| last updated: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:02 GMT |
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| Pepsi Peppy Going Into Earnings, Snacks Driving Stock To $71 |
PepsiCo is scheduled to announce its earnings on Thursday, February 9. Once again the snack segment, and not the core soft drink business, is expected to lead the growth.
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| Conoco Stock Good For $79 With Gas Prices Scraping Bottom |
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| Deutsche Bank Stock Worth $49 Despite Weak Earnings |
Deutsche Bank ended up with a pre-tax loss of €351 million ($460 million) for the fourth quarter of 2011, bringing to an end a difficult year for the German bank. Interestingly, the company managed to avoid reporting a net loss for the period with income tax benefits coming to its rescue.
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| Yum! Brands And The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Chinese Demand |
Another quarter of strong growth for Yum Brands which posted Q4 earnings after the bell on Monday, beating top and bottom line estimates. China and other emerging markets helped drive fourth quarter results and spark an afterhours rally.
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| Why China Will Avoid A Crash And A Hard Landing |
Despite continued talk of a hard landing in China, augmented by Monday’s release of the IMF world economic outlook that includes a downgrade of China’s expected 2012 GDP growth, evidence suggests the central authorities will be able to engineer a “soft landing.”
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| Daily Wrap: 2/6/2012 |
Stocks ended their recent winning streak today as investors sold off on another delay in any decision over a Greek bailout. Heading into the last hour of trading, the Dow and Nasdaq were down a quarter of a percent and the S&P 500 was down .13%.
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| Analyst Moves: TEVA, TRI |
Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA) was downgraded today by Morgan Stanley (MS) from overweight to equal-weight with a price target of $47, as the firm believes that the stock has gotten ahead of itself recent.
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