Company: Clorox Co

The leaders of some of Oakland's biggest companies are joining forces with city officials to try to keep the Athletics in the city.

Energizer Holdings Inc., which makes batteries, flashlights, and other consumer products, said Wednesday that its fiscal second-quarter net income nearly doubled on higher prices in its household products segment and better personal care sales.

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Carl Icahn has a simple investment philosophy, he told CNBC: Buy "underperforming" companies and "make things change."  That's why he is in a fight for energy company CVR Energy.

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

After delivering earnings that topped expectations, the CEO of Clorox said it appears the US consumer is starting to feel a little better.

If regular investors can take any clues away from the recent moves by the market's big fish, it's that this would be the time to go for the tried and true and not the big prize.