colgate palmolive

This report is an intraday check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today. 52-Week High:

• Colgate-Palmolive Co.
  
  (NYSE: CL) high of $91.47. Colgate-Palmolive is just one of many stocks that have been trading at or near 52-week highs over the past few months.
  
  Other notable's include Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ).
• Pharmasset, Inc.
  
  (Nasdaq: VRUS) high of $73.41.

UPGRADES Deutsche Bank lifts Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) from Hold to Buy, increasing its price target to $92. Click Here for more color.

Barrington Research raises Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA) from Market Perform to Outperform, boosting its price target to $55.

The CEO of Colgate-Palmolive Co. received a compensation package valued at about $14.2 million in 2010, a 2 percent decrease from a year earlier.

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Personal care products maker Colgate-Palmolive Co. reports earnings for the fiscal third quarter on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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(NYSE: CNX) from Sell to Neutral, citing valuation after recent underperformance. BMO Capital upgrades Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) from Market Perform to Outperform.

Price target $85. Morgan Keegan upgrades Motorola (NYSE: MOT) from Market Perform to Outperform. Citi upgrades OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) from Hold to Buy.

Price target increased from $9 to $12.

Shoppers around the globe are cutting down on optional purchases like fine fragrances and turning to cheaper store brands for everyday items like toilet paper, sapping sales for consumer stalwarts like Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Kellogg.

Colgate-Palmolive says higher selling prices and cost cutting helped first-quarter profit rise 9 percent despite the stronger dollar.