Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is out with earnings. Some of the highlights are a record 11% earnings per share gain to $0.50 EPS on a 16% gain in sales to $3.435 billion;…
Jon C. Ogg Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is set to report earnings after the close. As this one hit all-time highs in recent trading days, it would seem as though the broader opinion is that…
Jon C. Ogg Markets opened mixed this morning, with the DJIA and S&P 500 opening lower and the Nasdaq Composite opening higher. The Nasdaq was getting a big push from the very strong earnings report…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. DaVita, Inc. (NYSE: DVA) Raised to Outperform as Bull…
Just because you’re retired doesn’t mean you don’t have to work. As of the end of last year, 7.3% of Americans 75 and older were employed — the highest level since 1966,…
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) recently decided it needs to conqure the part of the eating and drinking day it does not already own in part–dinner time. The company has done modest experiments in…
Douglas A. McIntyre 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…
