Household Products

• Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) reported a one-cent second quarter beat with earnings of $1.17 on revenues up 1.8% to $3.8, shy of Street projections of $3.94 billion • Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) topped consensus expectations by a nickel with fiscal third quarter earnings of $1.29 on a 3.1% revenue...

US stock futures have risen sharply today as strong earnings reports from European and US firms have buoyed investor sentiments. While futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 53 points to 10501, those on the S&P 500 added 5.80 points to 1107.90. Meanwhile, Nasdaq 100 futures gained...

Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) reports its Q2 EPS at $1.17, beating the Street view of $1.16. CL’s Q2 revenue came in at $3.81 billion, missing the consensus of $3.94 billion. CL’s shares lost 3.41% to $81.00 in pre-market trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

Below are the top personal product stocks on the NYSE in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) is 16.19%. PG’s gross profit for the same period stands at $40.13 billion. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Colgate-Palmolive...

Overall market view - this was a much needed pullback.  Commodities are being bum rushed as student body left turns into student body right.  U.S. Steel (X) - which is U.S. and European based - NOT Asia is showing the danger of the earnings reports in the coming 2 weeks; companies much more focused...

Energizer Holdings (NYSE: ENR), today announced results of its third quarter ended June 30, 2010. Net earnings for the quarter were $104.0 million, or $1.47 per diluted share, versus net earnings of $72.7 million, or $1.13 per diluted share in the third fiscal quarter of 2009. Third quarter...

• Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted fiscal fourth quarter earnings of 51 cents compared with Zacks estimate of 47 cents. Revenues were up 22.5% year over year to $16 billion compared with Zacks estimate of $15.3 billion • SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) posted second quarter earnings of 18 cents, on revenues...

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) reports its Q2 EPS at $1.20, beating the consensus of $1.13. KMB reports its Q2 revenue at $4.9 billion versus the consensus of $4.95 billion. Kimberly Clark still projects its EPS for 2010 at $4.80-$5.00 versus the consensus of $4.80. Read more from Benzinga's...

Shares of Kimberly Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) are lower on the session by 1.29%, currently trading at $62.23. The stock has been moving largely sideways for the past four months, finding support near $60.00 and resistance near $63.00. Options traders are buying calls on the name today, betting on a...

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Consumers’ growing pessimism about the economic recovery shook investors’ confidence on Friday, sending major averages off at least 2%, even as some companies reported better-than-anticipated quarterly numbers.  Financials led on the downside after some big names from the sector posted weaker-than-...

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Cusick's Corner Leak is plugged, delinquencies are down and you can still fix a 4G phone with duct tape -- all is good with the world. As I write this, Google (GOOG) reported earnings of $6.45, impressive, but short of estimates that were .07, so the stock is trading down after the close. Goldman...