Personal Products

General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) reported its Q1 profit at $3.2 billion, or $1.77 per share, from $865 million, or $0.55 per share, in the year-earlier period. The latest quarter earnings included special items of $0.82 per share. The company's revenue surged to $36.2 billion, from $31.5 billion....

Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE: EL) released its results for the fiscal third quarter today. The company reported its quarterly earnings at $124.7 million, or $0.62 per share, up from $57.5 million, or $0.28 per share, in the year-ago period. The company's net sales increased to $2.17 billion...

Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) Reports EPS of $0.71 vs. $0.57 Estimate; Revenues $2.17B vs. $2.05B Estimate

Sara Lee Corp (NYSE: SLE) is estimated to post its Q3 EPS at $0.25 on revenue of $2.23 billion. General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.93 on revenue of $35.59 billion. Visa Inc (NYSE: V) is expected to post its Q2 earnings at $1.20 per share on revenue of $2....

Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2011 results before the opening bell tomorrow, May 5. Analysts are looking for the cosmetics purveyor to announce that earnings came in at $0.57 per share. That compares to a consensus estimate of $0.47 some 90 days ago, as well as...

Avon (NYSE: AVP) Probe Uncovers Questionable Payments Outside Of China, Wall Street Journal Reports.

Goldman Sachs upgraded its earnings per share estimates on Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) in a research report published today. In the report, Goldman Sachs states, "1Q11 EPS of $0.37 was $0.06 ahead of our $0.31 estimate, with upside coming from sales and gross margin. We are raising our 2011/2012/...

Goldman Sachs is raising its estimates on shares of Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) following earnings. It has a Sell rating and a $29 price target on shares, up from $28. In a note to investors, Goldman writes, "1Q11 EPS of $0.37 was $0.06 ahead of our $0.31 estimate, with upside coming from sales and...

Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) reported better-than-expected adjusted profit for the first quarter on Wednesday. The company's quarterly profit dropped to $653 million, or $0.59 per share, from $725 million, or $0.62 per share, in the year-ago quarter. The company's adjusted earnings came in at $0.58...

Gainers (% price change): Libbey Inc. (LBY) produces glass tableware in five countries and sells to over 100 countries is trading at a price of $16.68, a dramatic change of +4.81 (40.52%) from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company...

Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS) Reports EPS of $0.56 vs. $0.52 Estimate; Revenues $395.8M vs. $391M Estimate

By 10:25 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 6.85 points, or 0.05%, to 12,814.21, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 3.08 points, or 0.23%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 13.57 points, or 0.47%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are supporting the markets...

Shares of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) are higher on the session by 13.31%, trading at $102.27. Overall call volume is now running at 8.49x the daily average, with 68% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 3,836 contracts have traded on the session so far. Herbalife Ltd. is a global...

Jefferies provided color on Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) in a research report published today. Herbalife posted better than expected Q1 earnings results. Jefferies predicted earnings per share will be $1.22, while consensus estimate was $1.21. Herbalife posted much higher earnings per share of $1.43,...

Jefferies provided color on Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) in a research report published today. Herbalife posted better than expected Q1 earnings results. Jefferies predicted earnings per share will be $1.22, while consensus estimate was $1.21. Herbalife posted much higher earnings per share of $1.43,...