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Barron's Recap: Apple vs. Samsung
Sunday, November 18, 2012 - 1:07pm | 849Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the world's two biggest smartphone makers spar in court, and the prospects for Lear, Leucadia, Sparton and Wyndham Worldwide. Cover Story "Grudge Match" by Kopin Tan. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung Electronics, the world's two biggest smartphone makers,...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 19
Sunday, November 18, 2012 - 1:06pm | 771Read More...Perhaps it is apropos to hear from some processed food giants this week, leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Last Friday J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) posted in line second-quarter results. Tyson Foods is scheduled to share its fiscal fourth-quarter results first thing Monday...
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Esterline, Janus Capital and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 6:58am | 886Read More...Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Top Performing Japanese Stocks on the NYSE (NMR, MFG, KUB)
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 1:18pm | 579Read More...The Bank of Japan's surprise decision to follow the U.S. Federal Reserve's lead and launch a new round its own quantitative easing lifted Asian and European stocks, and even buoyed the U.S. markets in early trading Wednesday. Japan's central bank announced that it will increase the size of its...
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Deere Earnings Preview: Double-Digit Sales, EPS Growth Expected
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 3:13pm | 530Read More...Deere & Company (NYSE: DE), which in 2012 was listed as 97th in the Fortune 500 ranking, is scheduled to report its third-quarter fiscal 2012 results Wednesday morning, August 15. Investors will be hoping the company can build on four-straight quarters of revenue increases. Expectations...
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Lindsay Rises After Quarterly Earnings Beat
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 10:54am | 319Read More...Wednesday morning, Lindsay Corporation (NYSE: LNN) posted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) and revenue that beat analysts' expectations. The irrigation and road infrastructure company reported third-quarter 2012 EPS of $1.47, about 11 cents higher than the consensus analyst estimate, as well as...
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Barron's Recap (3/24/12): Profiles of the World's Best CEOs
Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 11:16am | 941Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the annual listing of the top 30 corporate chiefs, a look at Deere, International Game Technology and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, as well as growth in Latin American airlines. Cover Story “World's Best CEOs” by Andrew Bary. Barron's offers up its annual listing of...
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Caterpillar, Discover Financial and Other Illinois Primary Stock Picks
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 6:42am | 1149Read More...Today, Illinois holds its Republican Primary, as the candidates hope to add to their delegate counts. Polls show a close race between frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. While the focus is on Illinois, let's have a look at the stocks of some of the many corporations headquartered in the...
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Seven Japanese Stocks Up More Than 10% Year to Date
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 3:53pm | 1002Read More...Japanese companies had a rough 2011, following last spring's earthquake and nuclear crisis. But the stocks listed here have started off the year on a good footing, rising between 10% and 35% year to date. They represent a cross-section of Japan's manufacturing sector, all are traded on U.S....
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 13
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 3:39pm | 1114Read More...Analysts expect to see double-digit per-share earnings growth from Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), Apache (NYSE: APA), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Marriot International (NYSE: MAR) when they report quarterly results this week. Other prominent reports on the...
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Caterpillar Earnings Preview: High Expectations
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 8:14am | 682Read More...Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, January 26, before the markets open. The heavy equipment maker reported strong third-quarter results driven by increased demand due continued economic growth. And the company's cash flow was at an all-time high....
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 21
Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 10:57am | 1061Read More...For a holiday-shorted week, there will still be plenty for investors and analysts to mull over on the earnings front. Quarterly results from global tech company Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), farm and construction equipment maker Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) and food companies Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 15
Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 11:42am | 1098Read More...Earnings season is not over yet. Among the companies on deck to report quarterly results this coming week are Deere (NYSE: DE), Smucker (NYSE: SJM) and Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL). Analysts expect Deere's per-share earnings to be more than 13% higher than a year ago. Smucker's earnings are forecast to...
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U.S. and Russian CEOs Meet with President Medvedev to Support Russia's WTO Accession
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 8:15am | 233Read More...The U.S.-Russia Business Council Board Members, led by USRBC Chairman Klaus Kleinfeld of Alcoa, met today with President Medvedev in St. Petersburg at The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to present him with a letter voicing their full support for the Russian Federation's accession to...
