Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) earnings were up again and it renewed its commitment to raise its dividend which adds to the return it has made to shareholders through buy-backs and improved pay-outs. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre Earnings season is well under way. The floodgates are open wide and we still have 6 more of the 30 DJIA components left to report this week. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Caterpillar…
Starbucks (NADSAQ: SBUX) will begin to offer new Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) online services as part of its free in-store WiFi plan. It already gives away some content on the network including WSJ.com,…
The bulls ran for cover today as commodities and financial stocks are pulling the market lower. After two huge ‘sell the news’ earnings reactions were followed by even more ‘sell the news’…
The week of October 18 to 22 is jam-packed with earnings. It also happens that eleven of the thirty DJIA components reporting earnings will be delivered next week. On deck are such…
Standard & Poor’s has released a very positive dividend development trend for 2010 that covers roughly 7,000 public shares that report dividend information. It is no small sum. The third quarter of…
The stock market had its best September since the days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Investors are wondering whether the good times will last. The answer, according to Wall Street analysts, is a…
Almost every piece of data on major market volume shows that the number of shares traded on an average day continues to drop. There are a great number of guesses about why.…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HP) named the former CEO of SAP (NYSE: SAP) as CEO and a former president of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as chairman.Reuters: A trade by Waddell & Reed Financial helped…
Updated throughout the day.Facebook and Skype may form a partnership (AllThingsDigital)McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) may drop its healthcare plan. (WSJ).The Journal story on the McDonald’s healthcare plan is wrong (Bloomberg)Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: China said legislation aimed at a devaluation of the yuan violated WTO regulations.Reuters: IPOs do poorly in the People’s Republic now but can raise money from overseas investors.Reuters: The new consumer…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Over $2.5 billion served… that is the new annualized dividend payment from McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD). The Golden Arches just announced that its board of directors declared a $0.61 per share quarterly…
