2010 is becoming the year of the dividend… either raised dividends or it is new dividends. Over the weekend, we reviewed the restaurant and food service sector when we were evaluating McDonald’s…
Douglas A. McIntyre McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) has enjoyed the status of being the greatest restaurant story in history. In our lifetime, or in any for that matter, the company grew from a start-up to…
The problem with customer satisfaction surveys is that, by their nature, they look back in time and not forward. Bloomberg BusinessWeek announced the results of its customer service poll recently. The project…
Burger King (NYSE:BKS) will begin to sell Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) Seattle’s Best Coffee at its US restaurants. That would seem to be an admission that the coffee that the fast food has served up until…
Large consumer companies spend a great deal of marketing money on creating, preserving, and increasing the image of their brands. If a product has problems, the process does not always work. Toyota…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Thursday morning: Allied Irish Banks (NYSE: AIB) Cut to Sell at RBS. Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Cut to Sell…
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has just reported earnings of $0.33 non-GAAP EPS and $2.72 billion in revenues vs. $0.28 and $2.60 billion in revenue estimates from Thomson Reuters. The biggest figure here…
Douglas A. McIntyre The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined be earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) will offer free Wi-Fi at almost all of its U.S. restaurants starting early next year. Until now, the fast food chain has been charging $2.95 for two hours of service.…
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) wants to follow Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD), Dell (NADSAQ:DELL) and hundreds of other large American companies into China. It is the promised land for consumer spending. The middle class in…
Reuters: Chinese banks must raise large sums of capital which could test equity markets. Reuters: AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) CEO had his pay package approved. Reuters: The Fed sees growth but substantial policy risks.
These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Express (NYSE: AXP) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Capital One (NYSE: COF) Started as…
It could be the economy or the fact that spending time in McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD), Target (NYSE:TGT), Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is more pleasant than it used to be. All of these…
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) is s fine place for the homeless and deranged to spend their time. The purchase of one cup of coffee gives them access to comfortable chairs, bathrooms, and music for…
Updated throughout the day. Ebay (NASDAQ:EBAY) PayPal profits will increase sharply in Q4. (TheStreet) A former lead director at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is pushing for the firm to pick an insider as the…
