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On the earnings front, things will start out slow this week, but then FedEx (NASDAQ: FDX), Nike (NYSE: NKE), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and others will take their turns in the earnings spotlight. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from some of this week's most prominent...

Quarterly reports from Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE), Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) and Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from some...

Investors and traders certainly had their plates full Tuesday with a plethora of data releases sending the Dow to new record highs and the Nasdaq index closing above 4,000 after briefly breaching the mark on Monday. The markets gave back modest gains towards the end of the trading session and...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will be the reports from FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL). Analysts are looking for marginal year-over-year growth of earnings and revenues from both of them. Others on deck to share quarterly results this week include General Mills (NYSE: GIS),...

Both Dunkin' Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) have benefited in recent quarters from their partnerships with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR), as sales of Keurig K-Cups have provided a boost to their revenues. Now Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) is ready to ride that train...

This looks to be another quiet week on the earnings front, while attention is on questions such as whether the United States will take action in Syria and when the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its quantitative easing efforts. But Kroger (NYSE: KR) and Lululemon Athletica (NYSE: LULU) will...

Quarterly reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also:...

Quarterly reports from FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Kroger (NYSE: KR) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also: Weekly...

Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB), which some have speculated could be a takeover candidate for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), is scheduled to report its third-quarter fiscal 2013 results Monday, May 20, before the markets open. Investors will be watching for updates about several...

General Mills, Inc.(NYSE: GIS) reported better-than-expected Q3 earnings Wednesday. Sales of its core brands, such as the aforementioned Cheerios, along with Progresso soups, and Haagen-Dazs ice cream rose for the first time since 2011, according to Reuters. Further, GIS shares are up 19...

Here is a quick look at what analysts expect to see from FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Nike (NYSE: NKE) and some of the other most prominent quarterly reports scheduled for this week. FedEx Third-quarter fiscal 2013 earnings from this ostensible economic bellwether are expected to...

This weekend in Barron's online: a more sophisticated strategy for investing in emerging markets, an ETF special report, and the prospects for The Pantry and Globe Specialty Metals. Cover Story "Emerging Markets: The Next Wave" by Reshma Kapadia. A more complicated global economy calls for a...

A new study by the Hudson Institute shows that incorporating more low-calorie items into a restaurant’s menu doesn’t just help address the nation’s growing obesity problem, it also helps grow the restaurant’s bottom line. It’s what Wall Street and healthcare experts like to call a “win-win.”...

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's "2013 Food and Beverage Year Ahead" report came out this past 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 turnaround...

The middle of the week will bring a cluster of quarterly reports ahead of the Christmas break. Foremost among them are results from economic bellwether FedEx (NYSE: FDX), which is expected to post lower earnings, Nike (NYSE: NKE), whose EPS are forecast to be the same as a year ago, and Oracle (...