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%…
Jon C. Ogg Earnings season is off to the races, even if Friday was a curve-ball for the markets and for reactions to earnings. Most of the big stocks are off on Wall Street scandal…
Reuters: Daimler kept its earnings and dividend outlook for 2010. Reuters: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) raised $2 billion thought an aircraft sale. Reuters: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) results lifted markets in…
This week was another big week in the world of dividends and the quest to hike and initiate payments to shareholders. Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT), Raytheon Co. (NYSE: RTN), and ConocoPhillips…