Consumer Staples

These days, it's hard to be excited by much in the ETF universe from long side. Unless of course you've taken to buying inverse funds, which has been a fine idea since the start of May. Yes, these are trying times, but this is also the type of environment where the astute investor can scoop up...

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) Statement Regarding Supreme Court Ruling in Dukes Case: "We are pleased with today's ruling and believe the Court made the right decision. Walmart has had strong policies against discrimination for many years. The Court today unanimously rejected class certification and, as...

In times of uncertainty, investors look to high-dividend paying stocks for some sort of normalcy. Every investor looks for dividends to juice yields and returns, as dividends are an important source of income for many, especially retirees. We also want to be playing the same game the "smart money...

Philip Morris USA (NYSE: MO) filed a civil lawsuit on Friday against 17 retailers in the Miami area for selling counterfeit Marlboro® cigarettes. This lawsuit is part of a multi-faceted campaign by PM USA aimed at combating the sale of counterfeit Marlboro® cigarettes in south Florida.

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is trading over 1% higher on the session on a positive court ruling. The shares are currently trading at $53.42. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats worldwide.

Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies is out with a research note this morning on the potential economic fallout of a Greece default on the U.S. consumer, as well as the parallels of the situation in Greece to a couple of U.S.-based retailers. Sozzi says that enormous amounts of debt are prevalent...

Shares of Hansen Natural Corporation (NASDAQ: HANS) are higher on the session by 0.69%, trading at $72.81. Overall call volume is now running at 10.74x the daily average, with 12% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 11,860 contracts have traded on the session so far. Hansen Natural...

Goldman Sachs provided color on ConAgra (NYSE: CAG) ahead of the company's quarterly earnings report, which is due to be published on Thursday, June 23. In a research report published today, Goldman states, "ConAgra (CAG, Neutral) reports 4QFY11 results and issues its FY12 outlook on Thursday,...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced today that the company has completed its investment for a 51% stake in South African-based Massmart Holdings Limited for ZAR148.00 per Massmart ordinary share. In terms of the transaction agreement, Walmart is entitled to nominate the chairman and three...

Heckmann Corporation (NYSE: HEK) today announced its acquisition of Consolidated Petroleum, a private full service water pumping and delivery service company providing water transfer solutions to oil and gas customers engaged in hydraulic fracturing. CPI's primary operations are located in the...

Zhongpin Inc. (Nasdaq: HOGS) today announced that Mr. Xianfu Zhu, Zhongpin's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Baoke Ben, Director and Executive Vice President, expect to use their personal funds to purchase up to an aggregate total of $1 million worth of Zhongpin's common stock in open...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Lithia Motors Inc (NYSE: LAD) is “way too speculative for you. I'd go with Carmax (NYSE: KMX) or with AutoNation (NYSE: AN)." For Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (NYSE: KMP), Jim said, "People didn't like the secondary. I say that'...

WD-40 Company (Nasdaq: WDFC) announced today that it has entered into a $75.0 million three-year revolving unsecured credit agreement with Bank of America, N.A.. The new credit facility replaces an existing $10.0 million unsecured credit line with Union Bank, N.A. executed in September 2008....

Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) 9,990 puts, 11 calls 2. Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RAH) 5,485 puts, 80 calls 3. Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE: ETE) 2,740 puts, 91 calls 4. NetLogic Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL) 3,192 puts, 107 calls 5....

The action in Coffee Holding Co. (NASDAQ: JVA) has been extremely explosive over the last couple of weeks. During the course on one month, JVA has jumped 140%. During Friday's trading session, the stock has added another 8% and is trading at $15.20. The 52-week range in JVA is $3.67 to $16.20. The...