Meet Starbucks’ Big Changes to Its Rewards Program

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 11:45 am

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) shares made a slight gain on Tuesday after the coffee chain announced that there would be big changes to its rewards program. Beginning April 16, all ...
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What to Watch When FedEx Reports After the Close

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 11:25 am

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) is scheduled to release its fiscal third-quarter financial results after the markets close on Tuesday. Consensus estimates call for $3.11 in earnings per share (EPS) and ...
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This Is the Cheapest City in the World to Live In

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 11:15 am

The cheapest city in the world to live in is the most inflation plagued, and one overrun with political strife and violence. According to a survey of the cost to ...
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More Apple deck clearing: Two new iMacs

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 11:05 am

Look for a lot of headlines with the adverb “finally.”   From Mashable’s “Apple finally updates iMacs with powerful performance after almost two years“: Apple’s changed nothing about the ...
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With Federal Reserve Expected to Be on Hold, Positive Trends for Gold in 2019

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 10:50 am

This week will bring yet another Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee (FOMC) decision on interest rates. The current expectation is for Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the FOMC to keep ...
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Did Disney Score a TKO With Its ESPN-UFC Partnership?

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 10:30 am

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has been looking for something to do with its ESPN business for years, but now it seems the Mouse House landed a solid blow with ...
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Bad News for AbbVie and Multiple Myeloma Patients

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 10:25 am

AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) and patients suffering from multiple myeloma have seen some additional bad news. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a partial clinical hold on clinical ...
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America’s Unsafe Medical Products

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 10:15 am

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced four new voluntary recalls for three drugs and one medical device. The agency also released an update on an earlier notification ...
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What’s Next for Altimmune’s Influenza Vaccine

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 9:55 am

Positive results from a midstage influenza study sent Altimmune Inc. (NASDAQ: ALT) shares sharply higher on Tuesday. Specifically, the positive data came from the firm’s Phase 2 extension study of ...
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Why Raymond James Raised Its Target on Chesapeake Energy

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 9:45 am

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) had a strong Monday, and its shares opened higher again on Tuesday after a positive analyst report from Raymond James. The firm's James Freeman has ...
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US Customer Satisfaction With Energy Utilities Falls

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 9:15 am

It did not matter much to U.S. consumers last year whether their natural gas and electricity supplies came from an investor-owned utility company, a municipal utility or a co-operative. Overall ...
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What Tilray’s Earnings and Expansion Mean Going Forward

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 9:05 am

When Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) released its most recent quarterly results after the markets closed on Monday, the cannabis firm said that it had a net loss of $0.33 per ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Boeing, Booking, Camping World, Domino’s, iRobot, MetLife, Neogen, Southern Copper, Vertex, Worldpay and More

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 8:45 am

Stocks were indicated to open higher on Tuesday morning after Monday's gains. With the market having recovered so much in 2019, investors have to be considering how they want their ...
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Stifel Says Buy 4 Large-Cap MLPs That Pay Big Dividends

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 8:30 am

Oil has been somewhat range bound as we head into spring this week, but the good thing for most oil producers is that over the $50 a barrel level most ...
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Air Force One Costs Jump by a Third to $5.3 Billion

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 8:10 am

Even before Donald Trump moved into the White House after the 2016 elections, he made a special point of going after the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) contract to supply two ...
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