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Stockerblog - The Stock Market Blog (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
The stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends' is becoming more and more popular. It is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. When you buy dividends , there are many stocks in many different sectors to choose...
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 04/16/2009
Sometimes you just find a nugget of gold! As I was scanning through the financial headlines this morning I saw the news item: "Sonoco earnings up 77%". I thought, great, I wonder how an oil company can generate those kind of profits in this environment? [More...]
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The Business First of Columbus (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
Packager Sonoco Products Co. late Tuesday said it will close a Lancaster uncoated recycled paperboard mill in two months, cutting 58 jobs. (SON)
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/05/2009
NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Packaging products maker Sonoco Products said on Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings fell, hurt by restructuring charges and weaker profits from its packaging services and its tubes and cores businesses.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 02/05/2009
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Sonoco Products, the Hartsville, S.C., packaging company, reported fourth-quarter net income fell 34% on 12% lower revenue. Earnings were $36 million, or 36 cents a share, compared with $54.2 million, or 54 cents, in the year-earlier quarter. Sales fell to $934.6 million from $1.06 billion. Adjusted earnings, excluding charges and other special items, were 49 cents against...
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Seeking Alpha China (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Sonoco-Alcore, a Brussels subsidiary of Sonoco Products Co., the Hartsville, S.C., packaging company, said it would raise prices on paperboard sold in the U.K., Scandinavia and Russia by 25 pounds ($44.11), or 40 euros ($54.54), a ton. The increases are effective for shipments after Oct. 27. "Continued inflationary pressure, predominantly in energy and chemicals, has...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Sonoco Products Co. said Friday it will implement a $40 per ton average energy surcharge for its uncoated recycled paperboard products in the U.S. and Canada. The surcharge will be added as a separate line item to all invoices for shipments starting July 14. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Coughlin Stoia”) (
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SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
Sonoco Products Company (SON) Q1 FY08 Earnings Call Complete Story »
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Global packaging maker Sonoco on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income rose 37% to $54.2 million from $39.5 million during the same period last year. Earnings for the period came in at 54 cents a share, while base earnings, which exclude certain items, were 62 cents a share. On average, analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected earnings of 54 cents a share. Revenue...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Packaging products maker Sonoco Products Co said on Wednesday its fourth-quarter earnings rose 37 percent, as a lower tax rate offset rising labor, raw material and freight costs.
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