Fortune Brands

Apple Tops Fortune's Most Admired Companies List

Fortune's Top 20 Most Admired Companies list is out and Apple took the top spot, beating out companies like Google, Starbucks and FedEx. The Mac and iPod maker also topped the Fortune most admired company for innovation list....

Cramer's Stop Trading! Avon's Not So Pretty (10/30/08) (at Seeking Alpha)

by: SA Editor Miriam Metzinger October 31, 2008 | about stocks: SA Editor About this author: Recap of Jim Cramer’s comments on Stop Trading! Thursday October 30. Lowe’s Cramer praised the government’s move to guarantee $6...

Fortune Brands: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (at Investopedia)

October 30, 2008 | By Ryan C. Fuhrmann Fortune Brands (NYSE:FO) boasts a stable of leading brands in the distilled spirits, golf and home & hardware product categories, but lately, all the company has to show for its far-flung...

Stop Trading!: The Return of Home Depot? (at CNBC)

Cramer praised the potential FDIC-Treasury plan to back as much as $600 billion in home mortgages to help keep upwards of 3 million owners free from foreclosure. Not only is the plan good for the American homeowner, but...

Fortune Brands: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (FO, STZ)

October 30, 2008 | By Ryan C. Fuhrmann Fortune Brands (NYSE:FO) boasts a stable of leading brands in the distilled spirits, golf and home & hardware product categories, but lately, all the company has to show for its far-flung...

Lincoln Electric Names Two New Company Officers

CLEVELAND, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. today announced the election of Steven B. Hedlund as Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, and Earl L. Ward as Vice President, Mergers,...

Fortune Brands Q3 net income increases

Fortune Brands, a consumer brands company, has reported a net income of $335.9 million, or $2.21 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2008, compared to $208.9 million, $1.33 per diluted share, in the same quarter of 2007.

Masco Q3 profit down 84%; slashes FY08 EPS view - Update

Tuesday, Masco Corp reported a sharp decline in third-quarter profit, hurt by significantly lower sales volume in the new home construction market, lower consumer spending, as well as higher tax rate. The manufacturer of home...

Fortune Brands announces CEO change at Beam Global Spirits & Wine business

Consumer brands company Fortune Brands has announced that Tom Flocco, president and CEO of its Beam Global Spirits & Wine business, will leave the company to pursue other interests. The Beam Global senior executive team will...

RSI Predicts Brighter Future For Fortune Brands

October 27, 2008 | By Casey Murphy One of the most popular tools in technical analysis that is used to predict a shift in a stock's direction is known as the relative strength index (RSI). This indicator's primary purpose is to...