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Dole Launches Fifth Annual Recipe Contest, Grand Prize $25,000

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Dole Launches Fifth Annual Recipe Contest, Grand Prize $25,000

Enter on Dole.com/cookoff to win a chance for Chef Ben Ford to judge your culinary creation in L.A.

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The fifth annual DOLE® California Cook-Off contest is now accepting grilling recipes at Dole.com/cookoff. One talented griller will take home a whopping $25,000 in addition to 4 days/3 nights in celebrity-centric L.A. and earn the respect of celebrity chef Ben Ford!

If you’re a fan of grilling and have a special, family-favorite recipe that incorporates a DOLE packaged product, we want to know about it! Submit a bite-sized version in the DOLE 2013 California Cook-Off recipe contest on Dole.com/cookoff and be ready to be judged on your best use of DOLE products, creativity, flavor and taste. It’s that simple!

Three finalists will be selected from around the nation and flown to sunny Southern California in late June, where they will don official Cook-Off aprons and prepare their delectable Dole dish in front of envious onlookers and a panel of judges led by a renowned celebrity chef, Ben Ford of Ford’s Filling Station in Culver City, Calif. Hungry for the challenge but nervous about preparing your dish in the lime light? Don’t sweat it! During the final Cook-off each finalist will have a L.A. based food blogger as their Sous Chef, all personally selected by Dole.

The 2013 DOLE California Cook-Off contest launched March 17, 2013 at 12 a.m. ET and closes on May 15, 2013. Submit a delicious appetizer, small plate, tapas, taster, or just a healthier portion sized dish that can be prepared in 60 minutes or less on a gas grill using at least one DOLE product and no more than seven additional ingredients. Participation is simple – check out Dole.com/cookoff for more information and the official contest rules.

“Challenge yourself—whether you’re a young adult learning your way around a grill, an expert at feeding your family, or a full-time worker bee who is challenged to eat healthfully throughout a busy schedule—$25,000 is at stake here and it could be yours! Visit Dole.com/cookoff and enter your best recipe today,” said Chef Ben Ford.

Are you more of a master taster? Warm up that palate, as there is also a chance to win a spot on the judging panel! If you’d prefer to sit back and enjoy the fantastic presentation by the three Cook-off finalists than fire up a grill of your own, enter the sweepstakes for a chance to win at Dole.com/cookoff.

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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 13, 2013: Markets Hold On for Small Gains (BA, ORCL, WAG, YUM, EPB, DOLE, COOL, PPHM, EXPR, BFAM, MW, VRA, LODE, SOL, SPPI, VLO, EBAY)

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U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning following on some poor data on eurozone industrial production, which fell more than expected. Non-farm payrolls fell more than expected in France and the country’s CPI rose less than analysts had forecast. There was no data out of Asia this morning, but there are worries that China will tighten lending requirements for home purchases as the country tries to cool off the real estate market. In the U.S., retail sales came in better than expected (more coverage here), but new applications for mortgages fell as interest rates rose (more coverage here). The Business Roundtable released its economic outlook for spring, which suggests that sales and capital spending will rise, but hiring will remain slow (more coverage here).

The U.S. dollar index rose 0.34% today, now at 82.865. The GSCI commodity index is up 0.1% at 649.62, with commodities prices mostly lower today. WTI crude oil closed down fractionally today, at $92.52 a barrel, following the release of the EIA’s inventory report (more coverage here). Brent crude trades down 1.2% at $108.40 a barrel. Natural gas is up 1% today at about $3.68 per million BTUs. Gold settled down 0.2% today at $1,588.40 an ounce, largely due to the stronger dollar.

The unofficial closing bells put the DJIA up more than 5 points to 14,455.28 (0.04%), the NASDAQ rose nearly 3 points (0.09%) to 3,245.12, and the S&P 500 rose 0.13% or about 2 points to 1,554.52.

There were a several analyst upgrades and downgrades today, including Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) reiterated as ‘buy’ with a price target of $100 at BofA/Merrill Lynch; Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) raised to ‘buy’ at Canaccord Genuity; Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) raised to ‘buy’ at UBS; Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) maintained as ‘outperform’ and price target raised to $70 at Credit Suisse; and El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: EPB) cut to ‘neutral’ and price target raised to $44 at Credit Suisse (more coverage of MLP ratings here).

