With the trading year almost half over and results from the first quarter out, 24/7 Wall St. has created the latest installment of its Ten Worst Managed Companies In America list. This…
Starbucks (SBUX) is going to put another 150 stores in Europe. They are closing them in the US, so perhaps it all balances out. The coffee chain has come up against competition…
According to Reuters, Ford (F) has given up on its plan to make a profit in 2009. Reuters reprots that Yahoo! (YHOO) nominated its board and delayed its annual meeting. Reuters writes…
McDonald’s (MCD) is taking a risk, but it may be a clever one. The world’s largest fast food chain will absorb most of the rising prices of food commodities to keep prices…
Douglas A. McIntyre McDonald’s Corporation announced today that global comparable sales increased 5.0% in April and 6.8% year-to-date. Systemwide sales for McDonald’s worldwide restaurants increased 13.7% in April, or 6.5% in constant currencies. U.S. comparable…
Douglas A. McIntyre The hallmark of some of the most successful companies over the last fifty years is that the CEOs spent a great deal of their time with customers and at company locations around…
McDonald’s (MCD) had a blow-out quarter. Global comparable sales increased 7.4%, Revenue rose 6% to $5.615 billion. Operating income was up 24% to $1.463 billion. Earnings per share were $0.81, up 31%…
Douglas A. McIntyre There are many restaurants reporting earnings this week, some who have suffered from economic sensitivity and some who have not. People do have to eat when times are good and when times…
It has been one year since 24/7 Wall St. looked at over 40 Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) from Texas to New York. Since then, the company has replaced its CEO with the company’s…
Try to get a Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) at 3 AM. No such luck. But, according to data given to us by McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), more than 30% of its 13,700 US stores…
These are the top analyst calls we are looking at this Friday morning: Apartment Investment (NYSE: AIV) Cut To Neutral From Buy at UBS. Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) Cut To…
"The current financial crisis is the most serious since the second world war, and perhaps since the Great Depression."–The London Observer, March 23, 2008 Many investors find it hard to believe that…
At yesterday’s annual meeting Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), said he would fix the company or die with his boots on. He may wanted to be fitted for an extra…
It almost seems that no matter what happens, there are always some major companies whose shares just won’t recover when the broad market recovers. Sometimes it’s on news, and sometimes it is…
Investors usually try to find stocks where they run for cover when the stock market is in turmoil. This Monday is no exception after seeing the Bear Stearns implosion "takeunder" and the…
