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Success Is Sweet For Hershey, A Shipper Of Choice
Thursday, June 27, 2019 - 1:54pm | 754The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) earns recognition as a "Shipper of Choice" because of efforts to optimize its network and reduce its carbon footprint. ""We are proud of this focus," Hershey spokesman Jeff Beckman said. FreightWaves and its partner Convoy conducted a survey to determine the top...
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Benzinga's Insider Buys Of The Week: Range Resources, SL Green Realty And More
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 12:29pm | 662Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors. Insiders at a natural gas producer and at a real estate investment trust made notable buys this past week. Also a leading candy maker bought the outstanding shares of a buyout target. Conventional wisdom says that...
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Benzinga's Bulls & Bears: Amazon, Chevron, Netflix, Snap, And More
Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 11:17am | 800Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls featured a big oil pick and some blockchain picks. Bearish calls included struggling retail, apparel and social media stocks. The new year is off to a strong start with markets again hitting...
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Bloomberg: Hershey Offers Mondelez A Much Needed Exposure To The U.S. Market
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 9:59am | 290Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ: MDLZ)'s bid to acquire Hershey Co (NYSE: HSY) ended in a failure, prompting some to suggest that the offer wasn't even a serious one in the first place. Bloomberg's Craig Giammona has a somewhat different take and explained why Mondelez would be interested in...
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Hershey Chugs 20% Higher Amid Takeover Interest From Oreo Maker Mondelez
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 10:24am | 328Shares of Hershey Co (NYSE: HSY) soared higher Thursday morning to a new 52-week high of $117.79 and was trading higher by nearly 20 percent following a report that Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ: MDLZ) presented a takeover bid. The Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the...
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Citi Analysts Dubious Of Hershey Takeover Rumors
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 11:26am | 530Citi dismissed the recent takeover rumors of Hershey Co (NYSE: HSY) by Nestle SA (ADR) (OTC: NSRGY), saying it is "unlikely" due to the unique company specific factors, mainly the control of the Hershey Trust and Pennsylvania law. However, Citi sees see other companies such as Kellogg Company (NYSE...
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These Candy Companies Aren't Scared By Halloween
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 4:17pm | 321In a recent video, CNBC took a look at "America’s most popular Halloween candy." The National Confectioners Association predicted that $2.6 billion dollars would be spent in candy for Halloween in 2015. This translates to roughly $8 for every U.S. citizen. Most of it was...
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QE Finally Ends
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 3:56pm | 1693U.S. stocks were marginally lower as traders and investors begin debating the effects of the markets in an uncertain post Quantitative Easing era. The FOMC has officially tapered the remaining $15 billion of its monthly asset purchases, thus ending the era of quantitative easing for the time...
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5 Stocks To Watch Ahead Of Halloween
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 6:05am | 862The upcoming holiday offers something to look forward to for candy and snack food makers such as Hershey Co (NYSE: HSY) and Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ: MDLZ), retailers such as The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), and even entertainment giant Twenty-First...
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4 Kraft Divisions Ripe For Spinoff (And Some Possible Suitors)
Friday, August 29, 2014 - 12:46pm | 986BMO Capital analyst Kenneth Zaslow published a note last week suggesting Kraft (NYSE: KRFT) should consider spinning off some segments in order to unlock value. Among Zaslow's reasons, the number of "natural buyers" standing ready to acquire specific segments of Kraft’s food...
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5 Big Companies Seriously Investing In 3D Printing
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 11:38am | 896Although 3D printers haven't exactly reached mass-market status, that doesn't mean the technology hasn't caught the attention of some big names. Here are five companies that have shown much more than passing interest in 3D. General Electric General Electric’s (NYSE: GE)...
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Yum Brands Q2 2014 Earnings Call Highlights
Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 12:55pm | 590Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM) released its Q2 2014 earnings call consisting of outstanding growth in China division and solid growth in Taco bell Division. Before the call, Yum reported EPS for Q2 of $0.73 compared to analyst expectations of $0.72. Revenues for the quarter came out to 3.2 billion, coming...
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Top Ex-Dividend Stocks For May 21, 2014
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 9:16am | 184Here is a list of the top companies with ex-dividends announced today. Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) PVH (NYSE: PVH) Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS) 3M (NYSE: MMM) Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) Marriott (NASDAQ: MAR) Hershey (NYSE: HSY) Cummins (NYSE: CMI) ConocoPhillips (NYSE...
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Market Wrap For January 16: Markets End Two Day Winning Streak
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 4:46pm | 2518The market took a bit of a breather Thursday following two strong days of gains. Earnings from two major banks failed to keep the momentum alive and investors focused on Best Buy's (NYSE: BBY) disappointing holiday guidance which contradicts the strong retail sales report earlier this week....
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of October 21: The Crunch Is On
Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 11:33am | 1387Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...