Earlier this year, Apple Inc announced a deal to acquire Beats, which was founded in 2006 by hip hop mogul Dr. Dre and a business partner for $3 billion. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performance was 0.66% in last session and finished the day at $97.67. Traded volume was 210.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 61.14million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.94. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) insider ownership is 0.04%.

Ford Motor is boosting the base prices of the 2015 F-150 pickup by $395 on low-level models, and by as much as $3,515 on top versions. The new trucks use aluminum body panels to save about 700 pounds as a way to boost fuel economy – a treasured attribute in notoriously thirsty big pickups – and to boost towing and payload ratings. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) dropped -1.23 percent to $17.62 Friday on volume of 34.45million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $17.51 to $17.92. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has a market capitalization of $70.39billion.

Brazilian General Motors Co wants to put nearly a fifth of its workers at a factory in Brazil on paid leave, an auto workers union said this week, amid falling output in Latin America’s largest economy. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)’s stock on July 25, 2014 reported a decrease of -1.87% to the closing price of $35.07. Its fifty two weeks range is $31.70 -$41.85. The total market capitalization recorded $56.11billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 28.53million shares. In its share capital, GM has 1.0million outstanding shares.

Coca-Cola’s revenue and net profit dropped during the second quarter, despite the increase in global sales, according the the latest financial report from the company, our sister newspaper Want Daily reported on July 25. On Friday, shares of The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) advanced 0.07% to close the day at $41.00. Company return on investment (ROI) is 11.00% and its monthly performance is recorded as -2.29%. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) quarterly revenue growth is 0.74%.

PepsiCo purposely packs fewer chips into its flavored chip bags, Hugh Johnston, the company’s CFO, told the Associated Press. Regular Lay’s are sold in 10-ounce bags; flavored Lay’s are sold in 9.5-ounce bags; and both are sold for the same $4.29 price. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) stock performance was -0.39% in last session and finished the day at $91.55. Traded volume was 2.92million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 3.91million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.38. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) insider ownership is 0.20%.