Industrials

Nestle is reportedly nearing a deal to buy Pfizer's infant nutrition business.

Coca-Cola beat the Street with a 7.9% increase in first-quarter profits as the world’s largest beverage company capitalized on a healthy rise in global volumes and higher prices.

Anheuser-Busch InBev confirmed on Monday that it will pay $1.2 billion to acquire a 51% stake in the Dominican Republic brewer Cerveceria Nacional Dominca.

Anheuser-Busch InBev is reportedly the front-runner to land Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana in a transaction that could value the brewer of Presidente beer at $2.5 billion.

Alcoa kicked off earnings season with a beat, as the company posted better-than-anticipated results and forecast strong full-year demand.

Danaher has agreed to buy Pantone owner X Rite for $478.9 million.

Corning has inked a deal with Becton, Dickinson and Co.to acquire a majority stake in its Discovery Labware unit for about $730 million in cash.

The push by Apple contractor and manufacturing behemoth Foxconn to clean up working conditions in China underscores a desire for worker equality that has swept across emerging-market countries in recent years.

Agriculture giant Monsanto beat the Street on Wednesday by posting a 19% jump in fiscal second-quarter profits thanks to healthy sales gains.

With its eye on European expansion, Molson Coors said it will buy brewer StarBev from private equity fund CVC Capital Partners for about $3.52 billion.

Dow Chemical plans to close four plants and lay off 900 workers to cut annual costs by $250 million.

Avon Products rebuffed a $10 billion buyout bid from Coty saying the offer 'substantially undervalues' the direct seller of cosmetics and is 'opportunistically' timed.  

For meat exporter James Geller, it's just business as usual one day after the first case of mad cow disease in six years was confirmed in the U.S.

Economic bellwether Caterpillar generated a stronger-than-expected 29% leap in first-quarter profits as the world’s largest maker of construction equipment capitalized on new acquisitions and strong demand.

The world's largest aerospace and defense company reported a higher first-quarter profit and lifted its earnings forecast for the year.

U.S. authorities reported the country's first case of mad cow disease in six years, but assured that the finding posed 'no risk to the food supply or to human health.'

United Technologies posted a first-quarter profit that beat expectations on strong demand for residential heating and cooling systems. However, the blue-chip manufacturer's revenue came in short of forecasts.

Price increases gave Hershey a boost in the first quarter and the chocolate maker raised its full-year view.

The maker of Hebrew National hot dogs, ConAgra revealed stronger third-quarter earnings on Wednesday.  

FedEx posted a fiscal third-quarter profit of $1.55 a share, excluding items, on sales of $10.56 billion. Analysts expected the global shipping company to earn $1.35 a share on $10.6 billion.