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Courtesy 3M Company3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the conglomerate posted diluted earnings per share (EPS)...
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courtesy General Electric Co.General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) managed to turn in earnings growth of 7.5% in its fourth-quarter earnings report. The actual earnings were $4.01 billion, or $0.38 per...
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ThinkstockGeneral Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is set to report earnings early Friday morning before the open. The latest Thomson Reuters consensus was $0.43 EPS on revenue of about $38.7 billion. If GE...
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ThinkstockA report this week from the American Society of Civil Engineers shows just how bad the state of infrastructure in the United States is and how much spending is needed in the next decade to...
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ThinkstockSpain’s largest utility, Iberdrola S.A., has sold off about €850 million of assets so far in 2012, out of planned sales of €2 billion by the end of 2014. Today the Spanish firm said...
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Jon OggUBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) made a change on its Key Call list, which resulted in lower earnings expectations and the removal of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) today. Weaker-than-expected...
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courtesy General Electric Co.For the fifth time in three years, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is raising its quarterly dividend. This time by $0.02 to $0.19 a share, almost double its level...
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Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia CommonsWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) apparently is living up to at least some of its former buyback ambitions that the company...
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Jon OggAre big mergers really worth it? After this week’s merger implosion news by Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), 24/7 Wall St. wanted to review and analyze many of the really bad mergers of...
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Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia CommonsBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings. Many changes had been made in...
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thinkstockToday is potentially a make or break day when it comes to a corporate voice on how to avert SOME of the issues with the coming fiscal cliff. Leaders of labor got meet with Obama on Tuesday...
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ThinkstockIn one of the odder acquisitions we’ve seen recently, diversified holding company Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE: LUK) today announced that it has agreed on a merger with investment bank...
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thinkstockSiemens A.G. (NYSE: SI) released strong earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter and outlined plans to lower costs by six billion euros by 2014. At its current pace and with strategic plans...
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flickr / walmartcorporateAbout two weeks ago, German conglomerate Siemens A.G. (NYSE: SI) announced that it planned to get out of the solar panel-making business. The move is expected to cost Siemens...
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Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is still out elephant hunting. He told CNBC’s Becky Quick this morning that he has made a record number of small bolt-on acquisitions. What...
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