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The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), which ranks third in the world's most valuable brands, is scheduled to report its third-quarter results Tuesday, October 21, before the markets open. The question for investors is whether Coca-Cola has maintained its momentum into the second half. They will...

The Consumer Staples Select ETF (NYSE: XLP) has been underperforming the Dow Jones, NASDAQ and S&P 500 indexes for the most part since the beginning of May. It shouldn't surprise investors, as some of the most recognizable names in the group have had issues. Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO)...

The earnings crunch is well underway, and leading soft drink producers Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Dr. Pepper Snapple (NYSE: DPS) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) will be taking the earnings stage this week. Investors have to be aware of the downward trend for sales of carbonated soft-drink beverages -- last...

U.S. stocks inched higher as Apple's strong earnings reported on Wednesday proved to be not enough to ease fears over an escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine. Reports surfaced of escalated troop movements in Ukraine while Russia began military drills near the Ukraine border. After...

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), which recently announced a major strategic partnership with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR), is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results Tuesday, February 18, before the markets open. Investors will be thirsty for more details about how...

This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on the debt crisis, the coming smartphone slowdown, and the prospects for Linn Energy, American Eagle Outfitters and Rochester Medical. Cover Story "Next Stop, Greece" by Gene Epstein. This part of the special report on the debt crisis suggests...

Quarterly reports from General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Deere (NYSE: DE) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. The consensus forecast for the former calls for fourth-quarter earnings per share (EPS) to be more than 23 percent higher than a year ago to $0.51 per share. The...

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), shares of which rose this past week following the Super Bowl and a dividend hike from bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE), is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results Tuesday, February 12, before the markets open. Rising sales in emerging...

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR), still the king of K-Cup coffee, is scheduled to report its first-quarter fiscal 2013 results Wednesday, February 6, after the markets close. The company turned things around in the fourth quarter after previous weak ones, and investors will be...

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's "2013 Food and Beverage Year Ahead" report came out this week. The analyst was looking for stocks of well-positioned companies with products that are protected from consumer weakness or those with strong franchises in developing markets. Its top developing markets...

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR), which recently named a new CEO, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full fiscal 2012 results Tuesday, November 27, after the markets close. Investors will be hoping that new partnerships and licensing deals with the likes of Costco (NASDAQ:...

There are lots more on the earnings calendar this week, including results from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the three months that included the release of the iPhone 5. Monday Results from Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will be the highlights on Monday, and analysts expect to see...

The earnings crunch rolls on. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth in this week's quarterly reports from Apple, Caterpillar, Starbucks and Visa. But ConocoPhillips, Ford and Netflix are among those expected to post significantly lower per-share earnings, compared to the same period of a...