Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) is also slated to release its quarterly earnings report after the close tonight.
Kraft Foods (KFT) reports its second quarter earnings on Thursday, August 2, 2012.
Shares of Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) ended last week pulling back for a third day in a row on Friday.
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The result: a quiet long-term decline, in the multiples of branded-food biggies like General Mills, ConAgra ( CAG) and Kraft ( KFT).
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Heavy short interest, says Johnson, indicates that KFT is ripe for a potential short-covering rally should the share price continue to move higher.
Among the largest underlying components of XLP, in trading today Kraft Foods ( KFT) is up about 0.3%, and CVS Caremark ( CVS) is lower by about 1%.
Wall Street is digesting a Greek bailout and slew of blue-chip earnings, including reports from Kraft Foods ( KFT), Wal-Mart ( WMT), and Home Depot (HD).
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The downsizing, part of a restructuring at the 116-year-old chocolate maker, illustrates competitive pressures felt by Hershey as its rivals Kraft Foods ( KFT) and closely held Mars have gotten bigger through takeovers.
Analysts also say the favorable ruling should set Altria on a faster pace to spin off its Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ) unit from the tobacco business.
Three down days in October that took KFT into bear market territory briefly were followed by a rally during which shares of KFT closed higher for eight days in a row, gaining more than 7%.
Among the largest underlying components of HDV, in trading today Kraft Foods Incorporated ( NYSE: KFT) is trading flat, Southern Company ( NYSE: SO) is up about 1.1%, and Exelon Corporation ( NYSE: EXC) is up by about 1.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of XLP, in trading today Kraft Foods, Inc. ( NYSE: KFT) is up about 0.9%, CVS Caremark Corporation ( NYSE: CVS) is up about 2.5%, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. ( NYSE: CL) is up by about 1%.
Among the largest underlying components of VTI, in trading today Qualcomm Incorporated ( NASD: QCOM) is off about 1.8%, Cisco Systems Incorporated ( NASD: CSCO) is off about 1.1%, and Kraft Foods Incorporated ( NYSE: KFT) is lower by about 2.1%.
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Among the largest underlying components of XLP, in trading today Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ( NYSE: WMT) is up about 0.4%, Kraft Foods, Inc. ( NASD: KFT) is off about 0.4%, and Altria Group Inc ( NYSE: MO) is lower by about 1%.
Among the largest underlying components of IWB, in trading today Kraft Foods, Inc. ( NYSE: KFT) is up about 0.9%, Bank of America Corp. ( NYSE: BAC) is up about 2%, and Hewlett-Packard Co ( NYSE: HPQ) is higher by about 1.6%.
Among the largest underlying components of VTV, in trading today United Technologies Corp. ( NYSE: UTX) is up about 0.2%, Kraft Foods, Inc. ( NYSE: KFT) is up about 0.1%, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. ( NYSE: BMY) is higher by about 0.6%.
Among the largest underlying components of XLP, in trading today Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ( NYSE: WMT) is off about 0.1%, Kraft Foods, Inc. ( NASD: KFT) is off about 0.1%, and Altria Group Inc ( NYSE: MO) is up by about 0.2%.
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Among the largest underlying components of XLP, in trading today Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ( NYSE: WMT) is up about 0.9%, Kraft Foods, Inc. ( NYSE: KFT) is down about 1.6%, and CVS Caremark Corporation ( NYSE: CVS) is lower by about 0.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of IWD, in trading today Kraft Foods Incorporated ( NYSE: KFT) is off about 1.3%, Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated ( NYSE: GS) is off about 3.1%, and Hewlett Packard Company ( NYSE: HPQ) is lower by about 1.6%.
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Among the largest underlying components of IWD, in trading today Bank of America Corp. ( NYSE: BAC) is up about 3.5%, Kraft Foods, Inc. ( NYSE: KFT) is up about 1.1%, and Occidental Petroleum Corp ( NYSE: OXY) is higher by about 2.2%.
Irene Rosenfeld has been in the driver's seat of Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ) for less than a month, but she's already on her way to extending the reach of America's No. 1 food company overseas.
Among the largest underlying components of IWD, in trading today Kraft Foods Incorporated ( NYSE: KFT) is down about 0.2%, Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated ( NYSE: GS) is down about 0.3%, and UnitedHealth Group Inc. ( NYSE: UNH) is higher by about 0.8%.
On Thursday, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (nyse: BRKA - news - people ) announced it took a 132.4 million stake in Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ), making Berkshire the largest single shareholder.
It attracts farmers and their groupies: commodities brokers, agronomists, grain buyers, ag reporters and representatives from the likes of Cargill and Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ), all looking for hints as to the size of the impending harvest.
Weight Watchers now allows all foods, including calories from Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (nyse: KKD - news - people ) or Kraft Foods ' (nyse: KFT - news - people ) Oreos, as long as they are within a person's daily allotted points.
Brands (nyse: YUM - news - people ), PepsiCo (nyse: PEP - news - people ) and Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ), makers of high-calorie foods, who some have blamed for the "epidemic" of obesity and the overweight in America.
Analysts at Panmure Gordon Co. said it was plausible that Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ) might team up with a private equity firm to buy Cadbury and divide the assets between them, with Kraft getting the confectionary business and the private equity fund getting the company's stable and profitable beverage unit.
But in the U.S., despite persistent concerns, free choice is an overriding ethic, and fast-food and cookie sellers like McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ), Coca-Cola (nyse: KO - news - people ) and Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT - news - people ) have little short-term fear of such restrictions.
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