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The Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry is going through a major shift this year, with broad inflation-driven price hikes having reached their peak. With core inflation hovering around 2.5%, CPG growth has shifted firmly back to a volume-driven imperative. Broader national brand unit volumes across the sector fell 0.6% year-to-date, indicating a polarized consumer base […]

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Interest rates have not moved since December's quarter-point cut to a range of +3.50-3.75%.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose, but tech futures dropped as chip stocks Micron and Sandisk dived. Coca-Cola jumped on earnings.

Retail sentiment remains ‘bearish’ on SPY and deteriorated to ‘extremely bearish’ on QQQ, amid growing anxiety around technology stocks.

Today Earnings (a.m.): Coca-Cola, UPS, Boeing, Sherwin-Williams, Hilton, Centene, PayPal, S&P Global Earnings (p.m.): Visa, Ford Motor, Mondelez International, Waste Management, PPG Industries, Bloom Energy, Avis Budget, Seagate Technology Economic data: Consumer confidence index, Johnson Redbook retail sales index, U.

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Dow and S&P 500 futures gain 0.8% and Nasdaq futures 1.4% ahead of Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Amazon results and Wednesday's Fed call.

Wall Street is heading for a pivotal week as Big Tech earnings, the Federal Reserve's rate decision and key inflation data test a market hovering near record highs. The busiest stretch begins on Wednesday, when Microsoft and Meta Platforms report earnings before the focus quickly shifts to...

Wall Street stocks are predicted to open sharply higher on Monday as a pause in US and Iranian attacks sent oil prices tumbling ahead of a massive week for markets, including a Federal Reserve meeting and earnings from several tech megacaps. Dow Jones futures were up 568 points, or 1.1%,...

The benchmark US stock measures were pointing higher before the opening bell Monday after the US and

This is a huge earnings week, with nearly a third of S&P 500 companies reporting. The Fed is expected to hold rates steady after its confab ends Wednesday, and we’ll see key inflation data on Thursday.

Seventy companies have raised their dividends through every recession and rate shock for at least a quarter century, but a bruising few quarters for some of NOBL's most-watched names put that unbroken record under real pressure heading into mid-2026.

With 76 hedge funds holding stakes in the stock, The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) is among the 8 Best Stocks to Buy Following Federal Reserve Pivot Expectations. On July 7, Smurfit Westrock partnered with The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) China to launch a range of paper-based packaging solutions supporting Coca-Cola’s 2026 World Cup campaign. Developed through collaboration with Coca-Cola’s […]

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<body><p>STORY: Walmart said Monday it would cut prices on many summer barbecue favorites, including meat, chips and soda.</p><p>The move comes after U.S. President Donald Trump said the retailer was acting at his administration's request.</p><p>In a Truth Social post, he said Walmart would be lowering prices significantly, "to celebrate our great Country's 250th birthday."</p><p>Trump said the firm would, “be dropping the price for a pound of ground beef by almost 15%.”</p><p>Walmart said in a statement that the price of one pound of 73% ground beef roll would drop to $5.94 from $6.74 in its stores, a decline of about 12%.</p><p>The retailer also said it lowered prices on items including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo sodas and chips.</p><p>Prices for steaks and hamburger meat soared after a persistent drought burned pasture lands and hiked costs of cattle feed, forcing U.S. ranchers to slash their herds.</p><p>Now the price cuts mark a notable shift from last year, when Walmart warned that tariffs would push some prices higher, a move Trump had rebuked.</p><p>The president had previously encouraged low-tariff imports of Argentine beef to cool U.S. prices, which angered American ranchers.</p><p>He had also directed the Department of Justice to investigate whether U.S. meatpackers were colluding to raise prices.</p><p>Walmart is widely viewed by economists and investors as a gauge of U.S. consumer health because of its size and broad customer base.</p></body>

Walmart is cutting prices on thousands of items to help customers with affordability after years of inflation. The largest U.S. grocer said Monday it is lowering the price of ground beef by 12%. A 24-pack of Coca-Cola is falling by one-third to $9.97.

DUK, KO, ARKO and NYT are highlighted as defensive stock picks as U.S. inflation tops 4%, rate hike expectations rise and earnings estimates improve.

Coca-Cola is heading into a critical federal appeals court hearing over a very large US$20.00 billion tax dispute with the IRS related to transfer pricing and profit allocations between its US operations and foreign subsidiaries for 2007–2009, with potential knock-on effects for its tax liabilities through 2025. Because the case could reshape how multinationals allocate profits across borders, the ruling may influence Coca-Cola’s long-term cash flows, capital allocation, and how investors...

Coca-Cola asked a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn a U.S. Tax Court decision that put the company on the hook for more than $20 billion in taxes and interest, contending that the Internal Revenue Service engaged in an unfair and retroactive bait-and-switch in how it calculated Coke’s foreign profits. The IRS challenged Coke’s tax returns for 2007 through 2009, and the outcome of the case will affect the company’s payments for every year since then. Gregory Garre, arguing for the company before a three-judge panel in Miami, pointed to a 1996 Coke-IRS agreement and subsequent IRS statements that accepted the company’s method for calculating how much profit was assigned to the U.S. and how much was attributed to lower-taxed foreign countries.

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Despite increased uncertainty, Coca-Cola and Walmart keep offering reliability.

Coca-Cola is preparing for a pivotal federal appeals court hearing in a long-running $20 billion IRS tax dispute. The case centers on transfer pricing between the US parent and foreign subsidiaries. The outcome could have major financial implications for Coca-Cola and may influence how other multinationals handle profit allocation. Coca-Cola, traded as NYSE:KO, heads into this legal test with its stock at $79.53 and medium to long term returns of 15.1% year to date and 69.9% over five...

Coca-Cola takes its transfer pricing tax dispute with the IRS to a federal appeals court in Miami, with an estimated $20 billion in taxes at stake.

Coca-Cola is a dividend king with 64 straight years of payout increases, a presence in more than 200 countries, and a place in the Dow. The Internal Revenue Service believes the beverage giant owes up to $20 billion in additional taxes and interest tied to its overseas profit allocations. A federal ...

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