ThinkstockThe Wendy’s Company (NASDAQ: WEN) is proving to be a serious turnaround contender. After double-digit gains after its earnings report, many investors might be tempted to flood back into the stock. In…
courtesy of KFCAccording to a report at Caijing.com.cn, China Central Television (CCTV), which in the past has exposed a number of food safety issues in China, reported over the weekend that sample ice…
July 22, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning with the DJIA dipping on a poor earnings report from McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD). There was no economic data release of note in…
Jon OggThe casual dining sector, particularly the fast food segment, may have run its major growth course. After McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) posted a disappointing company earnings report we can only yet…
courtesy of McDonald'sMcDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The fast-food restaurant chain posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.38 on revenues of $7.08 billion.…
Paul Ausick July 19, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following earnings reports from some major tech companies after markets closed last night. The Detroit municipal bankruptcy, though expected, weighed on sentiment…
courtesy of KFCThe fastest growing piece of the U.S. restaurant business is the fast-casual dining sector, perhaps best exemplified by Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG), Panera Bread Co. (NASDAQ: PNRA), and recently…
July 17, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and managed to hold onto a decent gain following a day of ups and downs as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. They include Adobe Systems, Ciena, McDonald's and Wells Fargo.
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of June 28 in the following large cap stock market shares: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Supporters of an effort by District of Columbia lawmakers to set required private company pay well above the national minimum will regret the day they passed a bill to do so. D.C. needs…
courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) breaths high level food retail. The employees are well educated, well spoken and well mannered. The stores are clean, even down to the restrooms. However, there…
courtesy of McDonald'sRestaurants wrapped up another strong quarter of stock performance in the second quarter, with the average stock up 13%, compared to the S&P 500 gain of 2%. So far in…
Wikimedia CommonsIn a sign that Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has more cash on hand than the sense to use it wisely to create new drugs, its board approved a $10 billion share…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of June 14 in the following large cap stock market shares: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America…
