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U.S. stocks rose ahead of the long weekend after the economy added a better-than-expected 288,000 jobs in June. The unemployment rate also dipped to 6.1 percent. The Fed's Janet Yellen confirmed its views that ti will not raise its interest rates on Wednesday at an International Monetary...

U.S. stocks were little changed despite an ADP jobs report showing better-than-expected numbers. The ADP report comes ahead of the non-farm payrolls due on Thursday. Analysts are expecting the payrolls to confirm 212,000 jobs were added in June. The markets will close at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday...

As the calendar quarter draws to a close this holiday-shortened week, so does another earnings season. The most significant quarterly reports due this week come from alcoholic beverage company Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) and payroll processor Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX). Analysts on average...

U.S. stocks rose sharply after minutes from the Federal Reserve eased concerns over when the central bank would raise interest rates. The decision to let go of the 6.5 percent unemployment rate threshold for raising interest rates was finalized in early March. Additionally, the Fed's minutes...

This week brings the first-quarter report from Alcoa (NYSE: AA), the traditional kickoff of a new earnings season. But its relevance may be diminishing, now that the company is no longer part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. With the end-of-the-week earnings reports from J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM...

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...

Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), the largest wine producer in the world, is scheduled to share its third-quarter fiscal 2014 results Wednesday, January 8, before the opening bell. Investors will be looking for more growth arising for its recently acquired Crown Imports stake from Grupo Modelo,...

Quarterly reports from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) have long been considered the kickoff to a new earnings season, though its role may become less relevant now that it has been dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Along with Alcoa, Micron Technologies (NYSE: MU), Monsanto (NYSE: MON), SUPERVALU (...

Markets have had a heck of a year. The unemployment rate has ticked down and the uncertainty about when the Fed's quantitative easing will begin to taper is over. And the prospects for Europe and China are looking better. Though analysts do not expect another banner year for stocks, and some...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will include the reports from Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and Monsanto (NYSE: MON). Analysts are looking for year-over-year growth of revenues from both of them, but a net loss from the agribusiness giant. Others scheduled to step onto the earnings stage this...

While there will be plenty of fireworks for the Independence Day holiday in the United States this week, on the earnings front, things will be very quiet. There will not be much to distract investors from speculating on what the Federal Reserve will do or from the employment numbers for June. See...

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:...

Recent research by analysts at UBS shows that wholesalers of alcoholic beverages are positive about the prospects for volume growth of their products. Sales of alcoholic beverages continue to be strong both domestically and overseas. Three beer brewers made the UBS list of stock picks Anheuser-...

The new earnings season gets underway this week, with Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on deck late Monday and J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) scheduled to report first-quarter results Friday morning. By and large, analysts expect to see a year-over-year decline in per-share earnings from the former, but EPS growth,...

The new earnings season gets underway this week, with Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on deck Tuesday and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) scheduled to report fourth-quarter results on Friday. By and large, analysts expect to see year-over-year growth in per-share earnings for the quarter from both of these S&P 500...