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Weight Watchers Surges After Oprah Effect Helps Fuel Profit

Weight Watchers International Inc. surged after the diet company backed by Oprah Winfrey posted an unexpected profit and added subscribers for the fifth st...

Wheat Futures Surge After U.S. Crop Pummeled By Snowstorm

Wheat prices posted record gains in Chicago on Monday as the U.S. winter crop faced substantial losses from snow and high winds that slammed into four Midw...

Consumer Spending In U.S. Stalled In March For Second Month

U.S. consumer spending stalled in March while inflation slowed to below the Federal Reserve’s target, showing the biggest part of the economy might t...

P&G Sees Slight Decline In Net Sales In Third Quarter

Consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble has seen its net sales decline by 1% in the third quarter of its financial year. The Cincinnati-based compa...

Costco to Return $3.1 Billion To Investors With Special Dividend

Costco Wholesale Corp., the warehouse-club chain that’s largely avoided the retail industry’s distress, plans to return $3.1 billion to shareho...

J&J's Weak First-Quarter Sales Show Why It Made A Megadeal

Johnson & Johnson’s disappointing first-quarter sales highlighted why the world’s largest health-care company made its biggest-ever dea...

Retail Sales In US Declined For A Second Month In March

Sales at U.S. retailers declined in March for a second month, hurt by fewer purchases of automobiles, Commerce Department data showed Friday. The value of...

US Consumer Sentiment Climbs on Upbeat Assessment of Economy

Consumer sentiment advanced to a three-month high in April as Americans’ optimism about their current financial situation and the economy reached the...