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

It took nearly 6 months, but former Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts has officially joined Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as its new Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores. Her bio has been added to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s executive leadership website, making her transition from Burberry complete. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performance was 0.24% in last session and finished the day at $591.48. Traded volume was 8.72million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 10.24million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.01. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) insider ownership is 0.04%.

Alan Mulally, the charismatic president and CEO of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) officially announced his retirement. On July 1, 2014, Mulally will step down as the boss of all Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) operation, and will be replaced by current COO Mark Fields. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) dropped -1.49 percent to $15.91 Thursday on volume of 30.72million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $15.85 to $16.20. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has a market capitalization of $63.39billion.

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) is recalling about 56,400 model year 2013 Cadillac SRX crossover vehicles because of possible delays in acceleration linked to a computer program that controls the transmission, US regulators said on Thursday. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)’s stock on May 1, 2014 reported a increase of 1.22% to the closing price of $34.90. Its fifty two weeks range is $30.11 -$41.85. The total market capitalization recorded $55.97billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 19.57million shares. In its share capital, GM has 1.60billion outstanding shares.

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) is expected to give in to pressure from its biggest shareholder, Warren Buffett, and revise its controversial equity compensation plan for executives. On Thursday, shares of The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) dropped -0.02% to close the day at $40.78. Company return on investment (ROI) is 11.00% and its monthly performance is recorded as 6.17%. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) quarterly revenue growth is 7.68%.