A week following last Thursday's global strikes and protests in 230 cities, hundreds of workers at McDonald's are planning to travel to this Thursday's annual shareholders' meeting.
Paul Ausick Darden Restaurants announced Friday that it has sold its Red Lobster chain to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital. It has been less than six months since Darden first said it would…
thinkstockMay 13, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday although it didn’t take the Nasdaq long to dive. The S&P 500 posted an all-time high this morning before pulling back, and there were…
ThinkstockVermont’s legislature did what many members of Congress and the president would like to do. It raised the minimum wage in the state to $10.10 from $8.73. The federal minimum wage is…
ThinkstockSome brands have stellar reputations as a result of innovation, well thought-out marketing strategies and good public relations from the companies behind them. On the other hand, weak or defective products, scandals…
thinkstockMay 9, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Friday and wobbled along all day to finish with a small gain. Tech stocks got a burst of support in the last half-hour of trading…
ThinkstockThe U.S. campaign for a $15 hourly wage for fast-food workers is going global. A New York-based group called Fast Food Forward said today that fast food workers on six continents will…
thinkstockApril 29, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday getting a boost from energy and biotech stocks right at the start of trading. Economic data was both sparse and not supportive, with the…
Paul Ausick courtesy of Starbucks Corp.America’s most visited stores are popular for a variety of reasons. According to data provided by Placed, a consumer habits data service provider that monitors behavior of more than…
ThinkstockThe median household income of Americans has not increased in a decade, when adjusted for what has been modest inflation. The poverty level has not fluctuated either, stuck around 16%. Those figures…
The arabica beans Starbucks uses in most of its coffee have risen 90% in price so far this year. There's no getting around it -- Starbucks will have to boost prices to…
ThinkstockIn 2013, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio in the fast food industry was more than 1,000-to-1. Workers’ situation must be improving, though, because the ratio was 1,200-to-1 in 2012. McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD)…
In a new research report, RBC adds and deletes names from its Guided Portfolio: Dividend Growth offering. We screened them by sector, looking for the highest yield for income-oriented investors.
ThinkstockSince the end of January, coffee futures have jumped from around $1.20 a pound to trade near $2.16 a pound on Wednesday for July futures. Coffee prices have not been this high…
McDonald's reported disappointing first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The company said it is is "focused on stabilizing key priority markets." Shares were up in the premarket.
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