While shareholders had some reason to be pleased with the McDonald's turnaround plan announced on Monday, those reasons were not shared by two credit ratings agencies.
Paul Ausick No turnaround plan can change overnight a mess that has taken years to build. That is why every turnaround plan ever announced contains a plea for patience.
Paul Ausick A workers group said that it will lead a protest at the McDonald's annual shareholders meeting to press the company to adopt a $15 an hour minimum wage and to respect workers'…
Paul Ausick thinkstockApril 27, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday but there was little positive news to sustain the opening gains. Biotech stocks traded lower to drag the Nasdaq Composite lower. Heavyweight Apple reports…
McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), with almost 16,000 outlets, is the largest fast-food hamburger chain in the United States. Many of the states where McDonald’s iconic Golden Arches dominate the landscape are also, coincidentally,…
A company called Postmates wants to rule the world of the home delivery of fast food -- literally. This means on-demand delivery in every major city in the world.
thinkstockApril 24, 2015: Markets opened higher on Friday but only the Nasdaq Composite was able to hold onto its opening gain for the whole day. Tech heavyweights Amazon.com, Google, and Microsoft reported…
thinkstockApril 22, 2015: Markets opened higher again on Wednesday, fell briefly into the red, and then regained their footing to drift higher on light volume for most of the day. A better-than-expected…
McDonald's reported first-quarter 2015 results before markets opened Wednesday morning, and shares traded higher.
Paul Ausick thinkstockApril 21, 2015: Markets opened higher again on Tuesday but the cyclical stocks among the blue chips couldn’t hold onto the gains. Only the tech heavy Nasdaq Composite has traded above the…
Before equity markets ring the opening bell Wednesday morning, McDonald's will have revealed just how bad its first quarter really was.
Paul Ausick Spirit Airlines could not have done much worse in the widely regarded American Customer Satisfaction Index, yet its stock has surged over the past five years.
24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the Dow Jones Industrial Average components reporting their financial results in the week ahead.
thinkstockApril 16, 2015: Markets opened lower on Thursday before climbing above the break-even line in the mid-afternoon. Crude oil futures rose to another year-to-date high today and three hot IPOs buoyed investors…
Organizers expect job actions in more than 200 cities nationwide to attract 60,000 wage protestors, according to a report in The New York Times.
