Nielsen Co.

Goldman Sachs maintains its Buy rating and $20 target price on Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) as the company is compared with Walmart (NYSE: VMT) on the Nielsen's FDMx data. Goldman says, "Interesting trends emerge when Walmart is added to the FDMx data. In the sausage category, for example, Sara Lee's...

Goldman Sachs maintains its Neutral rating and $26 target price on ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG) as the company is benchmarked against Walmart (NYSE: VMT) on Nielsen's FDMx list. Goldman Sachs says, "this period reflects the closest comparable period to ConAgra's F2Q2012. As we highlighted in our...

Goldman Sachs maintains its Buy rating and $44 target price on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) as it compares the company with Walmart (NYSE: WMT), which joins Nielsen's FDMx data. Goldman Sachs notes, "When Walmart is added to the FDMx data we generally find two consistencies for GIS: volume is worse...

Nielsen intends to raise up to $2.01 billion through an IPO, more than the $1.75 billion it was originally intended to raise. Here is the registration form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing was made yesterday. Nielsen, the world's biggest TV ratings and consumer...

According to NBC, the television network owned by General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), the 2010 Vancouver Olympics have been the most viewed Olympic Games since the 1994 Winter Games. During the first week, more than 152 million American viewers have tuned in at one time or another to watch the...