Twitter Ā has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
These are some of this Thursdayās key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has been releasing data at todayās investor conference, and the slow growth in the U.S. may be greatly overshadowed by the companyās aggressive expansion plans for China.Ā For…
Jon C. Ogg When Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) filed its Form 10-K last week, it had this to say about its relationship with Kraft Foods Global, Inc., the division of Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE:…
Jon C. Ogg Insider selling by millionaire and billionaire corporate insiders is already rising, but it is about to go through the roof.Ā Forget the politics and forget the morale left behind as a result,…
Reuters: EU and the IMF began to work out details of an Ireland bailout. Ireland will finish work on a $20 billion set of budget cuts. Reuters: China has started to work…
For years now, The Economist has computed its Big Mac index, a measure of purchasing power parity in the countries in which Big Macs from McDonaldās Corp. (NYSE: MCD) are sold. The…
Sometimes buybacks are smart, sometimes they are not.Ā Last night we saw two entirely different buybacks, one of which was a smart version of a buyback and one of which is nothing…
Jon C. Ogg Bad. As Thanksgiving approaches, the price of turkey has hit an all-time high, evidence that inflation may have begun to affect the economy more than most Americans imagine Bloomberg reports that āU.S.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Does the US consumersā taste for coffee translate well into Chinese? It looks like Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is determined to find out. Sales and profits have picked up in the last…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.Ā We are tracking news and moves in shares of National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG), Starbucks Corporation…
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is managing to do what many probably thought was not possible.Ā It isnāt a shock that Starbucks beat earnings and raised guidance.Ā The surprise is that the stock…
Jon C. Ogg Twitter Ā has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Next week is the beginning of the end of earnings season as November gets started, but we still have many key earnings to watch and there are still many large companies reporting…
Starbucks (NADSAQ: SBUX) will begin to offer new Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) online services as part of its free in-store WiFi plan. It already gives away some content on the network including WSJ.com,…
