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Technology outsourcing and consulting major Accenture plc (ACN) recently announced its intention to acquire Germany-based customer relationship management (CRM) and mobility software provider CAS Computer AG. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of January 2011. Financial terms of the...

Technology outsourcing and consulting major Accenture plc (ACN) recently announced its intention to acquire Germany-based customer relationship management (CRM) and mobility software provider CAS Computer AG. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of January 2011. Financial terms of the...

There is a lot that can be learned from the greatest investor of all time. There have been many books, magazine articles, and television programs about Warren Buffett. In helping to make us all better investors, we have been looking at specific things that Buffett looks for in an...

There is a lot that can be learned from the greatest investor of all time. There have been many books, magazine articles, and television programs about Warren Buffett. In helping to make us all better investors, we have been looking at specific things that Buffett looks for in an...

Shares of Hansen's Natural (NASDAQ: HANS) are moving higher on unusual volume during Friday's trading session. The stock has gained 5.56% to $53.00. More than 1.5 million shares have been traded compared to a daily average volume of 753,000. HANS is a stock that may be off of a lot of traders...

Shares of Heckmann Corporation (NYSE: HEK) are higher on the session by 3.09%, currently trading at $4.00. 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. A...

Shares of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) are higher on the session by 1.05%, trading at $37.50. Overall call volume is now running at 2.91x the daily average, with 58% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,025 contracts have traded on the session so far. Dr. Pepper Snapple Group...

Stifel Nicolaus increases its price target on Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) from $70 to $75.

Barry Diller just made a large purchase of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and perhaps it's time to consider Coke as an investment. Diller bought 270,000 shares on 11/11, at a price of $62.59. Shares closed today at $62.08. If you can purchase the world's preeminent brand at a price lower than one of its...

Unconfirmed Rumors that Hansen Natural Corporation (HANS) could be acquired by The Coca-Cola Company (KO) at $63.00 a share..Neither company could be reached for comment...

PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) today announced the appointment of Timothy P. Cost to the newly created position of executive vice president, global corporate affairs effective December 1.

With stocks getting hit hard on Friday on fears of a Chinese rate hike, it may be time to move into some lower beta names that don't react as drastically in a stock market correction. Here is how some widely held, blue-chip stocks are trading with around an hour and a half left in the trading week...

On CNBC's Fast Money, Carter Worth said that he is a buyer of Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (NYSE: JAS). Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (JAS) fell 0.59% today, and closed at $45.40. Karen Finerman wants to buy put options in iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (NYSE: IWM) on Friday. iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (IWM)...

Jeremy Grantham is on CNBC and he is fairly bearish on stocks, and he is modestly underweight as a whole on stocks. Grantham said that blue chips are much cheaper than other stocks, and he is recommending to his clients that they be overweight in blue chip names, such as Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and...