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The Most Popular Companies On Facebook

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 4:11 am

Walmart announced a partnership today with the world's largest social media service offering unique Facebook pages for 3,500 of its stores. The move, according to the world's largest retailer, ...
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Can Yum! Buck the Downtrend in Casual Dining? (YUM, DRI, MCD, SBUX, CMG)

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 11:18 am

After the markets close today, Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) will report its third-quarter earnings. Analysts are expecting EPS of $0.83 on revenue of $3.1 billion, compared with second-quarter EPS of ...
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What Is Starbucks Doing in the Financial Stimulus Business?

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 6:26 am

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) CEO Howard Schultz has been in the cause de jour business for the past several months. It does not seem to do much for the causes, but ...
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Media Digest (10/4/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 6:18 am

World stock markets hit 15-month lows. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to launch the iPhone 5 as competition grows from Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android. (Reuters) China warns of a trade war ...
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McDonald’s Great Expansion Over The Great Wall of China (MCD, SBUX, YUM)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 1:42 pm

If we can't get the Chinese to ease up on US solar panel makers, at least we're getting them to eat our food. A new research note indicates that McDonald's ...
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The Ten Best Cities For Educated Workers

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 4:55 am

The job market has remained relatively stagnant since 2009. To make matters worse, the educational requirements of the average U.S. employer have increased consistently from 2005 to 2009, recently outpacing ...
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McDonald’s Misses… Has Its Cycle Finally Peaked? (MCD, YUM, SBUX, DNKN)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 10:27 am

Same-store sales figures out this morning from McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) have come in weaker than the consensus estimate and that is dragging shares down by more than -4% in ...
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Coffee Prices Set to Fall (SBUX, MCD, GMCR, DNKN, KFT, SJM, KKD)

Posted: September 6, 2011 at 1:19 pm

Coffee prices rose steadily from July 2010 to March 2011, before dipping a little, and then climbing back to a price of more than $3/pound. The price today is about ...
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Starbucks CEO Politics Work Against Shareholder/Customer Interests

Posted: September 3, 2011 at 11:06 am

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) CEO and founder Howard Schultz should be ashamed of himself. He has begun a movement to reform campaign finance without consideration for his shareholders, customers, or employees. ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (8/30/2011) Starbucks K-Cup

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 8:39 am

Zerohedge: Fed Dove Evans Open Mouth, Demands More QE, Sends Gold Soaring Bloomberg: Labor supply dwindles in China | NYT: Italy Sees Borrowing Costs Fall WSJ: Starbucks to Be Offered ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (BAC, BBY, BIIB, BCSI, GOOG, LXK, MMI, NOK, ODP, ORCL, PAAS, RIMM, RVBD, S, SBUX, TEVA, VRSK, V)

Posted: August 20, 2011 at 7:45 am

We won't bother telling you what hard week this was, but we will tell you that at least some smart-money investors are out looking for bargains right now since stocks ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BIIB, CSIQ, CBS, CTL, DE, EMC, FTE, HAIN, MRO, MCD, NOK, PLD, RHT, SBUX, TEVA)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 8:07 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. ...
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Endless Coffee Boom in Question: Caribou Insider Selling (CBOU, GMCR, SBUX, PEET)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 12:02 pm

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOU) is just one of the companies in the coffee system that has enjoyed great returns of late.  This retailer has chased the performance of ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BRK-A, KO, CCU, DD, EMC, EOG, GDI, AWAY, JBHT, KLAC, NTAP, PG, SBUX, HOT, TSRA, TXN, WTW, YUM)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 7:57 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. AECOM Technology Corp. (NYSE: ACM) Reiterated Buy with $33 target ...
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McDonald’s: Lifting All Boats? (MCD, YUM, SBUX, DNKN, GMCR)

Posted: August 8, 2011 at 10:20 am

McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) announced this morning that US same-store sales in July increased by 4.4%. In the announcement, the company noted especially its McCafe drinks and its "market-leading breakfast." ...
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