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This weekend in Barron's online: a midyear updated on the markets, the likely effects of the Supreme Court's ruling on Obamacare, and the prospects for alternative ETFs and Time Warner. Cover Story "Caution: Sharp Turns Ahead" by Lauren R. Rublin. It is time for Barron's midyear update, which is...

The earnings crunch is in full swing this this week. Quarterly results are due from the likes of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), from which analysts expect to see year-over-year earnings growth, as well as...

The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...

Oppenheimer is out with its report today on Eaton (NYSE: ETN), maintaining Outperform. In a note to clients, Oppenheimer writes, "Following ETN shares' underperformance vs. the market and other industrials of late, shares are attractive at 13.2x our '11E EPS and 11.3x our '12E EPS, the cheapest in...

Longbow has downgraded the following companies from Buy to Neutral: Fortune Brands (NYSE: FO) Eaton (NYSE: ETN) Parker-Hannifin (NYSE: PH) Wolverine World Wide (NYSE: WWW) Kennametal (NYSE: KMT)

Wunderlich Securities has noted accounting risk areas from reviewing 10-Qs recently filed as the following areas: benefits from purchase accounting (reversals in liabilities benefiting SG&A expenses), exposure for changes in Brazilian tax laws (denying interest deductions on certain debts)...