courtesy of MicrosoftIt turns out that smaller is better, at least in the world of personal computers. This runs against the tide of other industries. In the fast-food business, bigger burgers are…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.As the protests about wages paid to workers at retail and fast-food giants like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) grow, protesters eventually will run out…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockAs retail and fast-food workers strike across 60 cities as a means to get their employers to raise wages as high as $15 an hour, most Americans support the labor union system,…
courtesy of StarbucksThe arms war among the fast-food chains escalated as McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) confirmed that it would begin to sell chicken wings nationwide next month. Dubbed “Mighty Wings,” the new…
ThinkstockThe Fast Food Forward movement to increase pay for people who work at fast-food companies like McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) and Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) seems to have a fair point. These workers cannot…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Walmart is the largest American employer, with a workforce of nearly 2.2 million people. However, because of its international reach, only 1.3 million of those were employed in…
courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is not the first American company to stumble badly in China. It will not be the last, either. China is Yum! Brands’ most important market.…
Wikimedia CommonsFast-food giant McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) today reported same-store sales growth of 0.7% in July, compared to sales in July of last year. Systemwide sales rose 1.6%, and 3.3% on a…
Paul Ausick courtesy of McDonald'sLast week, workers at McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) stores walked out, demanding that the company raise workers’ wages to $15 an hour. We suggested that the demand has little chance…
Paul Ausick courtesy of McDonald'sIt would cost McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) and its franchisees more than $8 billion a year in the United States, if its workers received a raise from current wages to…
courtesy of McDonald'sYesterday’s walkouts at fast-food restaurants in seven U.S. cities are set to continue today in some if not all locations. Workers have walked out in an effort to gain an…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockInvestors love dividends. Becoming one of the 30 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average does not come with assurance that a company will pay a dividend, nor does it come with…
courtesy of KFCThe country’s largest fast-food chains are expected to see walkouts in seven cities today as workers protest the industry’s low wages at some the nation’s most profitable companies. Walkouts are…
courtesy of McDonald'sFor people who want to get into the food franchise business, and want to do so on a budget, the best choice is a deal with Papa John’s International Inc.…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of July 15 in the following large cap stock market shares: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America…
