Some investors believe that Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is spread too thickly with it efforts in Asia, additions of new energy and fruit drinks, and efforts to further conquer the grocery store business. CEO…
Douglas A. McIntyre Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) hit a new two-year low earlier this morning but Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) may be coming to the rescue. The hope is that Green Mountain’s…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Ariba…
ThinkstockFood processor J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) announced this morning that it was lowering the price on its coffee brands by an average of 6% “in response to sustained declines in green…
courtesy Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.Our story last night after Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) reported shares down more than -37% after the company screwed up in just about every…
Paul Ausick Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) has reported its earnings and the report is not looking pretty. Second quarter sales were up 37% at $885.1 million and its earnings came to…
Jon C. Ogg Philp Falcone receives extensions from creditors owed money by his high-speed wireless company LightSquared. (Reuters) Social gifting is a growing part of e-commerce. (Reuters) Barron’s says Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) could join…
Coffee merchant Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) must be wondering today what it needs to do to impress investors. For its second fiscal quarter, the company reported revenues of $3.2 billion and EPS…
Paul Ausick Some people around the world are doing very well financially. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is selling a record number of $5 coffee drinks. Daimler’s results were unexpectedly strong as Mercedes sales were better…
Douglas A. McIntyre S&P downgrades Spain and presses for EU action on debt. (Reuters) The U.S. economy slows as inventories fall. (Reuters) The Bank of Japan increases yen purchases to 10 trillion. (Reuters) U.S. companies…
Just one week ago Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIM) stock was available for about $1.50/share. Today the share posted a new 52-week high of $5.98 on no news. In fact the…
Same-store sales in US McDonald’s Inc. (NYSE: MCD) stores rose 8.9% in the first quarter, substantially higher the 5.5% rise in same-store sales in the company’s Asia/Pacific, Middle East, and Africa region…
The rapid rise in the value of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares has been credited with much of the improvement in the Nasdaq and S&P 500 over the past year. Apple’s market cap makes…
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) may have a monster dividend north of 5% for investors, but the telecom and communications giant could soon face a liability if a current trend continues. Scammers and spammers are…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Bazaarvoice Inc.…