Earnings reports since markets closed last night resulted in several price moves today, including these: Dole Food Company Inc. (NYSE: DOLE) is down 8.8% at $10.70; Majesco Entertainment Co. (NASDAQ: COOL) is down 16.3% at $0.60; Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM) is down 8.2% at $1.45; and Express Inc. (NYSE: EXPR) is down 2.7% at $18.35 (more coverage here).

Before markets open tomorrow morning we are scheduled to hear from Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (NYSE: BFAM), Men’s Wearhouse Inc. (NYSE: MW), Vera Bradley Inc. (NASDAQ: VRA), Comstock Mining Inc. (NYSEMKT: LODE), and ReneSola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL).

Some standouts among heavily traded stocks today include:

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: SPPI) is down 37.6% at $7.76 after posting a new 52-week low of $7.73 earlier today. The drugmaker lowered full-year guidance today by 40%, and the shorts had a field day.

Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) is down 4.4% at $43.53. The oil refiner received an analyst downgrade today linked to the rising cost of renewable fuel credits.

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is down …read more
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 12, 2013: Markets Can't Overcome Low Open (BBY, RSH, P, AAPL TJX, CVI, DMND, FCEL, URBN, BONT, COST, SSI, DOLE, COOL, PPHM, EXPR, TA, GLU, JCP, ZNGA)

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U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning but never managed to hold a position in positive territory. Despite a significant drop in U.K. industrial production in February, the country’s trade deficit was narrow than expected and the FTSE 100 index actually rose. Elsewhere in Europe the few data points that were released today did not move markets much one way or the other. In Asia, the Chinese government tried to persuade investors (not altogether successfully) that downturns in yesterday’s data reports were mainly due to the lunar new year. In the U.S., there was no early morning data and few earnings reports of note. A report on job gains and losses was mostly positive (more coverage here), and the afternoon auction of 3-year Treasury notes went off at a yield of 0.411%, identical with the February auction.

The U.S. dollar index rose 0.02% today, now at 82.594. The GSCI commodity index is down fractionally at 648.72, with commodities prices mostly mixed again today. WTI crude oil closed up 0.5% today, at $92.54 a barrel, following the release of the EIA’s short-term energy outlook (more coverage here). Brent crude trades down 0.6% at $109.61 a barrel. Natural gas is down 0.3% today at about $3.64 per million BTUs. Gold settled up 0.9% today at $1,591.70 an ounce.

The unofficial closing bells put the DJIA up less than 2 points to 14,450.06 (0.01%), the NASDAQ fell more than 10 points (-0.32%) to 3,242.32, and the S&P 500 fell -0.24% or nearly 4 points to 1,552.48.

There were a several analyst upgrades and downgrades today, including Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) raised to ‘buy’ at Goldman Sachs; RadioShack Inc. (NYSE: RSH) cut to ‘sell’ at Goldman Sachs; Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) started as ‘outperform’ at Pac-Crest; Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) maintained as ‘hold’ but price target cut to $420 at Jefferies; and The TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE: TJX) started as ‘overweight’ at Barclays.

Earnings reports since markets closed last night resulted in several price moves today, including these: CVR Energy Inc. (NYSE: CVI) is up 1.6% at $59.57; Diamond Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) is down 10.1% at $15.82; Fuel Cell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is down 4.1% at $1.00; Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) is up 0.8% at $41.81; Bon-Ton Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: BONT) is up 5.5% at $12.56; Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) is up 1.2% at $103.68 (more coverage here); and Stage Stores Inc. (NYSE: SSI) is down 0.8% at $26.62.

Before markets open tomorrow morning we are scheduled to hear from Dole Food Company Inc. (NYSE: DOLE), Majesco Entertainment Co. (NASDAQ: COOL), Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), Express Inc. (NYSE: EXPR), and TravelCenters of America LLC (NYSEMKT: TA).

Some standouts among heavily traded stocks today include:

Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU) is up 15.3% at $2.79. The mobile game developer launched its first real-money mobile gambling game in the U.K.

J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is up 4.3% at $15.69. The retailer denies the CEO is leaving and the shares rise. …read more
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Dole Food Crosses Below Key Price/Book Valuation Level

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By DividendChannel.com In trading on Friday, shares of Dole Food Co., Inc. (NYSE: DOLE) crossed below their last reported book value ? defined as common shareholder equity per share ? of $10.13, changing hands as low as $10.06 per share. Dole Food Co., Inc. shares are currently trading down about 3.1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of DOLE shares, versus its 50 and 200 day moving averages:
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