Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has just announced that it is taking control of Starbucks Brazil. The company has assumed 100% ownership and 100% operating control of Starbucks Brazil through the acquisition of…
Jon C. Ogg Reuters: There do not appear to be any bids to rival BHP Billiton’s (NYSE: BHP) for Potash (NYSE: POT) Reuters: A US government agency is considering more self-regulation for oil Reuters: GM…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: AutoNavi Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: AMAP) Started as Outperform at Pacific Crest. Avago Technologies Limited…
Free Wi-Fi has been a marketing tool at restaurant and beverage establishments including McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Now Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has decided the service will help it attract…
Starbucks Corp. (NYSE: SBUX) Chief Executive Howard Schultz took plenty of grief earlier this year after his company awarded him a $1 million bonus at a time when the coffee retailer was…
Douglas A. McIntyre The recession that began in 2007, and by some accounts is only barely over now, shut down and largely reversed the growth of most American companies. Those that grew through the period…
2009 was the year that dividends were cut or went on hold. 2010 is becoming the greatest year of increases and initiations of dividends that the markets have ever seen. There are…
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) showed solid sales and earnings growth and boosted its dividend last week. Our initial take based upon the reaction to the guidance is that this turnaround has fully…
Jon C. Ogg The following are the ten CEOs who received the largest stock option grants in 2009. Together, they enjoyed gains which totaled $230 million based on their value at the end of May.…
The stock market was unsettled by Starbucks quarterly results. Revenue rose a very modest 9% to $2.6 billion, which is not impressive given the economic recovery of middle and upper class discretionary…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) defended its CEO as it considered new options to kill the well. Reuters: The Senate voted to restore jobless benefits. Reuters: Obama’s budget review may trim the…
The turnaround continues at Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX). The coffee chain posted a 37% profit gain and it raised its dividend. Third quarter same store sales rose 9% on record numbers. It…
Jon C. Ogg Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), following in the footsteps of McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) and most small municipal libraries, will begin to offer free WiFi beginning July 1. No reason for the delay was given.
The bets made for and against banks and tech companies were mixed for the period ending April 14. Short selling showed no particular pattern for the two huge industries. Shorts were out…
On May 12th, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced it would strengthen its Seattle’s best brand by building relationships that would get the brew into 30,000 locations by the end of the year. Here is how…
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