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Cusick's Corner Market players are focusing on G20 comments, especially with the currency war rhetoric continuing. While there is little expectation of a lot getting done at the conference, there will be some headlines. The current pullback is tempered and the bid has been nibbling, but not biting...

• Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) said it will offer free shipping on its website through December 20 • Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) said it will offer its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer for less than $500, a move likely to undercut prices for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) winning iPad • Cisco (NASDAQ:...

Shares of Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) are up sharply in after hours trading, as it replaces Pactiv (NYSE: PTV) in the S&P 500. At last check, shares of IR were up $2.25 to $43.39, a gain of over 5.5%.

Below are the top packaging & container stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ in terms of operating cash flow. The trailing-twelve-month operating cash flow at Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) is $925.00 million. BLL's quarterly earnings jumped 119.40% y/y. The trailing-twelve-month operating cash flow at...

Goldman Sachs is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Neutral rating on Pactiv Corp. (NYSE: PTV); it has a $33.00 price target on the stock, up from $31.00. The GS analysts cited the company's recently reported quarterly earnings report, which was better than expected....

Pactiv Corp. (PTV) delivered earnings per share of 43 cents in its third quarter ended September 30, 2010, falling short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 56 cents. On a year-over-year comparison, EPS dropped 27% from 59 cents. Hike in raw material costs as well as in operating costs related to...

Lake Forest, Illinois based consumer and food packaging product manufacturer Pactiv Corporation (NYSE: PTV) announced its financial results on Monday morning. Pactiv Corporation reported that its 3rd quarter income from continuing operations was unchanged at $79 million, or 59 cents per share,...

For the quarter ended September 30, 2010, Pactiv Corporation (NYSE: PTV) today announced that income from continuing operations was $79 million, or $0.59 per share, compared with $79 million, or $0.59 per share, in 2009. Results included approximately $21 million, or $0.16 per share, of a favorable...

In a report released this morning, Jefferies & Company said that while Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) has rarely been viewed as a growth company, “topline should accelerate in 2011 from the share gains in N.A. bev cans, new contract wins in aerospace, and continued expansion into the emerging...

Ball Corporation (BLL) reported strong third quarter results with earnings per share (EPS) of $1.40, up 16% from $1.21 during the prior-year quarter, but below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.43. The company gained 90 cents from equity earnings in the quarter, including which EPS amounted to...

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Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) reported 3Q2010 EPS of $0.90 (ex. items), “ahead of our and consensus forecasts of $0.84 and $0.87, respectively,” Goldman Sachs reports. “The upside to our forecasts was driven by stronger operating margins, as revenues were 3.3% below our estimates,” Goldman Sachs...

In a meeting with the ministry of Science and Technology in Caracas yesterday evening, Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) was informed of the government's plans to transition management of the company's operations to government control. At approximately 9 a.m. today, local time, government officials...