U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning with the DJIA and the S&P 500 higher, and the Nasdaq lower, dragged down by concern over the earnings of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) (more…
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…
ThinkstockArgus may not be a household name for investors looking for traditional Wall Street research calls. The firm dates all the way back to 1934 and it offers unbiased research through brokerage…
Jon C. Ogg courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) filed an 8-K with the SEC that drove down its share price. Problems with the Chinese government have hurt its sales: Due to adverse publicity…
courtesy of StarbucksCoffee retailer Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) will begin selling a reusable plastic cup for $1 at all its U.S. and Canadian locations in an effort to reduce the amount of…
Paul Ausick courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) will open a store in Vietnam, and why not. The investment is tiny, if meant to determine whether the coffee shop chain can take a piece of…
ThinkstockChina’s Service Sector In one more sign that China not only dodged the recession but has been largely unaffected by the economy of the rest of the world, its services sector expanded…
courtesy of NetflixChina’s services index rises to 56.1 in December, a sign of healthy expansion. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) tests a new iPhone and iOS 7. (Reuters) A court rejects an…
ThinkstockSome of the biggest business stories of the past year drew the most Internet search traffic to the newsmakers, which is really no big surprise. Whether just for curiosity or for help…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.The yen reaches a two-year low on worries about the Japanese economy and hopes of a budget resolution by Congress. (Reuters) Tim Cook, CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), takes…
ThinkstockAs a larger and larger portion of retail sales in the U.S. move online, customer service has become essential to e-commerce businesses that want to attract shoppers and keep them. E-commerce also has…
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…
ThinkstockCaribou Coffee Company Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOU) is being acquired. If you want proof that the retail coffee market is not a dead sector, all you have to do is consider that Caribou…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockInsider selling is starting to get massive before year-end when higher capital gains taxes will kick in. We continue to expect that corporate insiders, venture backers, private equity backers, and founders will…
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…
