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How Droughts Affect The Stock Market
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 9:56am | 1068Read More...According to the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor report, drought conditions in the United States have moderated a bit recently due to some above-average summer rainfall accumulations. Yet, more than 46 percent of the contiguous U.S. is experiencing some drought conditions. The west and southwest...
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Barron's Recap: Here Come the Millennials
Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 5:25pm | 910Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the impending impact on the economy and Wall Street of the Millennial generation, and the prospects for Boeing's Dreamliner, the Dell buyout, Hanesbrands and Ecolab. Cover Story "On the Rise" by Jacqueline Doherty. The so-called Millennials, those who have...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of September 3
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 6:36am | 674Read More...UPDATE: Campbell Soup reported Tuesday morning and exceeded expectations. Shares traded up almost 10%. Things will be quiet on the earnings front again this holiday-shortened week. The most prominent quarterly reports on the schedule are those from Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB), which is expected to...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 9 (AA, GOOG, JPM)
Sunday, April 8, 2012 - 11:57am | 898Read More...First quarter earnings begin to trickle in as Alcoa kicks off the new earnings season this week. It will be followed in short order by results from Google, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo and others. Investors looking for signs indicating how first-quarter earnings will shake out may be pleased with the...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of December 5
Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 11:46am | 860Read More...With investors and analysts keeping one eye on how the holiday shopping season is progressing and another eye on what's happening in the eurozone, there may be little on the earnings front this week that attracts much attention. Among the week's most high profile quarterly reports are those from...
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Seven Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 7:03am | 790Read More...Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Market-driven sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Earnings Preview For Layne Christensen (LAYN)
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 1:56pm | 217Read More...Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN) will be reporting 2011 fiscal fourth-quarter earnings before the bell tomorrow. Analysts are expecting the company to earn $0.36 per share, which would represent a 28% growth over last year's figure of $0.28 per share. Sales are expected to come in at $254.39...
