Final Glance: Consumer companies
AP - Wed Apr 30, 5:07PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top consumer companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Procter & Gamble Wraps Up Busy Month With New Razor
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Apr 30, 5:06PM CDT
No true income investor's portfolio would be complete without Procter & Gamble (PG), which has paid a dividend since 1890. The consumer products giant just wrapped up a busy April, which included fiscal third-quarter earnings, a dividend hike, a new...
2 Big Takeaways From Procter & Gamble's Earnings Report
Demitrios Kalogeropoulos, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 4:00PM CDT
Source: Procter & Gamble. Procter & Gamble posted earnings results this past week that were, in a word, underwhelming. Sales grew by 3% for the consumer goods giant, at the low end of P&G's full-year guidance. Meanwhile, profits...
3 Great Stock Picks for a Roth IRA
Bob Ciura, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 2:04PM CDT
The U.S. has a serious retirement crisis on its hands. As our population ages, millions upon millions of Americans are in or nearing retirement, and many of them are woefully unprepared financially. Retirement planning is a daunting yet necessary...
Midday Glance: Consumer companies
AP - Wed Apr 30, 1:12PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top consumer companies are up at 1 p.m.:
Early Glance: Consumer companies
AP - Wed Apr 30, 9:46AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top consumer companies are up at 10 a.m.:
Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble on the Move After Earnings. Which Is the Better Buy Now?
Joseph Solitro, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 8:35AM CDT
Colgate-Palmolive is one of the most dominant companies within any industry, with control of over 40% of the global toothpaste market and growing shares in other oral-care and consumer-product categories. The company released its...
Church & Dwight: Will Innovative New Products Drive Earnings Much Higher?
Joseph Solitro, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 8:30AM CDT
Church & Dwight , the company behind very popular brands such as Arm & Hammer, Trojan, First Response, and Oxi Clean, has watched its stock outperform the overall market in 2014 and earnings have played a key role. Another strong report...
Tide Dry Cleaners Opens Second Location in Omaha, Nebraska
Business Wire - Wed Apr 30, 8:09AM CDT
Via Nova Holdings, LLC, in collaboration with Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Procter & Gamble (P&G), announce the opening of the newest Tide Dry Cleaners store in Omaha, NE. The Omaha location is the second in Nebraska, and the 22nd Tide Dry Cleaners store. The store applies Tide's 65 years of fabric care experience, GreenEarth(R) cleaning technology and concierge services to meet customers' needs.
Jim Cramer Talks Procter & Gamble (PG) and Starbucks (SBUX) in Growth vs. Value Battle
at The Street - Tue Apr 29, 2:39PM CDT
TheStreet's Jim Cramer says growth and value are battling for the soul of the market, and he wants growth that is not trading at an outrageous multiple. Two examples in this case are Procter & Gamble (PG) and Starbucks (SBUX).
Bristol, Merck, Sanofi Report Soft Q1 Sales
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Apr 29, 11:15AM CDT
Three big pharmas reported light-to-mixed Q1 earnings Tuesday, but their shares went in different directions in the stock market today as Wall Street seemed to focus on different details of the reports. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) said Q1 earnings...
Gillette Declares "Shaving Rebuilt" with Launch of New Fusion ProGlide with FlexBall(TM) Technology
Business Wire - Tue Apr 29, 11:00AM CDT
For years, Gillette has innovated constantly to raise the quality of razors to The Best A Man Can Get(TM). Now Gillette(R) [NYSE: PG] is asking: Why the long face? What's with the scrunching, the stretching, and the pulling? Should it really take a #shaveface to get extremely close?
Critical Alerts For Facebook, Netflix, AT&T, Procter and Gamble, and Johnson and Johnson Released By InvestorsObserver
PR Newswire - Tue Apr 29, 8:31AM CDT
InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for FB, NFLX, T, PG, and JNJ.
While Procter & Gamble Downsizes, Church & Dwight Expands
Philip Saglimbeni, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 29, 8:02AM CDT
The latest earnings results from consumer goods stalwart Procter & Gamble indicate that the company is well on its way to tightening the focus of its overall business. When compared to smaller competitors like Church & Dwight , which is...
Quarterly Earnings Releases, Senior Level Appointments, Upcoming Monthly Sales Numbers, and Conference Call Schedules - Analyst Notes on GM, P&G, Coca-Cola, Ford and Mead Johnson
PR Newswire - Tue Apr 29, 7:00AM CDT
Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), The Procter and Gamble Company (NYSE: PG), The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN). Private wealth members receive these notes ahead of publication. To reserve complementary membership, limited openings are available at: http://www.analystsreview.com/1751-100free.
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Amazon's Toxic Army
at The Street - Mon Apr 28, 7:30PM CDT
The stocks that once could do no wrong can't do right now, and vice versa, Cramer says.
Waste Management Delivers a Filthy Earnings Beat, While Ford Shareholders Hit the Brakes
Sean Williams, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 28, 5:35PM CDT
In May, I announced my intention to create a portfolio that embodied life's basic needs. To that end, over a period of 10 weeks, I detailed 10 diverse companies that I think will outperform the broad-based S&P 500 over a three-year period...