Starbucks (SBUX) has come up with a plan to lower prices on many of its drinks and raise prices on others. The process is almost certainly not random, but the companyās thinking…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters:Ā Ā Sony (SNE) and Microsoft (MSFT) are battling to control home entertainment but consumers are slow to adopt their technologies. Reuters:Ā Ā The āclunkersā program will end on August 24. Reuters:Ā Ā GM is…
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has come back from the sub-$10.00 category with a vengeance.Ā In fact, if it rallies another $2.00 then it will have recovered a sharp 200% from lows.Ā With…
Douglas A. McIntyre Fidelity Management & Research Company, or FMR, was among the giants which released its quarterly holdings over the most recent days.Ā While it is always interesting to see which holdings are the…
Starbucks (SBUX) brand value dropped 40% to $7.3 billion. Starbucks ran the playbook on hurting a brandās value. The public perceived that it did not offer enough value for the dollar, particularly…
Douglas A. McIntyre Several companies run annual brand valuations. It is a good business for advertising and marketing firms to be viewed as experts on brands. Brand values are based on the cash flow they…
Reuters:Ā Ā A plan for universal healthcare in China could cut the savings rate. Reuters:Ā Ā Bank regulators are opposing the Obama shake-up of the system. Reuters:Ā Ā Bank of America (BAC) settled SEC charges…
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) has announced to its U.S. employees that it will make the company discretionary match to the 401(k) Savings Plan for the 2009 plan year. In December 2008, Starbucks made…
Douglas A. McIntyre Short sellers are will to bet, at least for now, that the worst of the banking earning crisis is over. Short interest in a number of large financial companies fell sharply for…
The media made a big deal of the fact that the DJIA rose above 9,000 for the first time in nearly eight months. The index was under 6,550 in early March, do…
The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis…
We have seen several impact calls from analysts this Wednesday morning.Ā These are major stocks which have been given positive research calls and upgrades. Cisco Systems (CSCO) Raised to Outperform at Baird.…
Appleās beat Wall St. consensus figures by posting earnings per share of $1.35 compared to Wall St. expectations of $1.17. The company also produced revenue of $8.33 billion, up 12% from last…
The recovery has really begun to lift all ships when the hedge fund industry can claim that it has risen almost instantly from the death that it suffered in the final quarter…
Coffee retail giant Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has just reported earnings of $0.24 non-GAAP EPS and $2.4 billion in revenues.Ā Thomson Reuters had estimates at $0.19 EPS and $2.38 billion in revenues.Ā …
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