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Ford (NYSE: F) announced Thursday that it expects losses in foreign markets to grow. The ongoing recession in Europe, combined with increasing competitiveness, prompted the automaker to lower its guidance. Ford is not the only company facing issues in Europe. Nike (NYSE: NKE) just posted an...

This week, General Mills, Monsanto and Nike will step into the earnings spotlight. All three of these companies are forecast to report earnings growth. Below is a day-by-day rundown of what analysts expect from the week's most prominent quarterly reports. Monday Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL), an...

This weekend in Barron's online: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is overdue for a makeover, and the prospects for eBay, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Oracle. Cover Story "Shake Up the Dow!" by Andrew Bary. Barron's cover story this week suggests that the Dow Jones Industrial Average risks...

First quarter earnings begin to trickle in as Alcoa kicks off the new earnings season this week. It will be followed in short order by results from Google, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo and others. Investors looking for signs indicating how first-quarter earnings will shake out may be pleased with the...

A new calendar quarter has begun, but the new earnings season does not kick off until Alcoa (NYSE: AA) reports its first-quarter results on April 10, followed shortly thereafter by reports from JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC). This week, the most prominent reports will come from...

Vice President Xi Jinping of China meets with President Obama on Tuesday at the White House in an effort to enhance trust between the two countries. And here is a quick look at some Chinese stocks that have risen between 15% and 25% year to date. They all are traded on U.S. exchanges, and each pays...

Here's a quick look at some of the top performing dividend stocks, year to date, that have a market cap of $1 billion or less. E-House (China) Holdings (NYSE: EJ) shares are trading about 38% higher year to date despite pulling back more than 4% last week. The real estate company announced in...

The new earnings season kicks off this week when aluminum producer Alcoa (NYSE: AA) reports fourth-quarter results on Monday. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) also is scheduled to post fourth-quarter results this week, and so is homebuilder Lennar (NYSE: LEN). Supermarket chain operator Supervalu (NYSE:...

The week (and the new year) will start off quietly, as far as quarterly reports are concerned. Things will pick up a little steam later in the week as Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL), Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Monsanto (NYSE: MON) and Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) each step into...

The main headline is that aluminum giant Alcoa missed earnings at 15c versus the 22c expected. Shares are down 6% afterhours. The miss was blamed on lower aluminum prices, seasonal and weak demand from Europe. This may weigh on stocks in the day ahead but for commodity currencies, profitability is...

The new earnings season gets underway this week when Alcoa (NYSE: AA) posts its third-quarter results on Tuesday. The rest of the week will bring results from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Mattel (NYSE: MAT) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP). Analysts anticipate year-over-year earnings...

BMO Capital is out with its report today on Alcoa (NYSE: AA), maintaining Underperform. In a note to clients, BMO Capital writes, "Alcoa is rated Underperform. The company continues to experience rising costs, which are offsetting higher realized aluminum prices. BMO Research estimates the stock...

Morgan Stanley is out with its report today on Alcoa (NYSE: AA), maintaining Overweight. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "Alcoa's 2Q revenues beat our estimate; earnings were in-line on cost pressure. Downstream contributed ~45% of earnings and alumina pricing remained above...

Dahlman Rose is out with its report today on Alcoa (NYSE: AA), reiterating Buy. In a note to clients, Dahlman Rose writes, "Alcoa reported 2Q11 results that were largely in line with our estimates and slightly below consensus. We are maintaining our full year 2011 and 2012 estimates and...