Wikimedia CommonsThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Friday issued complaints against McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) and the company’s franchisees as “joint employers” alleging that the employers violated workers’ rights and engaged…
Paul Ausick McDonald's CorporationWhat makes a company truly poorly run? Businesses make mistakes almost daily, and industries can transform rapidly, eroding even a market leader’s competitive advantage. Companies that are struggling may have declining…
thinkstockDecember 17, 2014: Markets opened higher on Wednesday as traders anticipated the FOMC meeting announcement scheduled for the afternoon. The tea leaf regarding how long the Fed would retain its existing funds…
thinkstockDecember 15, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday following a strong report on industrial production that was later describe as a catch-up phase from previous growth. But the big drag appears to…
On Wednesday, the new president of the U.S. division of McDonald's faced analysts for the first time since taking over in the middle of October.
thinkstockDecember 8, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday after Japan reported a lower-than-expected revision to third-quarter GDP and the European Central Bank does not appear to have any interest in quantitative easing.…
Monday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades from 24/7 Wall St. include Apache, Netflix, RF Micro, Starbucks, Southwest Air and Disney.
McDonald’s on Monday morning announced same-store sales for November, and it is hard to figure how the news could be worse.
Paul Ausick Is it possible that the food giant McDonald's could end up being the best performing Dow stock in 2015?
Jon C. Ogg Following the Black Friday strikes at more than 1,600 Walmart locations across the United States, fast-food workers will walk off the job in 160 cities on Thursday.
courtesy of Wal-Mart StoresIt’s a marketing adage that keeping an existing customer is both cheaper and easier than wooing a new one. It takes time and money to become one of America’s…
The latest 13F filing for Jana Partners showed that its stock holdings had risen to about $19.31 billion.
McDonald's reported that same-store sales for October were down year-over-year, but the drop was not as bad as expected.
ThinkstockIn the wake of mounting protests from labor groups, numerous U.S. localities have approved minimum wage increases, including two of the nation’s largest cities, Seattle and San Francisco. Yet, especially among many…
Wall Street has lost faith in McDonald's, the great pillar of the fast-food industry, and its identified goals that it believes will get the company on track.
Douglas A. McIntyre 
