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E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company (DD) Update
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 3:26pm | 137Analysts at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) have released a report on E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company (NYSE: DD). Analysts see a 5% upside to the consensus 2010 EPS forecasts driven mainly by a strong global recovery. DuPont has raised the FY10 EPS guidance from $2.10-$2.40 to $2.15-$2.45 as the...
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DuPont Posts A Profit (DD)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 11:41am | 112Chemicals conglomerate DuPont (NYSE: DD) posted a profit in Q4 and raised guidance for its 2010 earnings outlook. The company earned $441 million, or 48 cents a share, on revenue of $6.81 billion. A chemicals analyst on CNBC just said, however, that when you factor in certain tax benefits and...
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Stock Market News for January 26, 2010 - Market News
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 11:10am | 249This morning, Asian shares dropped sharply today, with the Shanghai Composite down 2.93%; the Hang Seng off 2.38%; and the Nikkei 1.78% lower. A more risk-averse sentiment also followed news that UK's fourth quarter GDP increased at a much less-than-anticipated 0.1%, as the country exited an 18-...
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Du Pont (DD) Reported Better Than Expected Quarters
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 8:57am | 95E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (NYSE: DD), better known as Du Pont, reported better than expected results for the fourth quarter. This, according to the Wall Street Journal, resulted from Du Pont's volume growth in double digits. Du Pont raised its earnings forecasts for the year 2010 from...
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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks In The Conglomerates Sector With The Highest Revenue Estimates (GE, UTX, MMM, PPG, DHR)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 7:36am | 222Below are the top 5 large-cap conglomerates stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of revenue estimates. The 2010 revenue estimate for General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) is $152.34 billion. Oppenheimer upgraded GE from “perform” to “outperform.” Read more on this stock. The 2009 revenue estimate...
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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks In The Conglomerates Sector With The Highest Gross Margins (DHR, MMM, PPG, GE, UTX)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 6:56am | 221Below are the top 5 large-cap conglomerates stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of gross margins. The trailing-twelve-month gross margins at Danaher Corp (NYSE: DHR) are 47.75%. FBR Capital upgraded DHR from “market perform” to “outperform.” Read more on this stock. The trailing-twelve-month...
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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks In The Conglomerates Sector With The Highest Cash (GE, UTX, MMM, DHR, PPG)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 6:45am | 243Below are the top 5 large-cap conglomerates stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of cash. The total cash at General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) stood at $61.37 billion in the latest quarter. Oppenheimer upgraded GE from “perform” to “outperform.” Read more on this stock. The total cash at United...
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Stock Market News for January 25, 2010 - Market News
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 10:20am | 463US stocks declined for a third straight session as lingering worries about a White House proposal to clamp down on big Wall Street banks and China’s measures to tame liquidity in that country roiled markets. Ho-hum earnings reports that failed to meet high expectations darkened the mood further,...
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Earnings Overview For Companies Reporting Today (ETN, HAL, DGX, ERIC, TXN, AMGN, AAPL)
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 9:34am | 390More than 25% of S&P 500 companies are scheduled to post results this week, including Dow components Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), DuPont (NYSE: DD) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ). The round-up of some of the heavyweight companies due to report results today are: Before the bell:...
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Dow Chemical Action Heating Up
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 2:01pm | 196Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) will be reporting at the beginning of February and traders are stepping up to the plate ahead of that to put on positions. The stock, like most in the sector, has run up higher over the past three months, but whether that run up is warranted is another matter. Average oil...
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E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD) Initiated With A Equal-Weight Rating
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 1:37pm | 114Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD) with a equal-weight rating. According to analysts the positives for E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. are that its valuation is relatively inexpensive. Analysts expect 2010–11 consensus EPS estimates to rise by 5–10%...
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Company News for January 20, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 10:26am | 208• Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) reported a larger-than-expected fourth quarter loss of 60 cents a share ahead of Zacks expectations of 54 cents a share versus a 48 cents year-ago loss. Revenues rose 59%, helped by the Merrill acquisition, to $25.4 billion. Increased credit costs, lower net income...
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Monsanto Versus DuPont - Round One is Over, Round Two Begins
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 12:30pm | 197Monsanto says DuPont can’t market corn or soybean seed by touting both a ‘Roundup Ready’ genetic trait as well as an ‘Optimum GAT’ trait. The Roundup Ready trait (a Monsanto invention) is said to actually mask problems with the GAT genetic trait (which just so happens to be a DuPOnt invention). At...
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Raytheon to Fight Cyberattacks - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 12:02pm | 509Raytheon Co.’s (RTN) wholly owned subsidiary Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded a $2.9 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop new approaches to protect the Department of Defense Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) against cyberattacks. Military information...
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PPG Highly Leverage To A Rebound In Auto Production
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 2:24pm | 122Analyst PJ Juvekar of Citigroup upgrades PPG Industries Inc (NYSE: PPG) from "hold" to "buy," while raising his estimates for the company. The target price for PPG has been raised from $62 to $71. According to Citigroup, PPG Industries is poised to capitalize on the anticipated rebound in auto...