Consumer Goods: Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), American Apparel (NYSEMKT:APP), Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), General Motors (NYSE:GM), Crumbs Bake Shop Inc (OTCMKTS:CRMB)

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has a long-term commitment to South Africa, its regional head said, playing down any concerns about strikes that an engineering federation said had prompted the U.S. carmaker to consider pulling out of the country. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) stock performance was -0.75% in last session and finished the day at $17.30. Traded volume was 20.17million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 25.57million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.61. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) insider ownership is 0.30%.

The share price of American Apparel Inc. (NYSEMKT:APP) increased almost 2% after it inked an agreement with New York-based investment firm, Standard General LP, to bring in financial support worth $25 million. The struggling apparel retailer is reportedly going to use a portion of it to repay its $9.9 million debt to Lion Capital. American Apparel Inc (NYSEMKT:APP) rose 21.25 percent to $1.03 Thursday on volume of 16.57million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $0.86 to $1.05. American Apparel Inc (NYSEMKT:APP) has a market capitalization of $178.70million.

Bowing to pressure from irate customers, the Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) said it would resume selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO)’s stock on July 10, 2014 reported a increase of 0.74% to the closing price of $42.26. Its fifty two weeks range is $36.83 -$42.49. The total market capitalization recorded $185.74billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 12.56million shares. In its share capital, KO has 4.40billion outstanding shares.

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) today announced its first global brand head of Cadillac will return to his previous position as the company’s top public policy executive. On Thursday, shares of General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) dropped -0.58% to close the day at $37.75. Company return on investment (ROI) is 3.70% and its monthly performance is recorded as 3.71%. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) quarterly revenue growth is 13.23%.

On Monday, the Crumbs Bake Shop Inc (OTCMKTS:CRMB) chain announced it was going out of business. Now, according to CNBC, Crumbs is “close to securing financing from a prominent investor group” in a deal that would save the chain. Crumbs Bake Shop Inc (OTCMKTS:CRMB) stock performance was 1,197.10% in last session and finished the day at $0.402. Traded volume was 17.72million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 150.45K shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.40. Crumbs Bake Shop Inc (OTCMKTS:CRMB) insider ownership is 4.00%.