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 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 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…
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…
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is managing to do what many probably thought was not possible. It isn’t a shock that Starbucks beat earnings and raised guidance. The surprise is that the stock…
Jon C. Ogg 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…
Next week is the beginning of the end of earnings season as November gets started, but we still have many key earnings to watch and there are still many large companies reporting…
Starbucks (NADSAQ: SBUX) will begin to offer new Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) online services as part of its free in-store WiFi plan. It already gives away some content on the network including WSJ.com,…
Reuters: Geithner says there is no risk of a global currency war. Reuters: Hedge fund investors favor the stock market Reuters: Oil moved above $82 as China crude imports grew. Reuters: Sony…
Short sellers aggressively sold off shares of companies which have lost value over the last month, perhaps on the chance that a rising market will life all ships. For the period ending…
Standard & Poor’s has released a very positive dividend development trend for 2010 that covers roughly 7,000 public shares that report dividend information. It is no small sum. The third quarter of…
Reuters: The Chinese premier said he would not succumb to pressure from the US on the value of the yuan. Reuters: An SEC watchdog said the timing of the charges against Goldman…
Attention hipsters and wannabe hipsters: the price of your finely crafted Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) caffeinated beverage is going up. Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz, who has lead a remarkable turnaround at…
Douglas A. McIntyre Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has made a remarkable recovery. Earnings rose in the last three quarters. Cost savings driven by 12,000 layoffs and hundreds of store closings in 2008 have significantly helped margins.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…