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Barron's Picks And Pans: Chevron, Goldman Sachs, Progressive And More
Sunday, June 14, 2020 - 9:05am | 768Read More...This weekend's Barron's cover story features eight dividend stock picks for the pandemic era. Other featured articles look at what younger day traders are favoring and why some tech giants riding high. Also, the prospects for two financial giants, packaged food plays, specialty retailers...
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General Mills Reaps Strategic Advantage As 'Shipper Of Choice'
Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 10:58am | 634Read More...Getting trucking right is particularly important for a company like General Mills (NYSE: GIS), which has faced so much cost pressure from this aspect of its supply chain in the recent past. General Mills is indeed getting trucking right. It placed tenth among 25 companies in FreightWaves' Shipper...
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Truckers, General Mills, Feeding America Look To Rescue Good Food From A Bad End
Thursday, January 3, 2019 - 11:33am | 1031Read More...The amount of edible food that goes to waste in America has reached appalling proportions. Each year, about 72 billion pounds of otherwise consumable foodstuffs never make it onto store shelves, according to estimates from Feeding America, a large hunger-relief group. Annually, that amounts to...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Sustainable Investing, Bank Buybacks, Tariff Picks And More
Sunday, June 24, 2018 - 10:55am | 682Read More...This weekend's Barron's offers options for investors worried about trade wars. Other featured articles include the prospects for big bank share buybacks and the changes to the Dow Jones industrial average. Also, companies feeling the sting of tariffs, sustainable investing and a Canadian...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: General Electric, General Mills, MLPs And More
Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 4:51pm | 672Read More...This weekend's Barron's cover story examines the divide between business models in the big tech space. Other featured articles show why MLPs look attractive again and what to expect in the battle over AI chips. Also: the prospects for a branded foods maker and a troubled...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Dropbox, Facebook, General Mills, Time Warner And More
Sunday, March 25, 2018 - 5:39pm | 658Read More...This weekend's Barron's cover story asks what a social media giant can do to become more transparent. Other featured articles examine a media conglomerate facing a win-win situation and a consumer staples giant that now resembles a bargain. Also, the prospects for an old-school...
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High Expectations For Nike Earnings, Not So Much For General Mills
Sunday, March 20, 2016 - 8:56pm | 576Read More...Two consumer goods giants are expected to report their latest quarterly results this week. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from only one of them. Just a handful of other companies are expected to report earnings this week as well. Fiscal third-quarter reports from a couple of...
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General Mills Reaffirms 2016 Guidance, Sales To Decline At A Low Single-Digit Rate
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 9:30am | 139Read More...General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) on Tuesday reaffirmed its key financial targets for its fiscal year ending May 29, 2016. General Mills continues to expect total net sales in a constant currency to decline at a low single-digit rate from 2015's level. The company noted that 2015 included a 53rd week...
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Oracle, Rite Aid Highlight Slow Earnings Week
Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 5:35pm | 752Read More...Wall Street is looking for solid quarterly results from FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) this week. Expectations are lower for earnings from Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) and Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD). The consensus forecast calls for another net loss from BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY). As...
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Where Wall Street Is Looking For Earnings Growth This Week
Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 7:23pm | 820Read More...Wall Street is looking for strong quarterly results from Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) and Ciena Corporation (NYSE: CIEN) this week. Year-on-year earnings growth is also anticipated from Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST). However, mixed results are forecast for H & R...
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Food & Beverage Giants Highlight This Week's Earnings
Sunday, June 28, 2015 - 9:12pm | 746Read More...The week leading up to the Fourth of July holiday will be another quiet one on the earnings front. The new earnings season does not kick off until Alcoa and PepsiCo report their second-quarter results after Independence Day. But first, there are a few notable off-season reports to watch for this...
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These Food Giants Are Ahead Of The Trans Fat Ban
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 11:06am | 525Read More...In a step towards improving public health in the United States, the FDA announced on June 16 that trans fats must be removed from all processed foods within the next three years. This new regulation may come as a blow to processed food companies, but some such as General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS)...
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5 Spinoffs 'Ripe' For Takeover
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 12:25pm | 618Read More...In a report issued by The Edge Consulting Group, analysts Jim Osman and Sanjiv Thakur look into five spinoff candidates they say are "ripe for takeover." ADT ADT Corp (NYSE: ADT) was spun off Tyco International plc (NYSE: TYC) about 30 months ago. Since then, it has built a leading...
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Takeaways From Brian Sozzi's Interview With General Mills U.S. Chief
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 11:22am | 272Read More...Brian Sozzi of Belus Capital Advisors recently interviewed General Mills, Inc.'s (NYSE: GIS) Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Retail Business Jeff Harmening for an article on The Street. Harmening told Sozzi that the company continues to capitalize on...
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U.S. Produced Fewer Than Expected Jobs In October
Sunday, November 9, 2014 - 9:16pm | 666Read More...U.S. stocks were little changed to close last week as U.S. data showed the economy created fewer than expected jobs in October. However, the unemployment rate declined to a six-year low of 5.8 percent. The unemployment rate continues to improve, inching closer to the Fed's 5.4 percent to 5....
