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UPDATE: Citi Lowers PT on Clorox to $69
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 8:04am | 96Citi is out with its report today on Clorox (NYSE: CLX), lowering its PT from $71 to $69. In its report, Citi writes, "CLX continues to be impacted by weak category growth and input cost pressures. With the stock trading ahead of its fundamentals (boosted by Icahn's proposed takeover), we maintain...
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Citigroup Lowers PT On Clorox To $69
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 5:54am | 25Citigroup has lowered the price target on Clorox (NYSE: CLX) from $71 to $69 and maintains its Hold rating.
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Kimberly-Clark Health Care Announces Selling Price Increase
Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 1:09pm | 42Kimberly-Clark Health Care (NYSE: KMB) announced today that it is implementing a double-digit price increase on synthetic exam gloves due to unprecedented demand for and rising costs of raw materials, particularly butadiene and acrylonitrile.
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Colgate and Kimberly-Clark to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 5:51am | 313While the markets trended downward most of the day yesterday, consumer goods giants Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) and Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) reached new mutliyear highs of $90.99 and $69.39 per share, respectively. Colgate-Palmolive reported strong second-quarter results earlier this summer,...
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Zings Of The Day, August 31, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 2:39pm | 143Russian bailiffs today raided BP's (NYSE: BP) Moscow offices with regards to a lawsuit over the company's joint venture in Russia, through minority shareholders of TNK-BP. In Soviet Russia, nothing goes right. You're screwed. Carl Icahn yesterday saying his board nominees would try to sell...
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Clorox Responds to Carl Icahn Press Release
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 7:58pm | 277The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today issued the following statement in response to a press release issued by Carl Icahn. The Clorox board of directors remains open to any credible proposal, and believes that Mr. Icahn's latest proposal is highly conditional, substantially undervalues the company...
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Fortune Brands Announces Addition of Two Directors to Board of Beam
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 7:35am | 112Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE: FO) today announced the addition of two directors to the board of Beam, the standalone public spirits company to result from the planned separation of its businesses. Effective December 1, 2011, Stephen W. Golsby, president and chief executive officer of Mead Johnson...
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UPDATE: Citi Lowering Price Target On Energizer Holdings
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 1:22pm | 175Citi Investment Research is out with a research report on Energizer Holdings Inc (NYSE: ENR) and is lowering its price target to $86 from $95. It still rates shares at Buy. In a note to clients, Citi Investment Research writes, "Hurricanes that come on shore and quickly dissipate (as is often...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Cleaning Products Industry With The Highest Operating Margin
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 3:07am | 125Below are the top cleaning products stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Church & Dwight Company Inc (NYSE: CHD) is 16.94%. CHD's ROE for the same period is 14.95%. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Ecolab...
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The Clorox Company Issues Statement Regarding Icahn Announcement
Friday, August 19, 2011 - 9:01am | 435The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today issued the following statement regarding the announcement by High River Limited Partnership, an affiliate of Icahn Enterprises L.P., that it has submitted a full slate of 11 nominees to replace the entire existing board of directors and stand for election at...
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Could This Be the Beginning of a Recession
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 7:32pm | 859I can't remember how many times I have written that the U.S. is the largest debtor nation in the history of the world. Well yesterday I was reading a post from a reader who is an economics professor and he told me that I was correct. We are the largest debtor nation in the history of the world but...
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UPDATE: Jefferies Lowers PT on Procter & Gamble to $69
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 6:41am | 101Jefferies is out with its report today on Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), lowering its PT to $69 from $71. In its report, Jefferies writes, "We are lowering our PT and 2012E (Jun) EPS est. on near-term pressures, notably commodity inflation not fully offset by price increases. Mgt is targeting...
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Jefferies Lowers PT On Procter & Gamble To $69
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 5:23am | 27Jefferies & Company has lowered the price target on Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) from $71 to $69 and maintains its Hold rating.
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market Gainers
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 6:57am | 110Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) moved up 2.26% to $51.11 in the pre-market session. WMT reported a 5.7% rise in its fiscal second-quarter net income. Home Depot Inc (The) (NYSE: HD) added 1.72% to $32.00 in the pre-market session. HD reported a 14% rise in its fiscal-second-quarter net income....
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Morgan Stanley Upgrades Colgate To Overweight
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 9:17am | 31According to Morgan Stanley, Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) has been upgraded from Equal-Weight to Overweight. PT is set at $92. Colgate closed yesterday at $80.18.