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Investing
Why Not Tax Diet Soda?
Sugary beverages such as soda became public enemy number one for public health activists (known to critics as the food police) in 2010. That has led to a call to levy special…
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Retail
Ugly Christmas Gifts From Starbucks
24/7 Wall St. continued its ongoing evaluations of Starbucks stores, this times visiting a number of locations in Manhattan. A few of the special Christmas gifts from the coffee retailer: 1. Dirty toilets.…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:05am ET
Media
Media Digest (12/7/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Obama’s deal with Congress will extend Bush tax cuts for two years. Reuters: The US will sell its remaining shares in Citigroup (NYSE: C) and will make a $12 billion profit.…
2:34pm ET
Retail
More Battles in the Coffee Wars (KFT, SBUX, GMCR)
ThinkstockThe ongoing battle between Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) and Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is getting more heated and it has industry-wide implications for the coffee sector. Kraft alleges that Starbucks is…
Jon C. Ogg 8:55am ET
Investing
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (12/6/2010) Facebook Facelift, Kellogg And Pfizer CEOs
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
8:19am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APWR, ATHN, STD, BLK, BMRN, BUCY, FCS, LEAP, LM, MOT, NETL, RIMM, SWX, SBUX)
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
1:31pm ET
Retail
Starbucks Investors Focus on China Over Valuation (SBUX)
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has been releasing data at today’s investor conference, and the slow growth in the U.S. may be greatly overshadowed by the company’s aggressive expansion plans for China. For…
Jon C. Ogg 9:21am ET
Retail
Starbucks Wants Its Beans Back (SBUX, KFT)
When Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) filed its Form 10-K last week, it had this to say about its relationship with Kraft Foods Global, Inc., the division of Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE:…
Jon C. Ogg 8:02am ET
Investing
Major Insider Selling To Set Records in December (AMZN, BRK-A, DDS, DTV, DG, EMC, EXPE, FDX, GPS, GENZ, INTC, JBHT, MSFT, JWN, ORCL, RL, CRM, SLB, SBUX, SCHW, VMW, WMT, WFMI, WYNN, DELL, LVS, GOOG)
Insider selling by millionaire and billionaire corporate insiders is already rising, but it is about to go through the roof. Forget the politics and forget the morale left behind as a result,…
4:04am ET
Media
Media Digest (11/22/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: EU and the IMF began to work out details of an Ireland bailout. Ireland will finish work on a $20 billion set of budget cuts. Reuters: China has started to work…
1:25pm ET
Retail
McDonald’s Price Hikes in China: Warning to U.S.? (MCD, YUM, SBUX, PEP)
For years now, The Economist has computed its Big Mac index, a measure of purchasing power parity in the countries in which Big Macs from McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) are sold. The…
8:48am ET
Investing
Good Buyback, Stupid Buyback (SBUX, TNAV)
Sometimes buybacks are smart, sometimes they are not. Last night we saw two entirely different buybacks, one of which was a smart version of a buyback and one of which is nothing…
Jon C. Ogg 7:08am ET
Economy
The Good, The Bad, And The Irrelevant: Turkey Prices Hit All-Time High
Bad. As Thanksgiving approaches, the price of turkey has hit an all-time high, evidence that inflation may have begun to affect the economy more than most Americans imagine Bloomberg reports that “U.S.…
Douglas A. McIntyre 9:13am ET
Retail
Is Starbucks Making the Same Expansion Mistake Twice? (SBUX, MCD)
Does the US consumers’ taste for coffee translate well into Chinese? It looks like Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is determined to find out. Sales and profits have picked up in the last…
8:46am ET
Investing
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (NBG, SBUX, CROX, ATML, JAZZ)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG), Starbucks Corporation…