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As to be expected for this time of the year, volume was light today with little market moving data or news released. Major indices were virtually flat as Tuesday will mark the final trading session of 2013. Markets will close tomorrow at 4:00 pm EST and remain closed until Thursday morning....

Highlights on the earnings front this week will include the reports from Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and Monsanto (NYSE: MON). Analysts are looking for year-over-year growth of revenues from both of them, but a net loss from the agribusiness giant. Others scheduled to step onto the earnings stage this...

This weekend in Barron's online: a roundtable discussion of the changing landscape of master limited partnerships, and the prospects for the Washington Post, BNP Paribas, HD Supply, Isis Pharmaceuticals and Redbox. Cover Story "MLP Boom or Bust?" by Dimitra DeFotis. Master limited partnerships (...

Quarterly reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also:...

On Tuesday, two popular restaurant chains announced new measures to give customers more information that will allow more informed, health-conscious decisions before placing an order First, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). In advance of a new law requiring chains with more than 20 stores to publish...

President Barack Obama’s proposed $3.8 trillion budget is designed to cut the deficit by $600 billion over 10 years, after factoring in the negation of cuts already enacted under the sequester according to The Associated Press. Depending on the framework of the final budget, some businesses...

Monsanto (NYSE: MON) will report earnings before the bell on Wednesday. This is a priced-to-perfection stock with street consensus mostly bullish on tomorrow’s report. Here’s what to look for. Expectations Monsanto is expected to announce fiscal second quarter earnings Wednesday before the...

Here is a quick look at what analysts expect to see from ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG), McCormick (NYSE: MKC), Monsanto (NYSE: MON) and some of the other most prominent quarterly reports scheduled for this week. Acuity Brands Second-quarter fiscal 2013 earnings from Atlanta-based Acuity Brands (NYSE...

Yale Economics professor Robert Shiller told CNBC Monday that investors should put their money into stocks or farmland. Stocks, OK, but … farmland? Turns out the respected co-founder of the Case-Shiller Home Price Index may be on to something. "The CME futures market has [home prices]...

Citing increasing demand for potash in the second half of the year, particularly from Latin America and Southeast Asia, as well as ongoing demand for phosphates and market growth in agricultural biotech, Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) this week have initiated coverage on several fertilizer makers. While...

The new earnings season gets underway this week, with Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on deck Tuesday and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) scheduled to report fourth-quarter results on Friday. By and large, analysts expect to see year-over-year growth in per-share earnings for the quarter from both of these S&P 500...

October marks a new month and a new quarter. Autumn is underway, and here is a look at what analysts expect to see from this week's quarterly reports from Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Marriott International (NYSE: MAR), Monsanto (NYSE: MON) and Mosaic (NYSE: MOS)....

Shares of fertilizer producers have pulled back recently, due in part to a USDA report that showed that, while the devastating drought in the Midwest continues, corn conditions were unchanged and soybean conditions improved slightly. Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) shares have fallen more than four percent in...

This weekend in Barron's online: 10 top Chinese brands, a look at Sears, GameStop, and Reading International, and how to play American exceptionalism. Cover Story "10 Chinese Brands You Must Know" by Kopin Tan. The Chinese government would like nothing more than for its 1.4 billion citizens to "...