courtesy of McDonald'sJanuary same-store sales continued to slide at McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD), falling by 1.9% globally during the month. U.S. sales were up 0.9%, but sales in Europe fell 2.1% and…
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch has made some key changes to its various US research portfolios over the last 30 days. In a research change summary the bulge-bracket firm summarized its changes for…
courtesy of KFCThe value of the shares in Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) rose consistently over the past five years, until a few weeks ago they were up well over 100% for…
ThinkstockCorporate governance issues are sometimes a blessing for shareholders, but they also can crush the rights of shareholders in many cases. Tracking CEO pay of large public companies is now considered open hunting…
thinkstockPMI data from Asia shows the slowing of economies there. (Reuters) A private equity buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may be only week away. (Reuters) The cost of beef has squeezed…
ThinkstockThe sheer amount of competition in the casual dining sector over that past 20 years has been great for the American consumer. The copycat strategies employed by competitors have made it possible…
ThinkstockYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) barely made the Fortune 500 last year, ranking 485th. However, for a company its size, it receives unbelievable press and interest from Wall St. Perhaps that is because…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) posts disappointing iPhone sales numbers for the most recent quarter. (Reuters) The International Trade Commission will review Apple patent claims against Samsung. (Reuters) Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) probably will…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a string of solid earnings reports yesterday and after markets closed last night. As we note below, earnings results were more mixed today, but…
thinkstock Today got off to a bit of a rocky start on earnings. McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) beat estimates but not by much and growth appears to be stalled for the world’s…
courtesy of McDonald'sMcDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the fast-food restaurant chain posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.38…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened about flat this morning following the holiday weekend in the U.S. Foreign markets were also more or less mixed. In Europe, the German and eurozone economic indexes came…
The week ahead will be the official flood gate opening for earnings season. We have a very large portion of the S&P 500 Index reporting fourth-quarter earnings, and we have many Dow Jones…
ThinkstockThe National Research Council and Institute of Medicine oversaw a study recently that shows that Americans tend to have more accidents and illnesses earlier in life than people in other developed nations.…
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