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Consumer Goods Active Runners: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor (NYSE: F), The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a position that Mr. Icahn has made money in. That said, the only thing that he influenced was an evening of Tim Cook’s time for a dinner. Apple is buying back stock, and the company may boost its dividend again. Mr. Icahn’s position was at 4.7-M/shares, but he said he was going to lighten up some. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performance was 1.08% in last session and finished the day at $544.99. Traded volume was 10.08million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 11.53million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.06. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) insider ownership is 0.04%.

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has named Niharika Taskar Ramdev, 44, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) vice president, Finance and Treasurer, effective April 1. Prior to this appointment, she was chief financial officer for General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)’s Global Purchasing and Supply Chain operation, a position she has held since August, 2011. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) dropped -1.79 percent to $34.51 Tuesday on volume of 24.82million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $34.19 to $35.18. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has a market capitalization of $54.86billion.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) made record profits in Asia Pacific, North America and Africa. European operations saw a recovery, revenues from the EU segment increased by 5.1% in year 2013. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s stock on Mar 25, 2014 reported a decrease of -0.39% to the closing price of $15.33. Its fifty two weeks range is $11.83 -$17.78. The total market capitalization recorded $60.42billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 24.39million shares. In its share capital, F has 3.94billion outstanding shares.

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) has received an average rating of “Hold” from the eighteen ratings firms that are covering the stock, StockRatingsNetwork reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have assigned a hold recommendation and ten have issued a buy recommendation on the company. On Tuesday, shares of The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) advanced 0.57% to close the day at $38.62. Company return on investment (ROI) is 11.00% and its monthly performance is recorded as 3.79%. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) quarterly revenue growth is -2.78%.