Avon Products News

At the worst time during the financial crisis, Avon products had one of its better years.

Wallace Weitz is portfolio manager of the Weitz Value Fund, Weitz Hickory Fund and Weitz Partners Value Fund, which he founded in 1983.

S&P 500 component Avon Products, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

For many people the S&P 500 and U.S. Stock Market are synonymous terms. While in reality the U.S. stock market is much larger with public companies numbering in the thousands.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , in trading on Tuesday, shares of Avon Products, Inc.

Since I first explained here how Avon Products was undervalued and an activist target, the stock has appreciated by 12.4%. The firm continues to be rated a "hold" on the Street, largely due to investor fatigue over failed management and execution.

Avon Products has been troubled by regulatory problems since 2008. At that time, the company began an investigation into bribery rumors in connection with its operations in China.

Mohammed Amr spoke Sunday at an international security conference in Germany, a day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned him anew that failure to resolve the dispute may lead to the loss of American aid.

The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Friday, February 3, 2012.A The average estimate of analysts is for profit of $1.01 per share, a rise of 14.8% from the company's actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago.

For many people, the S&P 500 and U.S. stock market are synonymous terms. While in reality the U.S. stock market is much larger, with public companies numbering in the thousands.

Este Lauder is a company that specializes in high-end beauty products such as makeup and skin care aids.

At least 5,549 of these calls have been traded at the out-of-the-money February 19 strike -- most of them at the ask price, suggesting they were bought.

Avon Products Inc. has fired its vice chairman and former chief financial officer in the latest move related to a long-running investigation involving possible bribes overseas and its disclosures to Wall Street analysts.

However, in several key markets, notably Brazil, demand from distributors has outstripped its supply capacity, and the company risks losing share unless it is able to address the issue.

S&P 500 component The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Friday, February 3, 2012.

THE NEWS: Avon Products Inc. has fired its vice chairman and former chief financial officer, Charles Cramb, in the latest move related to its long-running investigation involving possible bribes overseas and its disclosures to Wall Street analysts.

Avon Products, Inc. fired its vice chairman, Charles Cramb in the middle of an investigation by the company and the U.S. Securities and Exchange inquiry into bribery and disclosure improprieties.

The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Avon Products Inc. fired its vice chairman in connection with probes into alleged bribery overseas and improper disclosures to Wall Street analysts in the U.S. Charles Cramb, vice chairman in charge of developed markets for the door-to-door beauty company, is the most senior executive to lose his job amid both internal company probes and ... (more)

Cosmetics company Avon Products Inc said its former finance chief, linked to triggering a regulatory probe, has left the company.