Text size Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Coca-Cola shares are rising early Wednesday morning, a day after launching better-than-expected earnings. The reason: An update from Morgan Stanley, which argues that stocks have become too cheap. Analyst Dara Mohsenian raised its rating on Coca-Cola (ticker: KO) shares to Equal Weight’s Overweight, …
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Coca-Cola Co. says it will streamline its portfolio, cutting what it calls “zombie brands” to focus on more successful brands and smaller names with potential. According to James Quincey, CEO of Coca-Cola KO, + 2.34% Many of the company’s 400 “master brands” are located in one country and represent only …
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To date, this earnings reporting season has lived up to expectations that it will be the worst since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, but a number of big names could offer better news in the coming week. Tesla Inc. TSLA, + 0.01%, Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -0.51%, and Intel …
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Charmin’s toilet paper maker Procter & Gamble Co. has teamed up with other consumer product conglomerates with its own updated climate change campaign, and agrees with its rivals that the next decade is a critical time for action, but drawing new concerns from natural resource groups. CEO David Taylor and …
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What will stand in the way of market gains? Clearly, it’s not bad news about COVID-19, as investors try to see the silver lining in these uncertain times. Take this chart that shows how Arizona cases have started to flatten, by Pantheon Macroeconomics, which expects that state to respond earlier …
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