Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) is going to continue rolling out its plans to offer wine, beer and premium food offerings in a handful of select and targeted locations. It is now targeting…
Jon C. Ogg Early last year Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) began buying coffee from India’s Tata Coffee Ltd. and agreed to discuss opening retail shops in the country with the Indian company. A report from…
Paul Ausick The logic from technical traders is simple: “Stocks hitting new highs tend to keep hitting new highs.” Eventually that comes to an end, sometimes a painful end. Until that end arrives it…
China’s economy expands at a better-than-expected 8.9% in Q4 and area markets soared. (Reuters) Walmart (NYSE: WMT) appoints a former CBS (NYSE: CBS) digital executive as head of its digital operations. (Reuters) Disapproval…
US equities opened strongly this morning and managed to maintain solid gains throughout the day. The in-line earnings report last night from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) and higher commodity prices — based…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Reiterated Buy and raised price…
Dunkin’ Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: DNKN) has signed a new deal with its subsidiary National DCP LLC, under which National will be the exclusive supply chain provider for Dunkin’s more than 7,000 US…
It has been hard for most companies with consumer customers to raise prices in the past three years. The economy has been so weak and personal income has not moved higher. An…
Douglas A. McIntyre Bill Gross’s PIMCO Total Return Fund has $1.4 billion in outflows in December, according to Morningstar. (Reuters) MF Global sold some assets to Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) before its collapsed. (Reuters) As…
The primary reason, it is often argued, that China is an important market for many large U.S. companies is that its population has doubled since the early 1960s. But the whole picture…
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has given its shareholders the ultimate gift of all this holiday season. This stock did not just hit a new 52-week high today. Starbucks shares hit an all-time…
Jon C. Ogg Bain & Company topped the 2012 version of the “Glassdoor Top 50 Places To Work.” McKinsey, MITRE, and Shalom Consulting were all among the top 10. Tech leaders were also near the…
Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched products that revolutionized markets. Of course, many big public corporations also did…
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) continues to benefit from a positive read from Canaccord Genuity on Wednesday, where it was called “A twinkle in his eye?” in the continued morning…
Some companies just want to keep bringing on new share buybacks whether they work or not. Some are to stop dilution from acquisitions or employee stock options, while others are to reduce…