(KMB) Kimberly Clark Corporation – discount to the overall market with a very...
Kimberly Clark Corporation (KMB) is fresh off the heels of reporting solid second-quarter results in which income was up 8% from last year. Company Description Kimberly Clark, together with its...
View Article(KMB) Kimberly-Clark Aquires New Pain Management Business
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) announced that it acquired Baylis Medical Co.’s pain management business. The acquisition also includes a number of innovative, minimally-invasive radio-frequency pain...
View Article(KMB) Kimberly Clark Corporation – Discount to the Overall Market
Kimberly Clark Corp. (KMB) hit a new 52-week high last week as the company benefits from lower commodity costs and a value driven consumer environment. Company Description Kimberly-CLark Corp.,...
View Article(MO) Energy Heats Up Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index (PPI) came in at a much-higher-than-expected 1.8% increase in November relative to October. In October, the PPI was up only 0.3%. The consensus expectations were for a rise of...
View Article(WMT) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Down Again
Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 5,000 over the last week to 457,000, and are far below the year-ago level of 644,000. Weekly claims can be very volatile, so to get a better sense of...
View Article(MSFT) Company News for July 23, 2010 – Corporate Summary
• Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted fiscal fourth quarter earnings of 51 cents compared with Zacks estimate of 47 cents. Revenues were up 22.5% year over year to $16 billion compared with Zacks estimate...
View Article(PG) The Procter & Gamble Company Recalls Shades of Clairol
The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) voluntarily recalled ten shades of its Clairol Natural Instincts in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The recall was intended to withdraw a mismatched ColorFresh...
View Article(AAPL) Stock Market News for April 26, 2011 – Market News
Markets on Monday slipped marginally amidst tight volumes as inflationary worries crept in, suggesting lower profits in the quarters ahead. However, positive economic data limited the losses and...
View Article(XLP) Get Offensive With Consumer Staples
by Marc Lichtenfeld, Investment U‘s Senior Analyst Wednesday, May 4, 2011: Issue #1505 There’s an old saying; when the going gets tough, the tough buy consumer staples stocks – or something like that....
View Article(CL) Consumer Staples Stock Outlook – June 2011 – Industry Outlook
Stocks in the Consumer Staples sector have traditionally performed better than the stock market, and especially cyclical companies, during market declines. We are seeing evidence of this at present —...
View Article(KMB) Kimberly-Clark Promotes Cars 2
In order to promote the new release of Disney Pixar’s Cars 2 movie, Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) plans to use CheckPoints LLC’s mobile shopping application as an innovative marketing strategy....
View Article(BPI) Company News for July 26, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $1.18, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.15 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 8% year-over-year to $5.3 billion, exceeding...
View Article(AAPL) Stock Market News for July 26, 2011 – Market News
The political deadlock in Washington weighed down the markets on the opening day of the week, as lawmakers struggled to find a solution to the impasse over the debt-ceiling issue. The day was also...
View Article(PG) Procter & Gamble Earnings Results Ahead of Estimates
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) reported modest results for the fourth quarter of 2011. Net earnings from continuing operations were 84 cents a share, up 18.0% year-over-year, and two pennies above the...
View Article(CL) Consumer Staples Stock Outlook – October 2011 – Industry Outlook
Stocks in the Consumer Staples sector performed their traditional defensive role as the broader equity markets came under pressure in response to concerns over Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and a weak...
View Article(KO) Consumer Staples Stock Outlook – December 2011 – Industry Outlook
Stocks in the Consumer Staples sector performed their traditional defensive role as the broader equity markets came under pressure over concerns about the prolonged weak U.S. economy and the debt...
View Article(PG) Procter & Gamble Results Come Up Short on Charges
Procter & Gamble Co.(PG) reported modest results for the second quarter 2012, with net earnings from continuing operations sliding 49.0% year over year to 57 cents a share, which missed the Zacks...
View Article(KO) Consumer Staples Sector Outlook – Industry Outlook
Stocks in the Consumer Staples sector carried out their traditional defensive role as the broader equity markets came under pressure over concerns about the prolonged weak US economy and the debt...
View Article(PG) Procter & Gamble Executes Growth Plan
At the company’s annual meeting held recently, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of consumer products giant Procter & Gamble (PG) – Bob McDonald – declared that the company is...
View Article(KO) Consumer Staples Stock Outlook – October 2012 – Industry Outlook
Stocks in the Consumer Staples sector have carried out their defensive role despite concerns about the prolonged weak U.S. economy, the debt crisis in Europe and the slowdown in Chinese economy. The...
View Article(AAPL) Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Season Gets Into High Gear – Earnings...
The fourth quarter reporting season gets into high gear this week, with 253 companies coming out with quarterly results, including 83 S&P 500 companies. The earnings season thus far has been...
View Article(KO) Consumer Staples Stock Outlook – February 2013 – Zacks Analyst Interviews
The companies under the Consumer Staples sector sell relatively low-priced products that consumers use frequently in their daily lives, including food, beverages and products for personal hygiene or...
View Article(JNJ) Protect Yourself From Gold
Gold is supposed to act as a safe haven from crisis and a hedge against inflation. But lately, it hasn’t been either. You would think with the bombastic manchild leader in North Korea threatening...
View Article(KMB) Kimberly Clark Posts Solid First Quarter Earnings
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) started the year on a high note with strong first quarter 2013 adjusted earnings of $1.48 per share. Earnings breezed past the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.34 by...
View Article(AAPL) Everything You Believe Is Wrong
I’m reading a fascinating book called the Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee. It details the history of cancer and cancer treatments. What I find most interesting is not the chemistry or...
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