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Fortune Brands

Company nameFortune Brands
Company typePublic (Nyse - FO)
SloganLeading consumer brands. Consistently strong results.
IndustryConglomerate
PredecessorAmerican Brands
Founded1969
HeadquartersDeerfield, IL, USA
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleBruce A. Carbonari
(Chairman of the Board) & (CEO)
ProductsMoen
Master Lock
Jim Beam
DeKuyper
Knob Creek
Vox vodka
El Tesoro tequila
Titleist
FootJoy
Revenue(-) $ 7.608 billion (2008)
Operating income(-) $ 328.80 million (2008)
Net income(-) $ 311.10 million (2008)
Total assets(-) $ 12.091 billion (2008)
Total equity(-) $ 4.686 billion (2008)
Employees27,100 (June 2009)
DivisionsList of Divisions

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Fortune Brands, NYSE - FO is a holding company founded in 1969 as 'American Brands' and later re-named in 1997. The corporate headquarters are in Deerfield, Illinois in the United States. Although the company has historically had a significant diversity of product offerings, it announced on December 8, 2010, that it plans to focus on its liquor business, and will spin off or sell other parts of the company - including home furnishings and hardware, and Titleist, FootJoy and other golf products. The company is reported to be planning to spin off its home furnishings and hardware business as a separate publicly-traded company, and to either sell or spin off its golf product line.

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EARNINGS ALERT: FORTUNE BRANDS IS EXPECTED TO BEAT THE STREET CONSENSUS WHEN ... - Zacks.com Tweet this news
Zacks.com--Oct 25, 2010 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Analysts, on average, expect -Fortune Brands- (NYSE:FO) to report earnings of $0.74 per share on sales of ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:09:36 GMT+00:00
Fortune Brands' Earnings Fall - Zacks.com Tweet this news
Zacks.com---Fortune Brands- Inc.'s (FO - Analyst Report) adjusted earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 came in at 72 cents per share, falling short of the Zacks ... - Date : Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:50:26 GMT+00:00
FORTUNE BRANDS (FO) APPROACHES NEW UPSIDE TARGET OF $54.75 - Zacks.com Tweet this news
Zacks.com--Nov 04, 2010 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- SmarTrend has detected shares of -Fortune Brands- (NYSE:FO) have bullishly opened above the pivot of ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:13:55 GMT+00:00
Jim Beam® Distillery Celebrates 75th Anniversary - PR Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
PR Newswire (press release)--5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Beam Global Spirits & Wine, the premium spirits business of -Fortune Brands- (NYSE: FO) and maker of the world's number one-selling ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:00:35 GMT+00:00
Fortune Brands' biggest foe: the Tax Man - Reuters Tweet this news
Reuters--PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - -Fortune Brands- Inc (FO.N) could well be the target of a new action plan from activist ... - Date : Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:04:26 GMT+00:00
Fortune Brands (FO) 11/5/10 PriceWatch Alert At $48.17 Break Even - Market Intelligence Center Tweet this news
Market Intelligence Center---Fortune Brands- (NYSE: FO) closed yesterday at $54.37. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $37.05 and 52-week high of $59.40. -Fortune Brands- stock has ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:00:32 GMT+00:00
Today's Range Mover Is Fortune Brands: A New Short-term Trading Range Above ... - Comtex Smartrend Tweet this news
Comtex Smartrend---Fortune Brands- (NYSE:FO) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $44.55 to a high of $45.49. Yesterday's high of the day ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:46:25 GMT+00:00
JP Morgan Drops Price Target for Fortune Brands (FO) - Benzinga Tweet this news
Benzinga--JP Morgan analysts Michael Rehaut and Jason Marcus lowered their price target for -Fortune Brands- (NYSE: FO) by a dollar, from $50 to $49 following the ... - Date : Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:35:36 GMT+00:00
Fortune Brands Q2 net income increases - istockAnalyst.com (press release) Tweet this news
istockAnalyst.com (press release)--(Source: Datamonitor)-Fortune Brands-, a manufacturer, producer and seller of distilled spirits, has reported a net income attributable to the company of ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:23:48 GMT+00:00
Simonton Windows(R) Receives Highest Ranking in TWO J.D. Power and Associates ... - Trading Markets (press release) Tweet this news
Trading Markets (press release)--Simonton Windows is part of the home and hardware business of -Fortune Brands-, Inc. (NYSE: FO | PowerRating). "Our highest ranking in both of these ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:39:53 GMT+00:00

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