HJ Heinz Company

Investor Nelson Peltz sold 1.6 million shares in H.J. Heinz Co. (HNZ), reducing his stake by about one third. He now holds about 1% of the company's shares. Peltz has sold shares worth $75.9 million since Friday, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Sponsored Links In 2006, Peltz successfully fought...

While major US private equity operators like the Carlyle Group, KKR and the Blackstone Group (BX) gear up to invest in emerging markets, there are already a variety of locally-based firms that are capitalizing on the opportunities. Take Transpac Industrial Holdings Limited, which is based in...

The following is a round-up of news likely to affect stock prices today: Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) reported its profit climbed 46% to $306 million, or 68 cents per share, in the fiscal third quarter as sales rose 12% to $17.78 billion. Thomson Reuters says analysts expected earnings of 66...

For decades, the world took its cues from American consumers when it came to tastes, styles and prices. No longer. The Great Recession has brought a dramatic realignment from the U.S. to China and India, and that change is already sparking new business strategies in global companies.

Big consumer stock names are on tap Thursday as Coca-Cola makes it official, snapping up the North American operations of its largest bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises. Then later today, Apple kicks off its annual shareholder meeting. Analysts say investors may be looking for a fresh catalyst to send shares even higher.

The following is a round-up of news likely to affect stock prices today, including Walmart Stores announced its fourth-quarter profit rose 21% to $4.6 billion. But first quarter and 2011 guidance disappointed and the stock fell nearly 2% in premarket trading.

Heinz is changing its ketchup this year, introducing a different recipe and different packaging. That's a bold move for the world's most popular ketchup -- and one that also has an unfortunate resemblance to Coca-Cola's infamously bungled launch 25 years ago.