5:45am ET
Investing
A Starbucks (SBUX) Share Buy-Back
Almost any time a company’s stock drops by half, management claims its goals are misunderstood and that the shares are cheap. This often leads boards to start buy-backs to drop the size…
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6:48pm ET
Retail
Starbucks (SBUX): A Good Contrarian Investment
It’s been a tough run for contrarians. Badly beaten down companies facing overwhelmingly bearish negative market sentiment have continued to weaken: for now, the bearish masses have been right. Part of the…
11:41am ET
Retail
Nelson Peltz: Bought Hansen, Dumped Starbucks (HANS, SBUX, PFCB, HNZ, WEN, TUX)
We just got to take a look at the JUNE 30 holdings of Nelson Peltz via an SEC filing of his TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT GROUP. If you look throughout full filing you’ll…
2:42am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/6/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, a new tally of votes for the Yahoo! (YHOO) board election shows a high percentage of protest votes. Reuters reports that the Fed held rates steady and indicated it…
4:35am ET
Investing
Starbucks (SBUX) Chases The Economy Towards Its Bottom
Starbucks (SBUX) posted its first loss as a public company but gave investors something to hang on to. It reaffirmed that it will do better in fiscal 2009. To do that the…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:50am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/31/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, T Boone Pickens is seeking an "army" of business leaders and citizens to back alternative energy. Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) posted if first loss as a public company…
3:19pm ET
Investing
Starbucks (SBUX) Has First Quarterly Loss In Its History
The expectations for Starbucks (SBUX) were very low. That probably has not been true since the company went public. But, Starbucks was able to come in below a worst case, the hallmark…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:17am ET
Investing
Starbucks (SBUX) Dumps Kangaroos and Koalas
Australia, formerly the world’s largest penal colony, will loss three-quarters of its Starbucks (SBUX) stores this week. That totals 61 locations. Starbucks will only keep its stores in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:58am ET
Retail
Earnings Police Go After McDonald’s (MCD) Premium Coffee
Probably the worst thing that ever happened to Starbucks (SBUX) was when McDonald’s (MCD) went into the premium coffee business. Consumer Reports even rated the fast food chain’s java ahead of the…
4:04am ET
Retail
Starbucks Releases List Of 600 Stores To Be Shut, A Tombstone For Employees
Starbucks (SBUX) founder and CEO Howard Schultz had his company release the list of 600 stores that coffee chain would close. It is a tombstone for the 12,000 company employees that Starbucks…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:44am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/18/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, analysts looking at results from Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), and IBM (IBM) are cautiously optimistic about upcoming tech earnings. Reuters writes that Merrill Lynch (MER) posted a loss of…
9:38am ET
Investing
Stocks That Cost Less Than A Starbucks Cappuccino (NCC)(F)(Q)(SIRI)(LVLT)(FRE)(WM)(ETFC)(SBUX)
A venti cappuccino costs $4.85 at a New York City Starbucks (SBUX). There may be some tax on that. Starbucks trades at $13.57, so it still has a value well above the…
5:12am ET
Retail
Starbucks (SBUX) Store Closings For July 2008
Here is the list of stores that Starbucks (SBUX) will close in July 2008. Starbucks plans to close a total of 600 stores and lay-off 12,000 full-time and part-time employees in an…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:01pm ET
Investing
The 52-Week Low Club (LEH)(FNM)(FRE)(SBUX)(AMD)
AMD (AMD) Little hope that they PC and server businesses will lift revenue and the debt load looks bad in a credit crisis. Down to $4.75 from a 52-week high of $16.19.…
11:41am ET
Retail
Starbucks (SBUX): The Dark Empire Hits A 52-Week Low
Howard Schultz, the CEO and founder of Starbucks (SBUX) is, by any measure, a fabulously wealthy man. He owns 4.4% of the company’s shares. SBUX has a market cap of just over…
Douglas A. McIntyre