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Retail
McDonald’s (MCD): Blame It On The Weather
McDonald’s (MCD) was the greatest stock in the US until it wasn’t. Improvement in same-store sales in the US and overseas drove the stock from below $32 in June 2006 to over…
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McDonald`s Corp
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Retail
More Joy For McDonald’s (MCD) Shareholders
Revenue at McDonald’s (MCD) rose 6% in the fourth quarter to $5.754 billion. Operating income jumped 22% to $1.355 billion. Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa delivered quarterly results driven by an 11.4%…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:31am ET
Economy
No Recession For Video Games Or Hamburgers
"It is a very counter-cyclical industry," Burger King (BKC) Chief Executive John Chidsey told Reuters. Have a look at the menu at the fast food chain or at larger competitor McDonald’s (MCD).…
6:14am ET
Retail
Starbucks (SBUX) Goes Down-Market With $1 Cup Of Joe
Starbucks (SBUX) will offer a $1 cup of coffee. It will test the product anyway. It will also look into offering free refills for some of its products according to The Wall…
9:56am ET
Retail
Wall St. Sours On McDonald’s (MCD)
Just a couple of weeks ago McDonald’s (MCD) was the toast of the town. Same store sales were great and its breakfast menu was selling like hotcakes. It said it would put…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:49am ET
Telecom & Wireless
AT&T (T): The Phone Company Was Supposed To Be Recession-Proof
Wall St. was taken by surprise when AT&T’s (T) chief said that the company was seeing soft home phone and internet business. So far, wireless spending seems OK. Since big company CEOs…
5:33am ET
Retail
McDonald’s (MCD) New Coffee Play: End Of Starbucks (SBUX) As Growth Company
McDonald’s (MCD) will open coffee bars at 14,000 of its US outlets. According to The Wall Street Journal the "locations will install coffee bars with "baristas" serving cappuccinos, lattes, mochas and the…
4:03am ET
Media
Media Digest 1/7/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) is pushing the mobile handset as the next major target for its products. Reuters reports that analysts are trimming forecasts for the first and second quarter of…
12:21pm ET
Investing
Defensive Stocks For 2008 From 247WallSt.Com (PEP, KO, BUD, MCD, YUM, RAI, MO, PG, JNJ, PFE, MRK)
We are updating our list of tier-one Defensive Stocks since so many of these stocks have run up and since lists need continual updating. Our originally updated list of tier one defensive…
6:32am ET
Investing
Biggest Change In US Markets: “Small Ball” Companies Rise To The Top
Over in the world of baseball where steroid-built great apes hit 60 home runs a season, there is still a place for what is known as "small ball". That approach to the…
4:47am ET
Media
Media Digest 12/26/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) has bought control of Marmon Industries for $4.5 billion. Reuters writes that US retail sales were up a disappointing 3.6% for the holidays. Reuters reports that…
6:21am ET
Retail
Burger King (BKC) Travels To China
Like so many other US companies, Burger King (BKC) is looking to China for big growth. The US hamburger chain has about a third of its sales outside the US. It thinks…
11:01am ET
Retail
Starbucks (SBUX): Give Shareholders A Free Gift Card
Any investor who held Starbucks (SBUX) shares last November and still has them today has lost about half of his or her money. SBUX hit $40.01 on November 16, 2006. After a…
6:28am ET
Technology
Tech: Made In America With The Jobs Overseas
Most manufacturing has gone out of the US. TVs, cars, steel. What is left? Boeing (BA) and a service and technology economy. Companies like McDonald’s (MCD) can’t export cooking hamburgers and staffing…
11:16am ET
Retail
Starbucks (SBUX) May Have Bottomed
Normally, when McDonald’s (MCD) comes out with strong same-store sales and attributes some of its success to revenue from premium coffee, shares in Starbucks (SBUX) sell off. MCD did just that, saying…