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…
Italy to vote on sharp budget cuts as the U.S. calls for sharper ones. (Reuters) The State Department will look for a new route for the Keystone pipeline to satisfy opponents. (Reuters)…
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) bought Evolution Fresh. The coffee company said, “Evolution Fresh is one of the only true juiceries left in the industry that still cracks, peels, presses, and squeezes its own raw…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets opened lower this morning, and a modest gain of 80,000 non-farm jobs and a slight improvement of the US unemployment rate to 9.0% didn’t lift investors’ spirits before the opening. Today’s…
If you have been watching shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), you would know that the high-flyer has fallen from grace. After a prominent short seller became vocal against…
We have several big movers in the after-hours session. We have compiled a news summary and shown the after-hours moves in the following shares this Thursday evening: Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. (NYSE: ALU); Central…
The fate of Greece remains undetermined. Rumors are that Prime Minister George Papandreou will leave as part of a brokered agreement to get the opposition party to support austerity measures. There are…
Greece may kill a referendum to get an EU bailout and its prime minister may resign in the process. (Reuters) Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) raises $700 million with its IPO. (Reuters) Sales at…
We have several big movers in the after-hours session. We have compiled a news summary and shown the after-hours moves in the following shares this Thursday evening: Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK); Entropic…
Earnings season is still running strong and the economic readings keep coming out as well. As we come to the end of October, there is going to be plenty of news coming…
