Barron's Report

Carnival (CCL) is firmer after Barron's says shares may rise 30% as traveling demand expands and as the company spends less on building new ships, according to a Barclays Capital analyst.

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) shares are battered, closing at $40.93 on Friday, down 23% in the past year. HP already suffered a revenue miss in CEO Leo Apotheker's first full quarter at the helm. Barron’s Plugged-In columnist Mark Vever

Liberty Media Interactive is one of three tracking stocks linked to parts of John Malone's Liberty Media, the article says. The unit's assets include QVC, the giant in the $8 billion TV home-shopping business, and several fast-gro

With its QVC teleretailing business thriving, Liberty Media Interactive (LINTA) looks bargain-basement cheap, says a feature in this week's Barron's. Is a merger with HSN in the cards?

Supervalu, the third largest U.S.

Supervalu (NYSE:SVU) could be on the verge of a big turnaround, according to a Barron's financial newspaper report on Sunday.

Ceding control of the company last week to investor Bruce Berkowitz of Fairholme Funds does nothing to solve the company's basic problems: a weak real-estate market in the Florida Panhandle best known to boosters as the Emerald Co

The St. Joe Company (JOE) is down 3.87% to $26.36 after Barron's reported that the landholder and developer, which owns vast tracts in the depressed Florida Panhandle, faces doubters and short sellers.

The retailer reported a 36% increase in fourth-quarter earnings as it benefitted from cost controls and higher sales in men's apparel, women's accessories and beauty products from in-store Sephora boutiques.

While J.C.

It might be time to take some profits in J.C. Penney (JCP) a retail stock that has risen 78% in the past six months, says a feature in this week's Barrons.

Dell (DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) have been in the penalty box with investors after acquiring two of the IT services companies that Ross Perot founded, Barron’s Technology Trader columnist Tiernan Ray reports. HP's shares tra

Coal stocks are on fire, and the trends stoking the flames—higher coal prices and lively merger-and-acquisition activity in the industry—could last for a while, the article says.

That's good news for miners such as International Coal Group, whose stock has soared more than 120% in the past year, to a recent 9 and change.

International Coal (ICO), the West Virginia miner, is placing a bigger bet on metallurgical coal, and its shares could rally as met-coal demand and prices continue to rise. Some think the company is a takeover target, says a featu

Think that the axis of American ingenuity lies squarely in sun-drenched California? Think again, and direct your gaze at an unremarkable corporate park in the icy reaches of Minnesota, the article continues.

3M's (MMM) innovation machine launched 1,300 products last year. With sales and profits rising and the company's footprint in emerging markets growing, the stock looks like a buy, says a cover story in this week's Barron's.

General Mills now trades at a discount to the rest of the sector, and possesses a rich $1.12 per share annual dividend.

A Barron's feature report on big American food makers touted General Mills (NYSE:GIS) as the company best positioned in the sector to benefit from the recent spike in agricultural commodities by passing on the increased costs to c