Subprime lenders like New Century Financial, Novastar, and, to a large extent, Countrywide Financial, learned a hard lesson in the dangers of operating businesses as though the then-current good economic times would last forever.…
The soft economy is actually driving some retail winners, and it isn’t really the old analogy of just the wealthy doing well. The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) is putting in new all-time highs…
McDonald’s (MCD) may be raising the prices on its "Happy Meals" and offering less attractive "Dollar Menus" None of that seems to matter. In July, same-store sales moved up 8%. Sales at worldwide restaurants…
McDonald’s (MCD) is caught between the rising prices of commodities and the need to keep the cost of its food and drinks low. So, the company has decided it may raise what it charges…
True Religion Apparel, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRLG) juust reported Q2 revenues in a gain of 78.9% year/year of $64.2 million and EPS of $0.39 on net income of $9.3 million. The estimates from First Call…
This morning we gave another heads-up volume spike alert on Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) as traders have been buying up call options after some non-directional high volume trades pulled more speculators into the…
So much for thinking the consolidation in small restaurant chains is over, albeit this is a tiny deal. BUCA, Inc. (NASDAQ: BUCA), the owner and operator of Buca di Beppo, has announced that it…
For years, Whole Foods Market (WFMI) was a fast-growing company with an ever-increasing stock price, buoyed by increasing demand for all-natural and organic foods and consumers who were willing and able to shell out…
This has been a very unusual week over at Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT). Interestingly enough, this may be irrelevant from the company’s significant earnings win at the start of the week. We noticed…
Wal-Mart (WMT) defenders of the faith of "every day low pricing" is warning its management and supervisors that if Democrats win the election in the Fall, it will be easier for workers at the…
lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) has just come out and filed to sell up to more than 20.9 million shares in a secondary offering. The company says that it may issue these upon the redemption,…
It is now no secret that we are in a very weak economic environment and if it is not an official recession it is for about 80% of the country. We’ve already seen some…
Before the open of trading on Tuesday morning, we’ll get to see earnings out of Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH). The purse and apparel maker is expected to post $0.50 EPS on $777.6 million in…
Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) blew away Wall Street’s earnings expectations and raised its guidance as it was able to raise prices sufficiently to cover increasing commodity costs. Meanwhile, Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) posted a…
Consider the following: Since 2006, shares of Circuit City have fallen from $30 per share to $2.22. In FY 2006, the company earned $140 million. In FY 2008, Circuit City lost $320 million. The…