(NEW YORK)Shares of plastic packaging makers rose Tuesday after the price of crude oil, a key raw material in making plastics, plunged as Hurricane Gustav appeared to largely spare petroleum...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Shares of packaging and paper makers rose Friday as the price of crude oil dipped briefly below $116 per barrel and several companies reported strong quarterly results, enticing in...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Wall Street analysts are beginning to suggest that recently falling petroleum prices plus continued dollar weakness could energize shares of some packaging and paper products maker...READ MORE
Among the earnings stories for Thursday, July 17, from AP Financial News: MILWAUKEE (AP)--MGIC Investment Corp. said mortgage delinquencies and home foreclosures remain high, resul...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Shares of packaging makers staged a broad-based rally Thursday as the price of natural gas, which both powers their plants and goes into making plastics, continued to fall.READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Crown Holdings Inc. shares jumped to a new year high Thursday, a day after the packaging and beverage can maker reported surprisingly strong second-quarter earnings largely due to ...READ MORE
(PHILADELPHIA)Packaging products maker Crown Holdings Inc. said Thursday it will build a new beverage can plant on its existing food can manufacturing site in Casablanca, Morocco.READ MORE