Housewares & Specialties

Shipwire today announced a capital investment from new investors eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL), and joined by existing investor Meakem Becker Venture Capital. This new investment follows significant momentum in small and mid-market adoption of Shipwire outsourced shipping...

Shares of Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL) are lower on the session by 0.29%, currently trading at $15.45. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while...

Analysts at Jefferies & Company upgraded Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH) from “hold” to “buy.” Jarden's shares closed at $33.21 yesterday. Jarden's PEG ratio is 0.96. Analysts at Oppenheimer upgraded Wintrust Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: WTFC) from “perform” to “outperform.” WTFC's shares...

Jefferies & Company has upgraded Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH) from Hold to Buy and has raised the price target from $40 to $42.

Shares of Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH) are lower on the session by 1.64%, currently trading at $33.06. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL), lowering its PO from $24 to $22. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "On the Q2 call (late Jul), we expect mgmt to take a view on the 2011 EPS outlook (currently $1.60-$1.67), in...

Bank of America has lowered the price objective on Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL) from $24 to $22 and maintains its Buy rating.

POINT ROBERTS, WA - July 6, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports trading for LOHAS stocks ( Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability) for July 6th. With several of the key stocks trading up, are investors buying into Lifestyle of Health...

Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML) 2,718 puts, 5 calls 2. Jarden Corp. (NYSE: JAH) 6,934 puts, 21 calls 3. Yanzhou Coal Mining (NYSE: YZC) 3,038 puts, 34 calls 4. HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS) 2,972 puts, 58 calls 5. Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) 3,323...

Shares of Immucor Inc (NASDAQ: BLUD) surged about 30.2% after the company agreed to be bought by TPG Capital in a deal worth $1.97 billion or $27 per share in cash. The price represents a 30% premium over BLUD's closing share price on July 1. The transaction is likely to close in the second half of...

Worthington Industries Inc (NYSE: WOR) purchased BernzOmatic from Irwin Industrial Tool Company, a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid Inc (NYSE: NWL). The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction was financed with the company's revolving credit facility. “This acquisition...

Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE: FO) today announced that, upon completion of its proposed separation plan, two of its businesses expect to trade as independent companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Fortune Brands Home & Security, which the company intends to spin-off to shareholders,...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Tupperware Brands (NYSE: TUP), raising its PT from $66 to $80. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We expect underlying LC top line trends for the company to improve as top line comps ease post Q1, from +11% in Q110 to +5%, on average, from Q210-...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Tupperware Brands (NYSE: TUP) from $66 to $80 and maintains its Overweight rating.

Sealy Corp. (NYSE: ZZ) released its second quarter earnings results after the closing bell. The company reported a net loss of $0.4 million or breakeven per share, compared to a profit of $0.8 million or $0.02 per share, in the year-ago period. Read more here.