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Coca-Cola's (NYSE: KO) announcement last week that it had acquired a $2.15 billion, 16.7 percent stake in Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) pairs the biggest soda company in the world with the biggest energy drink brand in the United States. Investor Reaction Positive The deal, two years...

The earnings crunch continues this week. Among the highlights will be scheduled quarterly reports from Exxon Mobil and Chevron, from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck, from Time Warner and Viacom, and also from Twitter. Early Thursday, Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) is expected to say that it had earnings...

U.S. stocks rose to start off the holiday-filled shortened trading week on a positive note as investors found plenty of reason to be optimistic on retail sales which jumped the most since 2012. Investors were also encouraged by Citigroup's better than expected earnings which eased investor...

The earnings season is winding down. Most of the S&P 500 have reported fourth-quarter results, and the good news is that earnings beats have outnumbered earnings misses. Here is a quick rundown of what analysts expect from some of this week's most prominent quarterly reports. America Movil...

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), which was quick to fix a recently discovered vulnerability with its smartphone app, is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter results Thursday, January 23, after the markets close. Goldman Sachs just downgraded Starbucks on concerns over its same-store sales trends...

Major indices finished Wednesday's trading session relatively flat as the Fed's minutes released had no impact on the markets. Minutes released from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting re-affirmed that many members on the committee wanted to proceed with caution in trimming the $85 billion...

After much anticipation and heavily speculation the Federal Reserve announced a $10 billion per month taper. Treasury purchases will be cut to $40 billion per month with MBS purchases cut to $35 billion per month. The Fed's move shouldn't come as a surprise as recent economic data and...

According to Jim Bullard, the chances of the Fed tapering have increased due to recent labor market data. “There is no widely accepted reason why inflation is running as low as it is in the face of extraordinarily accommodative policy for the Fed,” he added. The St. Louis Fed chief added that...

Mondelez International (NASDAQ: MDLZ) Chief Exuective Officer Irene Rosenfeld is facing a lot of discontent from the company's largest investors. The New York Post reported that famed activist Nelson Peltz, along with three other top shareholders, are growing discontent. “When a CEO consistently...

The earnings crunch rolls on. This week's highlights include quarterly reports from the two biggest companies by market capitalization, Apple and Exxon Mobil, which are expect to post declining earnings. Per-share earnings from General Motors are expected to be the same as a year ago, and...

This weekend in Barron's online: Barron's Mutual Fund Quarterly, as well as the prospects for Amazon.com, Penn National Gaming, Latam Airlines, PICO Holdings and more. Cover Story "How to Navigate the Bond Market" by Michael Aneiro. Given that interest rates will rise, Barron's asks in this...

The oil and gas industry will be well represented on this week's earnings stage, with reports due from supermajors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and many others in the field. Viacom (NYSE: VIAB) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will be the highlights among the various media companies...

First-quarter results from General Motors (NYSE: GM) will be one of the highlights on the earnings front this week. Analysts anticipate that the carmaker will say Thursday its revenue slipped about three percent from a year ago to $36.60 billion, but that earnings fell from $0.93 per share a year...

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...

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...