Earnings season is still running strong and the economic readings keep coming out as well. As we come to the end of October, there is going to be plenty of news coming…
courtesy Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.David Einhorn of Greenlight is well-known in investing, and not just for being long.Ā This is called whale-watching.Ā His comments today at the Value Investing Congress are…
CEOs from General Electric (NYSE: GE), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Boeing (NYSE: BA) and other companies tell Obama in theirĀ Presidentās Council on Jobs and Competitiveness report that he must get more foreign investment…
Walmart announced a partnership today with the worldās largest social media service offering unique Facebook pages for 3,500 of its stores. The move, according to the worldās largest retailer, is an effort…
After the markets close today, Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) will report its third-quarter earnings. Analysts are expecting EPS of $0.83 on revenue of $3.1 billion, compared with second-quarter EPS of $0.63 on…
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) CEO Howard Schultz has been in the cause de jour business for the past several months. It does not seem to do much for the causes, but it could…
Douglas A. McIntyre World stock markets hit 15-month lows. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to launch the iPhone 5 as competition grows from Googleās (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android. (Reuters) China warns of a trade war if Congress…
If we canāt get the Chinese to ease up on US solar panel makers, at least weāre getting them to eat our food. A new research note indicates that McDonaldās Corp. (NYSE:…
The job market has remained relatively stagnant since 2009. To make matters worse, the educational requirements of the average U.S. employer have increased consistently from 2005 to 2009, recently outpacing the growth…
Same-store sales figures out this morning from McDonaldās Corp. (NYSE: MCD) have come in weaker than the consensus estimate and that is dragging shares down by more than -4% in the first…
ThinkstockCoffee prices rose steadily from July 2010 to March 2011, before dipping a little, and then climbing back to a price of more than $3/pound. The price today is about $2.80/pound and…
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) CEO and founder Howard Schultz should be ashamed of himself. He has begun a movement to reform campaign finance without consideration for his shareholders, customers, or employees. The extremely…
Douglas A. McIntyre Zerohedge: Fed Dove Evans Open Mouth, Demands More QE, Sends Gold Soaring Bloomberg: Labor supply dwindles in China | NYT: Italy Sees Borrowing Costs Fall WSJ: Starbucks to Be Offered in K-Cups…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggWe wonāt bother telling you what hard week this was, but we will tell you that at least some smart-money investors are out looking for bargains right now since stocks have…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Canadian…
