6:18am ET
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…
SBUX Coverage Page 54
9:43am ET
Retail
Caribou Buyout: The Coffee Bull Market Continues!
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 3:54pm ET
Investing
Massive Insider Selling Already Happening Before Higher Capital Gains Taxes Kick In
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…
12:41am ET
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…
6:30am ET
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…
4:08pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 6, 2012: Markets Close Higher as Americans Shed Debt (JDSU, LGF, SCCO, SBUX, FIO, MW, SAI, VRA, LULU, SFD, TITN, HWD, PANW, SWHC, AKAM, T, ZNGA, GMCR)
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning following a decision by the European Central Bank to leave its interest rates unchanged (more coverage here). Third-quarter eurozone GDP was in line with the…
8:21am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (FCX, FIO, HNZ, JDSU, LGF, MFRM, MET, ZQK, SPG, SCCO, SBUX, JOE, TIF)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) cut to Neutral at…
4:19pm ET
Retail
Investors Cool to Starbucks Expansion Plans
Earlier today, Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced an accelerated expansion plan that would add 3,000 new stores in the company’s Americas division over the next five years and growing its China store…
Paul Ausick 6:45am ET
Investing
Media Digest (12/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
China’s PMI steps up in November. (Reuters) Greece begins to buy back some of its high-yield bonds. (Reuters) Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) may buy Virgin Atlantic. (Reuters) Martin Marietta Materials…
12:31pm ET
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…
6:22am ET
Investing
Media Digest (11/27/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT
thinkstockEurozone and International Monetary Fund officials set a deal for Greece. (Reuters) Privacy groups ask Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) to change new privacy policies. (Reuters) Investors sue Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) over…
7:00am ET
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…
12:15pm ET
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…
7:49am ET
Retail
Green Mountain Names New CEO
courtesy Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) has had its share of troubles in the past year or so. Today, though, the company has announced that it…
11:43am ET
Retail
Caution Brewing in Teavana-Starbucks Merger?
Is there something to worry about in this acquisition of Teavana Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TEA) by Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX)? The deal is expected to close since the votes for it are…
Jon C. Ogg