Personal Products

(TheStreet) -- Critics have been saying for a long time that the Securities and Exchange Commission misses all the big investor issues of the day, and is at least 30 years behind the times. That is tragically unfair. Why, look at the Investor Bulletin that the SEC just generated, warning of the...

Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) and the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region signed a Memorandum of Agreement to affirm the terms of an ongoing working relationship between the American Red Cross and Herbalife to support the LA community during disaster relief operations and in emergency preparedness...

The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Monday's trading session: 1) Greif (NYSE: GEF): Shares of Greif hit a 52-week high of $67.36 in Monday's trading session. The stock closed at $67.04. The year-to-date performance of Greif has been a gain of 9%. 2) Raptor Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: RPTP...

According to Oppenheimer, Prestige Brands Holdings (NYSE: PBH) held a management meeting. Oppenheimer said that its meeting with PBH senior management underscored its view that the company has made meaningful progress on a number of fronts and is no longer a broken story, with the numbers bearing...

Shares of USANA Health Sciences (NASDAQ: USNA) are lower on the session by 0.15%, currently trading at $27.26. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six months and is currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today...

Below are the top personal products stocks on the NYSE in terms of dividend yield. Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) has a dividend yield of 4.20%. KMB's shares closed at $66.02 on Friday. Procter & Gamble Company (The) (NYSE: PG) has a dividend yield of 3.20%. PG's shares closed at $65....

Natural Alternatives International, Inc. (Nasdaq: NAII) today announced its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $2 million worth of its shares. Under the repurchase plan, NAI may, from time to time, purchase shares of its common stock, depending upon market conditions, in...

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) today announced the opening of the Estée Lauder Companies Asia Innovation Center, located in Shanghai, China. The new center will explore the genetic basis for differences in the response of human skin to environmental stressors and study the safety and...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting data on jobless claims and sales data from retailers. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 32 points to 12,306.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 4.10 points to 1,316.20. Nasdaq 100...

Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. (NYSE: WNI), through its subsidiary Schiff Nutrition Group, Inc., purchased certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Ganeden Biotech, Inc. for $40 million in cash utilizing its existing revolving credit facility. Schiff now owns the worldwide...

Natural Alternatives International Inc (NASDAQ: NAII) shares moved down 14.02% to $3.74 at 9:55 am. NAII reported FQ3 net income of $181,000. American Superconductor Corp (NASDAQ: AMSC) shares dropped 13.66% to $9.23. American Superconductor reported that it will delay filing its annual report...

By 10:23 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 63.65 points, or 0.51%, to 12,331.01, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 4.88 points, or 0.37%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 0.27 point, or 0.01%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are supporting the markets...

California Pizza Kitchen Inc (NASDAQ: CPKI) shares surged 9.93% to $18.37 at 10:13 am. The volume of CPKI shares traded was 30134% higher than normal. CPKI agreed to sell itself to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital for about $470 million. Inter Parfums Inc (NASDAQ: IPAR) shares moved up 5.04...

Below are the top drug related products stocks on the NYSE in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Herbalife Ltd (NYSE: HLF) is 68.10%. HLF's PEG ratio is 1.27. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at USANA Health Sciences Inc (NYSE: USNA) is 39.81%. USNA...

Morgan Stanley is out with its report today on Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), maintaining Equal-weight. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "We do expect 5% EPS upside versus consensus in the balance of the year, as we believe consensus is mis-modeling positive FX benefits and easier...