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It's make-or-break time for the first-quarter earnings season, and it comes just as the stock market is showing signs of strain.
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*Oil output from Ohio's Utica shale to be dwarfed by gas. NEW YORK, May 16- Oil output from the Utica shale in Ohio was less than expected last year, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said on Thursday, denting the Utica's image as America's next oil-producing frontier.
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NEW YORK, May 16- Bond investor and co-founder of DoubleLine Capital LP, Jeffrey Gundlach fancies himself as more than just a fixed-income guru, making successful predictions on everything from shares in Apple Inc. to Japan's Nikkei stock market index to natural gas and gold.
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NEW YORK-- Janney Capital Markets told clients Tuesday that Dean Foods is a good bet, seeing better cash flow and profitability ahead. Dean Foods is worth about $12 per share, excluding the about $15 per share value of its stake in WhiteWave Foods Co. The company plans to spin off part of its remaining stake in WhiteWave later this month.
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May 12- U.S. broadcast networks head into their biggest ad-selling season this week, competing with streaming services like Netflix, battling online players for ad dollars, and fending off hits starring zombies and duck hunters on cable.
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NEW YORK, May 9- PIMCO Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund, increased its U.S. The fund, which has roughly $292.9 billion in assets and is run by Bill Gross, increased its holdings of U.S.
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DALLAS-- Dean Foods' net income skyrocketed in the first quarter on the sale of its massive Morningstar division. The Dallas food and beverage company surprised Wall Street even when the sale of Morningstar is excluded and shares rose in early trading. For the three months ended March 31, Dean Foods Co. earned $492.6 million, or $2.63 per share.
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Strong investor demand for the deal helped Quintiles, which is backed by Bain Capital LLC and TPG Capital LP, price 20 percent more shares than expected at the top end of the range and pushed up pricing a day early, according to people familiar with the deal.
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New York and Chicago- based Guggenheim has hired former Barclays head of investment banking for retail companies and vice chairman Andrew Taussig as well as managing directors Spencer Hart, Matthew Pilla, Ken Harada and Ryan Mash, the firm said in a press release last week.
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May 7- J.C. Penney Co Inc on Tuesday reported another quarter of steep sales declines, hit by the lingering effects of its former chief executive's failed marketing strategy.
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May 7- J.C. Penney Co Inc on Tuesday reported another quarter of steep sales declines, hit by the lingering effects of its former chief executive's failed marketing strategy.
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May 7- SandRidge Energy Inc said its board, which now includes directors named by activist investors, has cut spending and the U.S. oil and gas company will now focus on drilling its most productive acreage in the Mississippian formation. Shares of SandRidge were nearly unchanged in post-market trade from a New York Stock Exchange close of $5.39.
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May 7- SandRidge Energy Inc said its board, which now includes directors named by activist investors, has cut spending and the U.S. oil and gas company will now focus on drilling its most productive acreage in the Mississippian formation. Shares of SandRidge were nearly unchanged in post-market trade from a New York Stock Exchange close of $5.39.
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*Plains shares rise, trade at premium to Freeport offer. *Freeport says committed to completing deal, no reason to raise bid.
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*Plains shares rise, now trading at premium to Freeport offer. Institutional Shareholder Services agreed in its report that the Freeport offer is too low, adding that "even at the announcement day valuation of $49.55, the transaction would offer little or no takeover premium to the current stand-alone value.
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NEW YORK, May 7- Long considered the best option for growth investors, technology funds have lost some of their edge. It's not just that many technology funds have large stakes in Apple Inc, whose shares have fallen nearly 23 percent over the last year as it lost share of the worldwide smartphone market to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
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*Smartphones for emerging markets Nokia's best bet- analyst. HELSINKI, May 7- Nokia investors told Chief Executive Stephen Elop on Tuesday that they were running out of patience with his flagging attempts to catch up with market leaders Apple and Samsung in smartphones. The transition to Windows Phone from Nokia's own Symbian system was meant to take two years.
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*Smartphones for emerging markets Nokia's best bet- analyst. HELSINKI, May 7- Nokia investors told Chief Executive Stephen Elop on Tuesday that they were running out of patience with his flagging attempts to catch up with market leaders Apple and Samsung in smartphones. The transition to Windows Phone from Nokia's own Symbian system was meant to take two years.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 3- Occidental Petroleum Corp shareholders voted to oust Executive Chairman Ray Irani after more than two decades of leading the fourth-largest U.S. oil company, in a jarring corporate end ahead of his planned retirement next year.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 3- Occidental Petroleum Corp shareholders voted to oust Executive Chairman Ray Irani after more than two decades of leading the fourth-largest U.S. oil company, in a jarring corporate end ahead of his planned retirement next year. Shares of Occidental rose nearly 3 percent to close at $90.76 on the New York Stock Exchange.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 3- Occidental Petroleum Corp shareholders in a vote on Friday ousted Chairman Ray Irani after more than two decades of leading the oil company. "I think the announcement was basically a formality at this point," said Allen Good, an oil company analyst at Morningstar in Chicago, referring to Irani's departure. "