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Investing
Best CEOs of 2012
ThinkstockBest CEO lists can be based on dozens of factors. For public companies, the best metric is usually share price. It is hard for chief executives to be considered very good if…
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Jobs
Facebook the Best Place to Work, Followed by McKinsey & Company
Guillaume Paumier / Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-3.0Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) was the No. 1 company on the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the 50 Best Places to Work for 2013. This…
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Retail
McDonald’s Sales Surprise Again — to the Upside!
courtesy of McDonald'sAfter a surprise drop in global sales last month, McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) surprised analysts again this morning by posting a larger-than-expected rise of 2.4% in global same-store sales. November…
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Retail
Starbucks Presses into the Fat Food Business
ThinkstockStarbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has been extraordinarily successful recently, and that is reflected in the firm’s share price, which has risen more than 20% in the past year. CEO and founder Howard…
6:15am ET
Investing
Media Digest (12/10/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg
thinkstockChina posts weak exports numbers, a sign that its economic improvement is uneven. (Reuters) Investors say they will sell about $39 billion in Greek debt back to the government. (Reuters) Yahoo! Inc.…
4:04pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 7, 2012: Markets Wobble to Mixed Close (TCK, MCD, SYT, AET, MPEL, HWD, PANW, SWHC, WGO, UEC, SMRT, SCHL, FGP, CMVT, AMRN, GRPN, F)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a poor growth forecast from Europe and a better-than-expected report on U.S. unemployment. The German central bank said this morning that Germany’s expected GDP…
6:47am ET
Investing
Some American Companies Have No Future
No matter how sad the forecast, the year’s results for a few large America companies, the conditions of competition in their markets and the malaise that has draped much of economy makes…
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Retail
Yum! CEO Out to Lunch as It Faces McDonald’s Growth Peak Woes
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) issued its reaffirmed guidance after the close on Thursday. The press release seemed harmless enough, as the company was reiterating guidance for 13% earnings growth in 2013.…
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Jobs
Walmart and Fast-Food Strikers Face Harsh Winds
The strike by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) workers that occurred off and on over the Thanksgiving/Black Friday weekend did not put a dent in the sales of the world’s largest retailer,…
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Retail
Dept. of Good Tries: Dunkin’ Fails to Win “Best” Trademark
ThinkstockIn a ruling that should really be no big surprise, Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. (NASDAQ: DNKN) has lost its bid with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the phrase “Best…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 26, 2012: Markets Open Low, Closed Mixed (MCD, YHOO, FB, BHP, DE, ADT, RAH, KCG, MMR, ENMD)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as traders and investors return from a long holiday weekend. In Asia, the Bank of Japan released minutes of its last meeting, which included a…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARO, AKS, BBY, BHP, BP, CCH, CTB, DE, EXC, FB, HTWR, KCG, MCD, MG, RIMM, SNDK, RIO, WAIR, YHOO)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO) cut to Neutral at Janney Capital. AK Steel Holding…
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Investing
The 12 Companies Paying Americans the Least
ThinkstockThe gap between rich and poor is well illustrated by the large multi-billion dollar corporations employing thousands of low-wage workers. With the Great Recession over, not only are many of these companies…
6:05am ET
Investing
The Other 10 Worst Big Mergers of the Past 10 Years
Are big mergers really worth it? After this week’s merger implosion news by Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), 24/7 Wall St. wanted to review and analyze many of the really bad mergers of…
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Companies and Brands
Can New Green Mountain CEO Get the Company Acquired?
courtesy Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) is trading up handily on word that the company has named Brian Kelley to replace Lawrence Blanford as CEO. Kelley…