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Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPS) reported third-quarter 2010 adjusted earnings of 64 cents per share, compared with 59 cents in the year-ago period. Quarterly earnings also topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 60 cents. During the quarter, Dr Pepper's net sales grew 2% year over year to $1....

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE) recorded earnings per share of 58 cents a share (including results from Norway and Sweden), which topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 54 cents. Prior-year quarter earnings were 50 cents. Results for the reported quarter include Norway and Sweden while...

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: CCE) will report Q3 earnings before the open today, J.P. Morgan reports. “The deal to divest its North American business to KO closed on October 3rd, and the company will be publishing Q3 reported results for its European business without Norway and Sweden and pro...

Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) today reported third-quarter 2010 net income of $208 million. On a pro forma basis including results from Norway and Sweden, third-quarter 2010 earnings per diluted common share were 58 cents. CCE achieves strong, balanced third-quarter results and fulfills...

www.CartoonStock.com Most recently the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports got (and still get) a lot of press around the blogosphere, regularly picking out the rapid increases in the net short /net long positions of non-commercial and commercial traders (respectively) in major market...

Cusick's Corner In the words of the infamous song “Pina Colada” – “I was tired of my lady, we've been together too long, like a worn out recording of a favorite song,” the market seems to have tired of the old QE2 is-a-coming talk and maybe tired of this current run. Folks, we have been hearing...

Cusick's Corner As I have stated in past Corners, as the Euro Currency goes so does the market -- that correlation between FXE and SPY is still intact today. The Euro FXE pulled back in the last week from the $1.40 to the $1.37 and the SPY has been in lock step with this move. Both markets are...

Shares of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: CCE) are lower on the session by 2.83%, currently trading at $23.49. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months, above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago the...

Reuters' Dealtalk column is out with an interesting take on the whole Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) situation, saying that the company could be takeout fodder for up four different companies. The article states that, due to GMCR's blazing revenue growth and its near-monopoly in the...

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (NYSE: DPS) reported third quarter 2010 diluted earnings of $0.60 per share, including $0.04 of strike-related costs, compared to $0.59 per share in the prior year period. Diluted earnings per share were $0.60 compared to $0.54 in the prior year excluding separation-...

If we were all as lucky as Warren Buffett, we would be able to make investments in companies like ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB-PH), Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT), Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) and call them...

FEMSA (FMX), formally known as Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., reported third quarter 2010 net income from continuing operations of MXN 5,057 million ($394.7 million). The quarter's net income increased an impressive 35.1% from the year-ago quarter. Total revenue grew 4.3% year over...

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (Nasdaq: COKE) today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a dividend for the Fourth Quarter of 2010 of $.25 per share on shares of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock payable on November 19, 2010 to shareholders of record as of the...

(TheStreet) -- Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) says U.S. stocks will trade within a narrow range. The bank predicts a ceiling of 1,200 on the S&P 500 and a floor of 1,000. It's no wonder the bank is recommending clients purchase dividend stocks. Here are 15 of Credit Suisse's 20 favorites. They are...