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Apple Steals Radio Exec From Cumulus Media
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has hired a former executive from radio giant Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) to help beef up the new iTunes Radio and find advertisers for the digital radio service for 2014. Ad Age...
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Buffalo Wild Wings Is Now on Team Pepsi
Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ:BWLD) has now joined the PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) camp by announcing that Pepsi will replace Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) as the chain’s main beverage supplier at its more than 975...
View ArticleIs There Drama and Opportunity in Soda?
Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) recently purchased a 10 percent stake in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ:GMCR). This led to a 27 percent one-day spike in Green Mountain’s stock price, followed by a 5.53...
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PepsiCo Shares the Love: Strong Earnings Mean Bigger Dividends
Shares of PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) edged lower in early trading on Thursday after the food and beverage company reported fourth-quarter and full-year earnings. The results came in pretty much as expected by...
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Frustration Bubbles Over Pepsi’s United Snacks and Soda Divisions
PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) executives and activist investor Nelson Peltz can’t seem to get along, and they disagree on one big thing: the currently intertwined divisions of the Purchase, New York-based...
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Will LinkedIn Rise on Recent News?
With shares of LinkedIn (NASDAQ:LNKD) trading around $195, is LNKD an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE, or STAY AWAY? Let’s analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:...
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Pepsi to Nelson Peltz: We’re Breaking Up With the Breakup Talks
Forbes reported Thursday that after many earlier dismissals,Pepsi’s (NYSE:PEP) lead director wrote a letter to activist investor Nelson Peltz, informing him once again that Pepsi would not be dividing...
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16 Companies Cut Trillions of Calories From Packaged Foods
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cafemama/ An effort by sixteen companies took 6.4 trillion calories out of food products in the U.S. between 2007 and 2012. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (or,...
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Zing: Pepsi Receives Biting Letter From Activist Investors
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmarshall-photography/ Pepsi (NYSE:PEP) and Trian Fund Management are still fighting over the company’s controversial “Power of One” strategy, and on Friday, the...
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Is General Electric a Tasty Morsel for an Activist Investor?
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trekkyandy/ Activist investors — known for taking large stakes in companies judged to be ill-managed or undervalued and pushing for change — could have an eye on...
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3 Dividend Stocks Giving More Money to Investors
Source: Thinkstock Dividends may appear to be boring, but their significance in a portfolio should not be underestimated. They account for a large portion of equity returns on a historical basis and...
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Sanctions Against Russia: Will There Be Blowback?
Source: Thinkstock Over the past few days, we have learned that American and EU sanctions against Russia are escalating, and they are having palpable consequences on Russia’s economy. S&P and...
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Is Coca-Cola’s Executive Compensation All Wrong?
Source: Getty Images Coca-Cola’s (NYSE:KO) executive team is under fire from Wintergreen Advisers, a money management firm that operates the Wintergreen Fund (NASDAQ:WGRNX)(NASDAQ:WGRIX) and owns 2.5...
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Has ‘Cooperative Capitalism’ Been a Factor in the Competitive Marketplace?
Source: Thinkstock Ocean Spray. Land O’Lakes. ACE Hardware. ShopRite. These commonly recognized companies do not fit the standard concept of a business cooperative, which is often portrayed as an...
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Should You Invest in Yum! Brands?
Source: Thinkstock Since being spun off by PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP), Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) has been an incredible performer — up 900 percent in 15 years. But recently, the company has faced some...
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Pepsi Partners With Senomyx to Research Salt Flavor Modifiers
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmarshall-photography/ PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) is partnering with Senomyx, an American biotechnology company, as the two parties plan to collaborate on Senomyx’s Salt...
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Coca-Cola Sees Growth in Non-Soda and Emerging Markets
Source: Getty Images Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE:KO) released first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, and although profits and revenue declined from the same period last year, volume increased due to growth in...
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Pepsi Grows Profits, Shrugs Off Soda Decline, and Bests PB&J
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmarshall-photography/ PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) profit rose in the first quarter of 2014, but it was not from the effervescence of high soda sales. The company has a...
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Is General Mills a Healthy Stock For Your Portfolio?
With shares of General Mills (NYSE:GIS) trading around $52, is GIS an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let’s analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework: T...
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Pepsi vs. Coca-Cola: What’s Your Stock of Choice?
Source: Thinkstock Both PepsiCo. (NYSE:PEP) and Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) have been solid long-term investments over the past several decades, and both have become global leaders in the beverage industry....
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