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Buffett, Einhorn and Loeb Have Faith in Their Largest Holdings (KO, AAPL, YHOO)
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 10:28am | 507Read More...Daniel Loeb is committed to Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). David Einhorn believes in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). And Warren Buffett stands by Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). Each of these super investors has faith in his largest holding and is willing to put that faith into action as well as words. Coca-Cola is the...
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Barron's Recap: The World's Most Respected Companies
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 9:56am | 1065Read More...This past weekend, Barron's online covered topics including the annual ranking of the world's most respected companies, the Treasury's auctioning of the remaining TARP shares, small cap company RealD and mid cap firm Corrections Corporation of America. Cover Story "The World's Most Respected...
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A Bullish Play on Monster Beverage with Options
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 9:46am | 611Read More...Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) will be listed on the S&P 500 Index starting Thursday, June 28, replacing Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE). There are some good reasons to like Monster Beverage. The company has consistently introduced new products to the market. Net income for the first quarter of 2012...
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Coca-Cola FEMSA, Family Dollar, Other Dividend Payers on a Roll
Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 11:02am | 996Read More...Below are some dividend paying companies with upward price momentum. They all have market capitalizations greater than $1 billion, and share prices that have increased more than 20% within the last 90 days. Agnico-Eagle Mines (NYSE: AEM) is a Canadian miner and producer of gold and other metals....
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Ford and Coke Show Facebook Some Love
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 8:32am | 446Read More...After losing the support of General Motors (NYSE: GM), two major corporations -- Ford (NYSE: F) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) -- have announced that they will continue to use Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to boost their marketing efforts. According to the Wall Street Journal, both companies have endorsed...
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Benzinga Reported Coke/Monster Buyout on Thursday
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 2:02pm | 149Read More...Shares of Monster (NASDAQ: MNST) soared more than 20% today when the Wall Street Journal reported that Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) is planning to buy Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST). If, however, you visited Benzinga.com last Thursday (April 26, 2012), you would have already known about the...
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Barron's Recap (4/21/12): America's Portfolio Managers See Gains for Stocks
Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 11:03am | 864Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: The latest Big Money poll of America's portfolio managers, a cool off in the prices of U.S. farmland, and the prospects for Francesca's Holdings, Devon Energy and LSI. Cover Story "Reason to Cheer" by Jack Willoughby. In Barron's latest Big Money poll, America's...
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Battle of Energy Drink Brands: Coca-Cola vs. Monster
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 9:13am | 321Read More...Coca-Cola Energy Drink Brands (NYSE: KO) • Burn • Nos • RealGold Monster Energy (main) Drink Brands(NASDAQ: MNST) • Monster Energy (with varying flavors) • JAVA Monster According to the Beverage Marketing Association, domestic U.S. wholesale sales for “alternative” beverages (aka energy...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 16 (GS, MSFT, MCD)
Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 10:45am | 1425Read More...The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...
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Coca-Cola Bottling Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth Expected
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 7:40am | 883Read More...Coca-Cola Bottling (NYSE: COKE) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, March 7, after the markets close. Back in the third-quarter report, CEO J. Frank Harrison III said, “2011 has been a challenging year as the economy remains weak and commodity costs continue to increase at...
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Nine ETFs Trading Near 52-Week Highs
Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 2:11pm | 1133Read More...The following exchange traded funds ended the week in the neighborhood of their 52-week highs. The share price of each is more than 20% higher than at the beginning of the year as well. Barclays Long B Leveraged S&P 500 Total Return ETN (NYSE: BXUB) is more than 22% higher than at the...
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Seven Brazilian Stocks on a Roll
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 7:38am | 1001Read More...Brazilian stocks saw their best January in six years, due largely to strength in retail, utilities, oil and mining. Here's a quick look at some of the Brazilian stocks on a roll now. They are traded on U.S. exchanges and all pay some dividend. Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas (NYSE: ABV) ADS are...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 6
Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 6:39pm | 1330Read More...There will be plenty more quarterly reports this week for analysts and traders to peruse. On the schedule are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Visa (NYSE: V), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:...
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Via Motors One-Ups the Chevy Volt
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 1:20pm | 571Read More...A new automobile startup has a fresh concept for developing its vehicles. Instead of relying solely on gasoline, and instead of enduring the pain of trying to manufacture the entire vehicle itself, Via Motors is letting General Motors (NYSE: GM) perform the majority of the work. In fact, Via...
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Diageo and National Beverages to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 6:56am | 369Read More...Lots of stocks hit 52-week highs yesterday as the markets rose. Among them were Diageo (NYSE: DEO), maker of Smirnoff, Captain Morgan and Guinness, and National Beverage (NASDAQ: FIZZ), whose brands include Shasta, EverFresh and LaCroix. Their share prices reached $85.88 and $17.13 per share,...

