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Following a months-long auction process, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (NYSE: DD) has agreed to sell its performance coating unit (DPC) to the Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) for $4.9 billion in cash....
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German newspaper Boersen-Zeitung reports that industrial giant Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) may cut thousands of jobs in the fall. The action is described as “explosive,” at least as far as a rough...
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Industrial production in the United States increased 0.6% in July, after rising just 0.1% in May and June, according to data released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve. Manufacturing output rose...
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Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) reported fiscal third-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $1.98 and $9.59 billion in revenues before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year ago, the tractor...
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Germany’s Economy Ministry reported this morning that factory orders for June fell by a seasonally adjusted 1.7%, double the expected decline of 0.8%. Compared with June 2011, orders fell by 7.8%....
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Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced today that it is converting its long-time Hotmail web email to another long-time Microsoft brand: Outlook. The new brand, outlook.com, will tie the...
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Wikimedia CommonsGeneral Electric (NYSE: GE) has spent more than $1 billion on Olympic projects, the company announced Monday. The Fairfield, Conn.-based company says it has supplied, among other...
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The Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) traded more than 3% lower following the opening bell, after the company posted disappointing earnings and sales numbers earlier this morning. Dow reported...
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United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) reported earnings that beat analyst estimates, but also had to lower its full-year profit outlook due to a slowing economy in Europe and a weaker currency. The...
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Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) this morning reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of $0.31 per share and $1.91 billion in revenue. Earnings per share (EPS) fell from $0.48 in the same period a year...
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Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) this morning reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $2.54 and $17.37 billion in revenue. EPS rose from $1.57 in the same period a year ago, while revenue was...
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Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is often considered the greatest investor in modern times. Some of us think that his status should be one of “The greatest...
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A report today from an analyst at Capstone that Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) US user numbers have fallen by 1.1% over the past six months pushed the stock down by about -3.8% in the late afternoon....
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Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced the release of its official preview version of Windows Office 365. Like competitor Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) with Google Apps, Office 365 is cloud- and...
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Building materials maker USG Corp. (NYSE: USG) today announced a strategic partnership with the Oman’s Zawawi Group to expand the market for its wallboard products into India and the Middle East....
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