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This Week’s Earnings: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Make no mistake: This earnings season, and we've seen some powerful results so far and here is a look at some names coming due this week More 

Hormel Foods Buys Skippy Peanut Butter, Shares Jump

Hormel Foods will purchase the Skippy brand of peanut butter from Unilever for $700 million, sending Hormel's shares up in Thursday trading. More 

J.M. Smucker: Steady Payout, But Overpriced

The J.M. Smucker Co., maker of Smucker's jellies and Jif peanut butter, has been growing dividends for some time now, but its shares are a little frothy. More 

Cheaper Coffee? Not at Starbucks

If coffee prices are dropping like a rock due to oversupply, why is Starbucks, along with most of the industry, raising prices? More 

What Will Happen To Dividend Taxes Under Obama?

Yesterday, I offered some of my immediate reactions to the election as well as my outlook for Wall Street under President Obama and today its about dividends More 

Plunging Coffee Prices Don’t Make Coffee Stocks a Buy

Low coffee prices are a boon for companies shilling java, to be sure, but in many cases, the good fortune has already been brewed in. More 

6 Packaged Foods Stocks to Buy Now

Six Packaged Foods stocks are moving up in their overall rating this week, according to the Portfolio Grader database. Every one of these is graded an "A" ("strong buy") or "B" overall ("buy"). More