Packaged Foods & Meats

By 10:20 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 140.36 points, or 1.13%, to 12,525.52, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 14.55 points, or 1.11%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 48.57 points, or 1.76%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the...

POINT ROBERTS, July 18, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on top percentage gainers on the NASDAQ in morning trading for July 18, 2011.Ener1, Inc., Inc topped the gainer list, rising about 20.34% at the time of this report. Ener1,...

Zhongpin Inc. (Nasdaq: HOGS) today announced that it will host a conference call and live webcast at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (New York) on July 19, 2011 (which is 8:00 p.m. in China on the same day). The conference call will address investors' concerns regarding the recent volatility of the...

Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc (NASDAQ: PPDI) shares surged 16.04% to $32.33 at 10:32 am. The volume of PPDI shares traded was 568% higher than normal. According to The Wall Street Journal, PPDI is exploring a sale. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: CHKP) shares moved up 2.58...

Zhongpin (NASDAQ: HOGS) is down today on this report, according to this tweet by @markflowchatter. The story's headline reads "China to release some pork reserves to fight inflation."

Shares of Ralcorp Holdings (NYSE: RAH) are lower on the session by 1.94%, trading at $84.94. Overall call volume is now running at 2.57x the daily average, with 32% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,681 contracts have traded on the session so far. Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. is...

Analysts at JP Morgan downgraded TeleCommunication Systems (NASDAQ: TSYS) from “overweight” to “neutral.” TSYS' stock closed at $5.20 yesterday. TSYS' trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 3.33%. Analysts at KeyBanc Capital markets downgraded Petrohawk Energy Corp (NYSE: HK) from “buy” to “hold...

Deutsche Bank is downgrading shares of Diamond Foods (NASDAQ: DMND) from Buy to Hold, but is keeping its $76 price target. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "Although we believe in the strategic logic behind the Pringles acquisition and management's entrepreneurial approach to the snack...

Deutsche Bank has downgraded Diamond Foods (NASDAQ: DMND) from Buy to Hold and maintains its $76 price target.

Ralcorp (NYSE: RAH) is down 4% in after hours on a lower guidance that was announced after the close. The company sees Q3 EPS of $1.13-1.18 vs. $1.37 estimate. Ralcorp shares are currently trading at $83, a loss of 4.18%

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RAH) today announced that, based upon information currently available, the Company expects that diluted earnings per share for the third quarter will be between $0.85 and $0.90. Excluding $0.24 of reductions related to economic hedges and $0.04 of reductions related...

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RAH) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously agreed in principle to separate Ralcorp and Post Foods in a tax-free spin-off to Ralcorp shareholders. The Company expects to complete the separation in approximately four to six months, following the...

Cusick's Corner The sellers have taken a bit out of this market into the Midday and I am a little surprised at how aggressively they are doing so. The volatility has been picking up and while it is typical for volatility to abate into this afternoon and tomorrow, we are not seeing that reflected...

Shares of ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) gained about 0.24% after the company acquired Firecrest Clinical, a market-leading provider of technology solutions that boost investigator site performance and study management. Shares of Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc (NYSE: FCS) surged about 5.5%...

It appears the straight up run in Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: JVA) shares is over, as shares are off 8% today. After running over 400% in the past three months, shares have faltered this week, seeing two down days after seemingly never seeing any red. The small $116 million market cap-...