Diversified Chemicals

Ashland Inc (NYSE: ASH) reported its FQ2 net profit at $353 million, or $4.39 per share, up from $22 million, or $0.27 per share, in the year-earlier period. ASH's quarterly sales increased 9.4% to $1.56 billion. Excluding a gain from the sale of its distribution business and other one-time items...

The Western Union Company (WU) -0.14%  is forecast to post earnings of 34 cents a share in the first quarter. Shares of Western Union Company are trading higher by +0.05% ahead of its quarterly earnings release. Western Union, the money transfer services company is expected to release its...

Holzer Holzer & Fistel announces that it has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of ShengdaTech (NASDAQ: SDTH) common stock who purchased shares between March 15, 2010 and March 15, 2011, inclusive. The...

Jefferies & Company has raised the price target on DuPont (NYSE: DD) from $59 to $64 and maintains its Buy rating.

Citi Investment Research has a Buy rating and a $65 price target on shares of E I du Pont de Nemours and Co (NYSE: DD) after the chemical company reported earnings this morning. In a note to investors, Citi writes, "DD reported 1Q EPS of $1.52 vs. our estimate of $1.40 and consensus of $1.36....

The holiday rally continues again this morning after strong corporate earnings reports by Apple Inc.(NASDAQ: AAPL), and Qualcomm Inc.(NASDAQ: QCOM). The S&P 500 Index e-mini futures(ES-M1) are trading higher by 5.00 points to 1333.00 per contract. Often, before a long holiday weekend the major...

The board of directors of PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) today approved a two cents-per-share increase in the company's dividend, declaring a regular quarterly dividend of 57 cents per share, payable June 10 to shareholders of record May 10. PPG's prior quarterly dividend was 55 cents per share.

It's a story of earnings beats and revenue beats, which should make Wall Street happy this morning, as all the heavy hitters beat earnings this morning. General Electric (NYSE: GE) reported earnings of 33 cents per share on revenues of $38.4 billion. This compared to Wall Street estimates of 28...

PPG (NYSE: PPG) Reports Q1 EPS of $0.69 vs. $1.31; Revenues $3.5B vs. $3.4B

General Electric (NYSE: GE) reported EPS of $0.33/share versus a $0.28/share estimate. Dupont (NYSE: DD) reported EPS of $1.52 vs $1.36 estimate. Travelers (NYSE: TRV) reported $1.89 vs $1.51 estimate while raising its dividend to $0.44. Finally, Blackrock (NYSE: BLK) reported Q1 EPS of $2.96 vs. $...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are higher this morning, after upbeat results from Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL). Investors are awaiting earnings reports from several companies and data on jobless claims. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 67 points to 12,463.00 and futures on the S...

EI DuPont de Nemours & Co (NYSE: DD) reported its Q1 earnings at $1.52 per share, up from $1.24 per share, in the year-ago period. The company's sales increased 18% to $10.0 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $1.36 per share on revenue of $9.19 billion. DuPont raised its...

US stock futures are higher this morning, after upbeat results from Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL). Investors are awaiting earnings reports from several companies and data on jobless claims. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 53 points to 12,449.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock...

Deere & Company (DE)- Mkt cap 39.53B, P/E 18.85, Div/yield 0.35/1.49, EPS 4.98 Samuel R. Allen- Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer James M. Field- Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President Related companies: AGCO Corporation (AGCO), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), The Toro Company...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE: AMD) is expected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.05 on revenue of $1.61 billion. McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) is projected to post its Q1 EPS at $1.14 on revenue of $6.00 billion. General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) is projected to post its Q1 EPS at $0.28 on revenue of $34...