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Earnings highlights: RIM, Oracle, KB Home, Nike, Kroger, Walgreen and others	Filed under: Earnings reports, Google (GOOG), Walgreen Co (WAG), Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY), Kroger Co (KR), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Research in Motion (RIMM), General Mills (GIS), NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE), KB HOME (KBH), Oracle Corp (ORCL), Red Hat Inc (RHT), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Palm Inc (PALM), CKE Restaurants (CKR), Rite Aid Corp (RAD)Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) Q1 earnings tumbled whil...	June 28, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Tech Trades This week was a rough one for some major technology stocks. Credit Suisse slapped a $100 price target on Research In Motion (RIMM) saying that earnings momentum will slow. Software giant Oracle (ORCL) sold off as well as shares of Google (GOOG). Najarian said he favors RIMM around $120. Adami said Oracle is a screaming buy around $20. POPS&DROPS POPS-Anheuser-Busch (BUD) advanced 3%. Najarian said keep an eye on BUD because they want $7 billion more than InBev is offering. Exxon...	June 27, 2008
Kroger (KR) issues a beef recall following reports of E. coli	Filed under: Bad news, Products and services, Competitive strategy, Kroger Co (KR)If you are a Kroger (NYSE: KR) shopper and you think that you may have picked up some beef from the grocer recently, you may want to take a closer look at it, as reports of E. coli have prompted a recall from the grocery chain.The recall involves beef products that were purchased between May 21 and June 8 in Michigan, and parts of the Ohio market. Kroger was forced to take this action following reports that there h...	June 26, 2008
Kroger, Darden Restaurants rise on profit increases	Filed under: Earnings reports, Kroger Co (KR), Darden Restaurants (DRI)On Tuesday, both Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), the nation's largest traditional grocer, and casual dining chain operator Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: DRI) reported better-than-expected profit increases. Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. said first-quarter profits rose 15% from the year-ago quarter to $386 million, or 58 cents per share, due in part to discounts on food, gas, and drugs that drew in budget-strapped consumers. For the qua...	June 24, 2008
Kroger Explains Nothing	The Kroger Co (KR) released Q1 results and essentially said nothing in the press release other than just throwing a few regulatory must have numbers up on the wall. Q1 sales are $23.1 Billion. Grocery retailing is a tough business. Food costs are subject to the ag commodities boom plus fuel costs are only going up. Is it that investors expect nothing from this company and the executives know it?The only comment was a quick sentence about how their strategy is OK and the customers are saving a...	June 24, 2008
Closing bell: Bulls lose their way as Bears win out today	Filed under: Kroger Co (KR), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Eastman Kodak (EK)If you were looking for help from the economic front or from the oil patch today to help out the market, that wasn't in the cards. Home prices plunged by a record 15.3% from may 2007 to May 2008. Consumer confidence also came in at a 16-year low. From bottom to top to bottom we had more than a 150 point trading range in the DJIA today. These are the unofficial closing levels: DJIA 11810.04 (-32.89) S&P 500 13...	June 24, 2008
Walgreen, Kroger expected to report profit growth	Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Walgreen Co (WAG), Kroger Co (KR)Though the quarter is winding down, there are still earnings reports to come, including Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) and Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR). Both companies are expected to report profit growth this coming week. Walgreen is expected by analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial to report third-quarter earnings of 59 cents per share, up 6.8% from the same period of last year, on revenue of $15.1 billion. The company has provide...	June 22, 2008
Tomatoes removed from shelves, just as they were getting yummy	Filed under: Other issues, Wal-Mart (WMT), McDonald's (MCD), Kroger Co (KR), Chipotle Mexican Grill'A' (CMG), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Yum Brands (YUM), Burger King Hldgs (BKC), Headline newsOh no, one of my favorite fruits in the world (yes, a tomato is a fruit) is being taken off the shelf for fear of salmonella contamination. Three types of raw tomatoes -- red plum, red Roma and round red tomatoes -- grown in 17 states are voluntarily being pulled of the shelves and menus of McDonald's (NYS...	June 10, 2008
Jim Cramer's Lightning Round	BullishFirst Solar (FSLR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Temple-Inland (TIN) and Dynegy (DYN).BearishKroger (KR), Imax Corp (IMAX), Sina Corp (SINA), Fluor (FLR), International Paper (IP), Emcore (EMKR) and Reliant Energy (RRI)....	May 19, 2008
Analyst upgrades: FISV, ARB and APC	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Wal-Mart (WMT), Kroger Co (KR), Anadarko Petroleum (APC)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Fiserv, Arbitron and Anadarko Petroleum were today's noteworthy upgrades: JMP Securities upgraded Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV) to Outperform from Market Perform citing a reversal of the Bank of America in-house risk, potential re-branding initiatives, and relative pricing stability. Bear upgraded Arbitron (NYSE: ARB) to Outperform from Peer Perform citing ...	May 16, 2008

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