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To run their operations, companies need lighting – among other things. Moreover, this lighting has to be energy-efficient to give the world a shot at taking control over climate change. The LED lighting market has been intensively growing over the last decade. Its strength is a direct...

Sears and Walgreen are among the companies that have seen insider buying recently as the market has become turbulent. Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price...

U.S. stocks reversed early morning declines and closed the day little changed ahead of Friday's job reports data, which will be released at 8:30 A.M. The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week by 8,000 according to data released today. Not...

U.S. stocks were higher as the back-end of 2014 kicked off. The Dow came within less than two points of reaching the 17,000 mark as investors and traders found plenty of positives in a better-than-expected June auto sales and an expansion in U.S. manufacturing. The S&P 500 also traded at...

As the calendar quarter draws to a close this holiday-shortened week, so does another earnings season. The most significant quarterly reports due this week come from alcoholic beverage company Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) and payroll processor Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX). Analysts on average...

Earnings highlights this week include reports from Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Monsanto (NYSE: MON). Apollo Education (NASDAQ: APOL) and CarMax (NYSE: KMX) are also scheduled to take their turns in the earnings spotlight this week. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from these...

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...

While there will be plenty of fireworks for the Independence Day holiday in the United States this week, on the earnings front, things will be very quiet. There will not be much to distract investors from speculating on what the Federal Reserve will do or from the employment numbers for June. See...

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...

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...

The quarterly report from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) traditionally kicks off a new earnings season. Joining Alcoa on the earnings schedule this week are Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Safeway (NYSE: SWY), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM). Here is a look at...

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)....