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Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two consumer goods giants. Consensus Wall Street forecasts see lower earnings from each of them. But only one of them is expected to show some growth on the top line. In another quiet week on the earnings front, reports from consumer...

Wall Street is looking for solid quarterly results from Nike this week. Expectations are lower for earnings from Micron Technology. ConAgra Foods and Paychex are on deck ahead of the holiday too. In the holiday shortened week, there are just a few earnings reports of note on the...

Shares of ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE: CAG) have gained more than 13 percent over the past year, but have lost nearly 15 percent since hitting a 52-week high of $45.49 during the summer. ConAgra on Wednesday announced it will split itself into two separate and independent public companies....

The week leading up to the Fourth of July holiday will be another quiet one on the earnings front. The new earnings season does not kick off until Alcoa and PepsiCo report their second-quarter results after Independence Day. But first, there are a few notable off-season reports to watch for this...

In a report issued by The Edge Consulting Group, analysts Jim Osman and Sanjiv Thakur look into five spinoff candidates they say are "ripe for takeover." ADT ADT Corp (NYSE: ADT) was spun off Tyco International plc (NYSE: TYC) about 30 months ago. Since then, it has built a leading...

A relatively quiet week on the earnings front will be highlighted by the most recent quarterly results from BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY), Carnival Corp (NYSE: CCL), ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE: CAG), GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) and Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU). If the analysts'...

Ostensible economic bellwether FedEx (NYSE: FDX) is scheduled to step into the earnings spotlight midweek, and the consensus forecast calls for earnings growth. Analysts are also looking for earnings growth from homebuilder Lennar (NYSE: LEN), tech giant Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) and retailer Rite...

U.S. markets managed to squeeze out small gains in lighter than normal volume, as geopolitical tensions may be calming down. Russia President Vladimir Putin said that the country will coordinate with the International Red Cross to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Palestinians and...

U.S. stocks rose as earning season unofficially kicked off with Citigroup reporting better than expected earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial average set new intra-day records, hitting an all time high of 17,088.43 as investors appear to be comfortable with holding blue chips instead of...

U.S. stocks were little changed as investors digested comments coming from head of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The Fed's Jim Bullard said that the 2.9 percent decline in the first quarter GDP is “giving me heartburn.” Bullard added that the worse than expected figure...

Scheduled quarterly reports from General Mills (NYSE: GIS), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), Monsanto (NYSE: MON), Nike (NYSE: NKE) and Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) will be among the highlights this coming week on the earnings front. Consensus forecasts call for year-over-year revenue gains from all...

U.S. stocks were little changed the day after investors and traders were reassured by the Federal Reserve that interest rates will not rise in the near-term. The U.S. government reported that fewer Americans filed claims for jobless benefits in the previous week, partly helping the S&P 500...

It has not been a happy gathering of food companies at the consumer industry conference. ConAgra Foods, J.M. Smucker and Mondelez International all recently reported dismal results. But not all food stocks are down. Kraft (NASDAQ: KRFT), which has a huge overseas presence, reported that sales...

On the earnings front, things will start out slow this week, but then FedEx (NASDAQ: FDX), Nike (NYSE: NKE), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and others will take their turns in the earnings spotlight. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from some of this week's most prominent...