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McDonald’s Offers Free Coffee!
Taco Bell has rolled out a new breakfast menu. To fight back against this new threat, McDonald's is giving away free coffee during breakfast hours for two weeks beginning March 31.
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LinkedIn Chief Is Highest Rated CEO
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner received the top grade in Glassdoor's new "Highest Rated CEOs 2014." The rating is based on employee answers to the question, "Do you approve of the way your…
7:30am ET
Services
Starbucks to Give Customers What They Want — Booze!
Starbucks has been testing alcohol sales at some 40 of the company's 11,500 U.S. stores, and the coffee purveyor said it is ready now to begin rolling out an evening menu of…
6:41am ET
Retail
Starbucks Targets $100 Billion Market Value
Howard Schultz, the ambitious founder and CEO of Starbucks, believes the coffee company can have a market value of $100 billion, about twice its current level. The goal is ambitious, but Schultz…
8:30am ET
Investing
UBS Top Dividend Stocks to Buy as Quality Growth at a Reasonable Price
For some time we have kept a close eye on the UBS Quality Growth at a Reasonable Price list (Q-GARP) of stocks to buy. 24/7 Wall St. screened the list for the…
10:14am ET
Companies and Brands
Keurig Green Mountain Added to the S&P 500
couresty of Keurig Green MountainAfter markets closed on Friday, Standard & Poors announced several changes in its indexes. The big news in the announcement was the addition of Keurig Green Mountain Inc.…
2:35pm ET
Companies and Brands
Keurig Green Mountain Going Global?
couresty of Keurig Green MountainKeurig Green Mountain Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) announced Friday morning that it has āupdatedā its agreement with Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX), eliminating Starbucksā exclusive deal to offer super-premium coffee…
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Apps & Software
New Starbucks App Allows Digital Tipping
Employees at Starbucks stores just got good news. The company's Apple App used to buy Starbucks products can now be used for tipping. Cash tips have been put into jars at the…
10:18am ET
Retail
Gap Moves Into China
Wikimedia CommonsGapās (NYSE: GPS) earnings in the fourth quarter and for the 2013 fiscal year were good enough to get modest applause from Wall Street. However, unlike other large American retailers, its…
11:25am ET
Services
Fast-Food Wars: McDonald’s vs. Yum! Brands in China
When fast-food giants McDonald's and Yum! Brands reported fourth-quarter and full-year results for 2013, both chains said that U.S. sales were flat at best for both periods. The main battle between them…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AOL, Echelon, Fairway Group, LinkedIn, Lululemon, More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on is Friday, February 7, 2014. They include AOL, Echelon, Fairway, LinkedIn and Lululemon.
9:40am ET
Companies and Brands
Why SodaStream Can Win in New Coca-Cola and Green Mountain Pact Too
SodaStream Internationa was initially down handily as the loser of the Coca-Cola and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters 10-year pact announced on Wednesday. But ultimately it could be great news for SodaStream.
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Retail
The Long Start of a Schultz Succession Plan at Starbucks
Coffee-house giant Starbucks has a new chief operating officer. The question that investors and company fans should be asking is if Howard Schultz is thinking about stepping aside as CEO any time…
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Retail
Starbucks Resorts to $1 Discount to Sell Lattes
Starbucks may have found a cheap way to test the popularity of one product against another, or sales of its VIA product line may be in trouble.
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Services
Four Restaurant Stocks Set to Thrive in 2014 and Beyond
ThinkstockBarronās suggested this week that the recovery in the housing market could spell trouble for restaurant stocks going forward. But there seem to be two theories on what could happen. Investors seem…
