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Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) announces its next round of earnings this Friday, August 5, 2011. Here's Benzinga's advanced look at Procter & Gamble's fourth quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Based on estimates, investors are readying for a positive EPS reading of 82 cents/...

Shares of Energizer Holdings (NYSE: ENR) are lower on the session by 0.69%, currently trading at $80.08. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while...

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...

An Institute of Medicine medical advisory panel recently recommended to the Health and Human Services Department that contraception should qualify as preventive care. Since insurers must fully cover the cost of preventative care under the new health care law, then everyone would have access to free...

Kellogg Co (NYSE: K) reported a 14% rise in its second-quarter profit. Kellogg reported its quarterly profit at $343 million, or $0.94 per share, up from $302 million, or $0.79 per share, in the year-ago period. Its sales climbed 11% to $3.39 billion. However, analysts were expecting a profit of $0...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Energizer Holdings (NYSE: ENR), raising its PT from $84 to $95. In its report, J.P. Morgan writes, "We rate ENR OW. Valuation should continue to improve for ENR due to stronger top line results and margin expansion. We are establishing a year end 2012...

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Thursday, July 28, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Thursday's pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S. equity futures are trading flat as traders wait for the decision on the debt ceiling and the weekly...

Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE: CL) reported a 3% rise in its second-quarter profit. Colgate-Palmolive reported its quarterly profit at $622 million, or $1.26 per share, up from $603 million, or $1.17 per share, in the year-earlier period. Its revenue climbed 9.5% to $4.19 billion. However, analysts...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Energizer Holdings (NYSE: ENR) from $84 to $95 and maintains its Overweight rating.

Astrazeneca PLC (NYSE: AZN) is expected to report its Q2 EPS at $1.80 on revenue of $8.19 billion. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $2.33 on revenue of $121.39 billion. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) is estimated to report its Q2 EPS at $0.55 on...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and entry/exit points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Wednesday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...

The S&P 500 (SPX) took a major hit in Wednesday's trading session, finishing down 27.05 points, or 2.03%, from Tuesday's close to 1304.89. The selling began just after the opening bell, and the index extended its losses throughout the session, closing near the low of the day (1303.49), as...

Winners: Harbin Electric (NASDAQ: HRBN) is trading up roughly 3.30%. Crown Media (NASDAQ: CRWN) is trading up roughly 2.90%. QEP Resources (NYSE: QEP) is trading up roughly 2.70%. Liz Claiborne (NYSE: LIZ) is trading up roughly 1.80%. Netspend Holdings (NASDAQ: NTSP) is trading up roughly 1%....

On CNBC's Fast Money, Dan Nathan said that investors should be defensive and buy weekly puts in SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) on Wednesday. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) fell 0.37% today, and it closed at $133.33. Guy Adami likes Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD), and wants to buy it...

The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today announced that the company's board of directors, in consultation with its independent legal and financial advisers, has unanimously determined that the revised unsolicited, conditional proposal to acquire Clorox, received on July 20, 2011, from Icahn Enterprises...