Global same-store sales for McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) rose 3.3% in May, led by a jump of 4.4% in the US and 2.9% in Europe. The company’s Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa…
Paul Ausick Is this just the fight on fat slowing growth, or is this the peaking of a secular trend? McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) reported that its same-store sales rose by only 3.3% in…
Jon C. Ogg You have heard the term “smoking kills.” The new fight is against fat, salt, sugar, and empty calories as America is trying to pick up its fight against obesity and the myriad…
China, India, Brazil… all part of the BRIC nations along with Russia. The growth of those three nations has been slowing and the concern is growing that these nations and much of Latin…
The European Union may form a central office of treasury to match the European Central Bank. (Reuters) Ford (NYSE: F) may create brands specific to the Chinese market. (Reuters) The slowing economy…
The 10-year Treasury hit yet another record low under 1.6% today and stocks are in the tank again due to poor economic data. Europe continues to face a meltdown and the hope…
China wants to do business in Europe. It is the world’s largest region by GDP, even if the economy has slowed. But many companies in European nations have lost some of their…
You may or may not have heard of Millward Brown, but you might not be surprised who they ranked as the world’s top brand: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) took the pole position…
ZyngaZynga’s (NASDAQ: ZNGA) shares are down 15% over the past two days, a little more than those of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) after its initial public offering. There are several critical difference between the…
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) cuts revenue forecasts for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) just ahead of its IPO. (Reuters) The U.S. allows China to buy treasuries directly without banker assistance. (Reuters) MF Global paid Jon…
Two of the three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors reacted to the news from Greece that no government could be formed and that a second election will…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. AGCO Corporation…
A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market. Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic item which…
24/7 Wall St. asked CoreBrand to identify America’s hottest brands. We wanted to know the biggest brands that were the best known and most well regarded. Read: America’s Hottest Brands Generally, most…
A great deal of the discussion about Walt Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) unexpectedly strong earnings revolved around the fact that movie bomb “John Carter” had not crippled overall earnings per share. And the markets looked…
