Brands
The process of brand valuation is more an art than a science, or at least that is the conclusion of research done by 24/7 Wall St. The most well-regarded “brand evaluators” rarely…
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Next Week’s Must See Earnings Previews (NYX, TEVA, OPEN, KO, CSCO, WFMI, JASO, PEP, PM, S, KFT)
Earnings season is actually close to winding down for the December quarter. We still have many late reports coming out for the December quarter and year-end. We have identified 11 of the…
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America’s Ten Biggest Corporate Turnarounds
Corporate turnarounds are almost never engineered by a single person. A CEO who takes a failing company and makes it successful again obviously got help from management, a board, along with customers…
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Can Tobacco Company Dividends Stay High? (MO, PM, BTI, RAI, LO, VGR)
Some of the highest dividend-paying stocks have been the tobacco companies. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM), British American Tobacco plc (AMEX: BTI), Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE:…
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, APC, DO, MMM, FDX, SOLR, IPG, JBHT, KLIC, LIZ, MON, MWW, JWN, NSC, PM, RAX, UPS)
These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:…
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International Smoking on the Decline? (PM, MO)
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) is presenting at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference in New York. An SEC filing shows that Chairman & CEO Louis Camilleri is reaffirming…
4:43am ET
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Nine Great Brands That Had To Change Their Name
Many companies keep the names that they used to brand themselves when they were founded. Firms such as Ford (NYSE: F) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have changed their corporate names slightly…
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Companies and Brands
Smoking Profits (PM, MO)
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) is showing that smoking is still cool, at least as far as earnings are concerned. The international tobacco giant reported adjusted earnings of $1.00 EPS for…
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (COP, GPI, HUN, IPG, MRO, MUR, OSG, PM, PCG)
The key analyst calls are a little light this Monday morning ahead of the flurry of earnings. These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall…
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 39
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 37
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
12:54pm ET
Companies and Brands
Killer Dividend Hikes in Tobacco (PM, MO, LO, RAI, VGR)
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) has just followed its former parent Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) with a dividend hike. Philip Morris International’s recent dividend hike was by more than 10%…
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 34
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…