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Feel like gambling, but don’t want to drive all the way to the casino? Instead of sitting down at the Blackjack table, investors might try to predict the next surprise M&A takeover target. According to The Associated Press, U.S. companies, over the past few months, have announced a dozen...

During an interview with CNBC this morning, Trian Fund Management CEO Nelson Peltz said that as far as the board is concerned, "There have been no discussion of compensation" changes to H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ) chief executive William Johnson. Heinz announced this morning that it will be...

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) and 3G Capital are set to become the proud new owner of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), the multinational conglomerate responsible for manufacturing some of the world's most popular brands of food. Berkshire will acquire the firm at a premium cash...

If you trade like famed investor Dennis Gartman, you buy high and sell higher. If the chart starts at the lower left and trends to the upper right that means money for long investors. On Wednesday, some notable companies logged 52 week highs with charts that did just that. Berkshire Hathaway's B...

Perhaps it is apropos to hear from some processed food giants this week, leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Last Friday J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) posted in line second-quarter results. Tyson Foods is scheduled to share its fiscal fourth-quarter results first thing Monday...

After J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) posted higher fiscal second-quarter results and lifted its outlook on Friday, more big food processing companies are on the schedule to share earnings this week leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. They are Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB), H.J....

Last week, big-box retailers Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) said their earnings and sales rose in the most recent quarter, and they both boosted their full-year earnings per share (EPS) guidance. More earnings reports are due from retailers this week, highlighted by second-quarter...

This weekend in Barron's online: the top 50 annuities, Intel finally goes mobile, what tech companies should do with all that cash, and the prospects for Snap-on. Cover Story "The Top 50 Annuities" by Karen Hube. A year ago, guaranteed payouts and benefits on all kinds of annuities were far more...

This earnings season may be starting to wind down, but there are still plenty of quarterly reports on the schedule. This week we will hear from more retailers, including Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) and Tiffany (NYSE: TIF). Tech companies Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:...

Analysts expect to see double-digit per-share earnings growth from Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), Apache (NYSE: APA), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Marriot International (NYSE: MAR) when they report quarterly results this week. Other prominent reports on the...