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Posts Tagged ‘ KR ’

Investment News Briefs Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Jun 24th, 2009 | By Money Morning Staff | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

Existing Home Sales Rise, But Miss Estimates; Boeing Shares Plummet; Automakers Get $8 Billion for Fuel Efficiency; Sprint CFO Not Concerned About Pre Shortages; Kroger Beats the Street; MySpace Lays Off 300 More; Best Buy Testing Used Game Waters; Madoff’s Lawyer Pleads for Leniency



Investment Strategy: Value Brands Strike Again

Mar 11th, 2009 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Stock Market Investing

Kroger (NYSE:KR) investors are seeing strong gains today as generic brands prove their worth. The recession may be hammering most retailers, but select niches are doing very well.



Monsanto Sells Milk-Hormone Unit to Focus on Seed Product Lines

Aug 21st, 2008 | By Jennifer Yousfi | Category: Financial News

Monsanto Co. (MON), the world’s largest seed producer, is selling off its rights to a synthetic milk-producing hormone in order to focus its attention more closely on its core business of developing genetically modified seeds and pesticides. U.S. pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) will pay Monsanto $300 million for Posilac, the brand name for recombinant bovine somatotropin or rBST. The deal includes the global sale rights and a Georgia-based manufacturing plant.



Global Investing Roundups Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Jun 25th, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: International Investing

Kodak Announces $1 Billion Buyback; Kroger Lowers Prices, Posts Profit; BP Breaks Ground on Wind Farm; Reliance and Dreamworks in Talks; Lukoil Joins Up With Italy’s ERG; Wachovia Brings in Goldman Sachs; Dow Hikes Prices; Yahoo and Microsoft Back in Talks