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Analysts at Goldman upgrade Church & Dwight Co Inc (NYSE: CHD) from “neutral” to “buy.” The target price for CHD is set to $81. CHD shares fell 0.09% to close at $69.09 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Goldman Sachs has upgraded Church & Dwight Co. Inc. (NYSE: CHD) from Hold to Buy and has raised the price target from $71 to $81.

The Board of Directors of The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) declared a quarterly dividend of forty-eight point eighteen cents ($0.4818) per share on the Common Stock and on the Series A and Series B ESOP Convertible Class A Preferred Stock of the Company, payable on or after February 15,...

We are maintaining our Neutral recommendation on Procter & Gamble Co. (PG). Procter & Gamble reported an EPS of $1.02 per share for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, up 5.2% from 97 cents in the year-ago period, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.00. Revenues were $20.1 billion...

We are maintaining our Neutral recommendation on Procter & Gamble Co. (PG). Procter & Gamble reported an EPS of $1.02 per share for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, up 5.2% from 97 cents in the year-ago period, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.00. Revenues were $20.1 billion...

WD-40 Company (Nasdaq: WDFC) today reported sales for the first quarter ended November 30, 2010, of $80.9 million, an increase of 4% from the first quarter last year. Net income for the first quarter was $9.1 million, down 4% from the prior fiscal year first quarter. Diluted earnings per share for...

Cusick's Corner The market continues to consolidate, but it's still not exhibiting clear signs of any directional bias. This is not stating that the rally is over, it's a sign that leadership is shifting out of Commodities (thanks to the Dollar move) and more into Tech (XLK). All eyes will be on...

Shares of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) are lower on the session by 0.25%, trading at $62.95. Overall call volume is now running at 7.07x the daily average, with 72% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 6,350 contracts have traded on the session so far. Kimberly-Clark...

UBS changes its price target on the following companies: Skyworks (NASDAQ: SWKS) from $28 to $35. HiSoft Tech (NASDAQ: HSFT) from $21 to $31. Envestnet (NYSE: ENV) from $16 to $19. CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) from $288 to $311. Clorox (NYSE: CLX) from $76 to $72.

• Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has announced plans to purchase Atheros Communications (NASDAQ:ATHR) for $45 per share, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion • After yesterday's close, Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $1.01 ex-items, versus $0.24 a year ago, ahead of the Zacks...

Coach handbags may have been popular holiday gifts in December, but Coach stock continues to see its fair share of fans even into the new year. Tuesday afternoon, the January 2013 55-strike calls in Coach saw unusual activity, as more than 10,000 contracts changed hands. Shortly after 1:00 p.m....

• Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has announced plans to purchase Atheros Communications (NASDAQ:ATHR) for $45 per share, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion • After yesterday's close, Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $1.01 ex-items, versus $0.24 a year ago, ahead of the Zacks...

Analysts at Deutsche Bank downgrade The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) from “buy” to “hold.” The target price for CLX has been lowered from $67 to $65. CLX shares closed at $61.57 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here