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Top 4 Stocks In The Chemicals–Major Diversified Industry With The Highest Dividend Yield (OLN, DD, HUN, ACET)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 5:53am | 122Below are the top chemicals-major diversified stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Olin Corporation (NYSE: OLN) has a dividend yield of 3.90%. OLN's shares closed at $21.32 yesterday. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co (NYSE: DD) has a dividend yield of 3.50%. DD's shares...
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Earnings Scheduled For October 26 (DD, DV, BMY, COH, MCK, AFL, DWA, FIS, X, F, NBR, VLO, MHP, SHW, LXK, BRCM, KMB, WU, UA)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 4:39am | 412DuPont (NYSE: DD) is expected to post its Q3 EPS at $0.33. DeVry (NYSE: DV) is likely to report its FQ1 earnings of $0.95 per share. Bristol-Myers Squibb & Co (NYSE: BMY) may post its Q3 earnings at $0.53 per share. Coach Inc (NYSE: COH) is estimated to post its fiscal first-quarter earnings at...
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Stocks To Watch For October 26 (F, TXN, DD, AMGN, BMY)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 4:37am | 215Some of the stocks that may grab the investor focus are: Wall Street expects Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) to report its Q3 EPS at $0.36. F's shares surged 1.91% to $14.42 in the after-hours trading session. Texas Instruments Inc (NYSE: TXN) reported its Q3 profit at $0.71 per share, up from $0.42...
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PPG to Display Military Vehicle That Highlights Products at AUSA 2010 Meeting
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 4:36pm | 163PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) will display a high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, today through Oct. 27 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. The vehicle highlights PPG products...
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Used Home Sales Rise, Prices Fall - Analyst Blog
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 2:33pm | 1289Existing home sales rose 10.0% in September to an annual rate of 4.53 million from a slightly downwardly revised rate of 4.12 million in August. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 19.1%. Existing home sales have been significantly distorted by the tax credit timing. A year ago, sales were...
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Chasing Value: Apple's Cash Is Different
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 1:50pm | 186When you write about Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), you inevitably hear from some naive person informing you that, "You just don't get it; Apple is different." There are certainly many things about Apple that are very different, but in the context of the "you just don't get it" crowd, it is absolutely not....
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MWS Capital Sees A Long Term Bull Market For Cotton (MON, DD, DE)
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 1:48pm | 223Matt Shapiro of MWS Capital said in an interview on CNBC that cotton prices had a great run recently on strong demand from China, and poor harvest. He thinks that Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (NYSE: DD) and Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) will benefit from...
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Stock Market News for October 25, 2010 - Market News
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 10:03am | 663Stocks had a mixed day on Friday but they still managed to close another week on a high note, as investors continued to bet that markets' recent momentum is here to stay. Traders refrained from placing bigger bets as a group of finance ministers met in South Korea amid an ensuing currency war....
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Goldman Sachs Raises PPG Industries Estimates And PT
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 9:38am | 110In its weekly earnings recap, Goldman Sachs said that it is raising its PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PPG) 2010/11/12 EPS estimates to $5.03/$5.55/$5.90 from $4.72/$5.28/$5.70. “Our new higher estimates reflect better volume growth, higher margins at commodity chemicals and glass segments, and a...
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Pranksters Deal Out Corporate Headaches
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 8:23am | 335On the surface it looked like just another effort by an oil company to improve its environmental image. Earlier this week, Chevron (NYSE: CVX) released a statement kicking off a new multimillion dollar ad campaign highlighting its common ground with most Americans on energy issues. But as...
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Monsanto, FMC Corporation Announce Crop Protection Collaboration
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 10:40am | 82Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) today announced an agreement that broadens Monsanto's Roundup Ready PLUS weed management platform in the United States to include selected FMC products. FMC herbicides covered under the agreement include the growing line of soybean...
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PPG Directors Announce Dividend of 55 Cents
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 8:50am | 34The board of directors of PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) yesterday declared a regular quarterly dividend of 55 cents per share, payable Dec. 10 to shareholders of record Nov. 10.
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PPG Board of Directors Authorizes Repurchase of 10M Shares
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 8:25am | 32PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) announced today that its board of directors yesterday authorized the repurchase of an additional 10 million shares of outstanding common stock.
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PPG Improves, Beats Estimate - Analyst Blog
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 7:33pm | 641PPG Industries (PPG) reported net income (GAAP) of $262 million or $1.58 per share in the third quarter of 2010 compared with $159 million or 96 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. However, adjusted net income was $264 million or $1.59 per share versus $161 million or 97 cents per share...
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Fast Money Picks For October 22nd (GMCR, DD, TSN, XLP)
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 7:25pm | 191On CNBC's Fast Money, Stephen Weiss said that he likes managed care companies. Brian Kelly thinks that investors should short sell Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) on Friday. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) fell 0.70% on Thursday. Guy Adami is a buyer of E.I. du Pont...