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Coca-Cola (KO)Coca-Cola is one brand that is easily recognizable in countries across the globe. The brand has been ingrained in societies for decades and now the company is making moves to ensure that this level of staying power continues for years to come. Coca-Cola said it has reached a 20-year agreement to distribute some of
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AT&T (T) There are certain types of companies which traditionally seem to have a bad reputation of not pleasing its customers. For example, cable companies are stereotyped as never arriving on time for appointments. Similarly, cell phone companies have a bad reputation of high rate plans and confusing contracts. So when a company such as
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Ford Motor Co. (F) Ford Motor Company continues to show a commitment to growth and securing a solid future with the decision to shut down one of the companies most historic brands: Mercury. Mercury was founded in 1939 and intended to be a bridge between the mass-marketed, entry level Ford vehicles of the 1930′s and
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Sonic Solutions (SNIC) Sonic strikes a deal to buy DivX for $323 million. Sonic is a digital media distribution company that is best known for its CinemaNow service. CinemaNow allows visitors to buy and rent movies/TV content online. Sonic’s recent acquisition will give it the rights to a very popular digital video codec. The DivX
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Microsoft (MSFT) The iconic movie hero, Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone once said, “But it ain’t about how hard ya’ hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward.” If that statement is true, Microsoft (MSFT: Charts, News, Offers) might want
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Costco (COST) Very few companies could say that they were not affected by the recession. And even stores that you might have expected to have weathered the storm well, some of them did not do as well as expected. For example, warehouse stores such as Costco seemed like the perfect place for shoppers who were
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BP PLC (BP) Over the past month, British Petroleum (BP: Charts, News, Offers) has joined Exxon (XOM: Charts, News, Offers) as one of the most vilified corporations in the world. No one can say for sure at this time that BP shares all of the responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the gulf.
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Microsoft (MSFT) The Microsoft Corporation has announced a big change in its mobile and gaming department. Its current division President, Robbie Bach, will be retiring this fall. As a result, Microsoft is faced with the dilemma of finding a suitable replacement, or so most people thought. However, Microsoft has decided to streamline its corporate hierarchy
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Cracker Barrel (CBRL) The stock price for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL: Charts, News, Offers) has risen over 60% in the last twelve months and the Cracker Barrel fiscal 2010 3Q report showed why investors are high on this stock as earnings-per-share increased by 17%. The company reported a profit of $14.4 million, translating
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Toyota (TM) The last two years have been particularly rough for automakers across the board. They were forced to watch sales of their vehicles dwindle to new lows as consumers tried to deal with record unemployment and tight credit conditions. Even the king of automakers, Toyota Motors, had a hard time getting their vehicles off
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