American management has been trained that any company can think and execute its way out of trouble. That means that there is a solution to every sales or cost problem. It is…
Micro-blogging platform Twitter has 32 million users, which is an increase from about 2 million a year ago, according to research mentioned in The Wall Street Journal. Some Internet measurement services show…
American companies are increasingly offering products for $1 or less. Some are among the largest firms in the United States such as Wal-Mart (WMT) and McDonald’s (MCD). Other are smaller but use…
It has begun to dawn on more and more large companies that high-priced goods are costing them sales during the recession. Maybe the only way for them to hold onto customers is…
Starbucks (SBUX) will try to revive its flagging fortunes with an assault on Web 2.0. Sales at the coffee chain have been falling, to some extent because it charges $5 a cup…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Twitter will release business tools in an attempt to make money. Reuters: A GM (GM) bankruptcy is seen as nearly inevitable. Reuters: American Express (AXP) will cut 4,000 jobs. Reuters: Obama…
According to Reuters, if the big transportation bill does not pass states will miss out on funds for roads, bridges, and tunnels. Reuters reports that Buffett attacked bank “stress tests.” Reuters writes…
Consumer spending by America’s large middle class is an important indicator of economic recovery. GDP numbers from last quarter and opinions from the Federal Open Market Committee may not be as accurate…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Bank of America (BAC) shareholders voted to separate the chairman and CEO roles and Ken Lewis was replaced as chairman. Reuters reports that talks to keep Chrysler out of…
Revenue for the last quarter fell at Starbucks (SBUX) by 8% to $2.33 billion. Net earnings fell 77% to $25 million and earnings per share were down by the same percentage to $.03. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre Shares of Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) are getting hit by an analyst downgrade this morning. If it sounds like a repeat call mistaken for yesterday’s downgrade, it isn’t. Not really. This morning…
Douglas A. McIntyre We still have well over two-hours until the opening bell this Thursday morning. So far we have seen many select upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street analysts. Here is what we have…
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has performed rather well in the most recent 5-week stock market rally. After all, shares hit a low of $7.06 last November and challenged the $8.00 mark just…
These are the top 10 analyst calls we have seen early this Wednesday morning from Wall Street: Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Raised to Outperform at William Blair. Frontier Oil (FTO) Cut to…
An organization called Ethisphere has put out a list called “2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies” There is nothing wrong with the list, but the basis on which it was put together is…
