Mid Cap Losers: Avon Products (NYSE:AVP), Ocwen Financial Corp (NYSE:OCN), Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH), JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ:JDSU)

Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:AVP) will pay $135 million to settle a long-standing U.S. government probe into whether the cosmetics company paid bribes in China and other countries to gain favors. Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:AVP), the world’s largest direct seller of cosmetics, said it would fork over $68 million to the Justice Department and $67 million…

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Consumer Goods Most Active: General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Avon Products (NYSE:AVP)

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) revealed on Thursday it is the subject of five different government probes related to its massive recalls, including two previously unreported investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a state prosecutor. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) stock performance was -0.64% in last session and finished the day at $34.17. Traded…

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Active Stocks At Consumer Goods: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), Avon Products (NYSE:AVP), Altria Group (NYSE:MO)

Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has drawn criticism at times for watching the iTunes App Store like a hawk and policing top ranked apps for signs of controversy and fraud. At times it goes too far, certainly, but it does do a pretty good job making sure its users are stricken with such obvious fraud attempts. Apple…

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Consumer Goods Active Runners: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Avon Products (NYSE:AVP), The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), The Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook has publicly pushed for passage of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, including at an awards ceremony last December. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performance was -1.29% in last session and finished the day at $531.82. Traded volume was 9.83million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock…

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Investors Are Eying: California Resources Corporation (NYSE:CRC), Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT), Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO), Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:AVP), The Boeing (NYSE:BA)

California Resources Corp (NYSE:CRC) Director Harold M. Korell acquired 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 5th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $6.31 per share, for a total transaction of $631,000.00. California Resources Corporation (NYSE:CRC) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its weekly performance is -0.17%. On…

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Top Movers: Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:AVP), SemGroup Corporation (NYSE:SEMG), AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T), IFM Investments Limited (NYSE:CTC)

On Dec 9, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) announced a rebrand of its cabin options on Monday, including an overhaul of its economy and enhanced economy service. The changes will take effect in March of 2015. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is 24.80% and weekly performance is…

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