Company: Campbell Soup Co

THE NUMBERS: Campbell Soup Co. said its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 5 percent from last year's quarter to $177 million, or 55 cents per share.

Stocks ended near highs Monday to post their best trading session in May, with the Dow and S&P 500 snapping a six-day losing streak and the Nasdaq posting its best one-day percentage gain this year, as investors snapped up beaten-down stocks.

Campbell Soup Co. is still struggling to heat up its lukewarm soup sales, with net income slipping by 5 percent in the latest quarter even as the company spent more on marketing.

US Stock index futures pointed to a rebound on Wall Street on Monday following a sloppy debut by Facebook on Friday that spoiled hopes for a spectacular open for the company that would brighten the mood in what has been a gloomy month for equity markets.

As manufacturing prices rise, grocery suppliers find it harder to offer consistently low prices, now demanded by their biggest customer: Wal-Mart Stores. 

Stocks closed mixed in thin trading Friday ahead of the three-day holiday weekend, but all major averages logged robust gains for the week following some positive economic news and amid optimism that Greece will soon find a solution to its debt crisis.

By holding stocks and bonds in equal proportion,  you won’t need to be prescient; you can stick to your portfolio and ride out the storms, the NY Times reports.

Spending on stock buybacks is surging among  American corporations, while spending on capital investments like new plants and infrastructure has stagnated, the New York Times reports.

Stocks ended lower in a thin, volatile session Tuesday, with the S&P and Nasdaq logging a fifth-consecutive decline as investors remained cautious over uncertainty in the euro zone and after a tepid GDP report.