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…
Douglas A. McIntyre Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ: SBUX), the home of the $4 latte, has moved down market for some time to defend its turf against firms like McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) which offer less expensive “designer” coffee. The…
Reuters: The SEC said there was no single cause of the market plunge. Reuters: The Senate approved a single audit of the Fed. Reuters: Morgan Stanley Group (NYSE: MS) is the subject…
WSJ: Warren Buffett intends to discuss his investment in Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) at the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) annual meeting. Reuters: Federal authorities have started a criminal probe into Goldman.…
Reuters: The head of GM says taxpayers may get their entire investment back. Reuters: Obama will urge tougher rules on Wall St. Reuters: The CEO of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) attacked…
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) climbed another rung on the ladder of its recovery. The run of ever-spectacular results at Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) continues.The results of the two companies met at the crossroads of the new…
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) may have won over some new investors with its dividend announcement last month, but so far it looks to be winning over people with earnings despite a 150%…
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