McDonald’s (MCD) will open coffee bars at 14,000 of its US outlets. According to The Wall Street Journal the "locations will install coffee bars with "baristas" serving cappuccinos, lattes, mochas and the…
According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) is pushing the mobile handset as the next major target for its products. Reuters reports that analysts are trimming forecasts for the first and second quarter of…
It is unusual to see this many 52-week lows in big cap stocks, but many of these are credit or oil-price related. US Air (LLC) down to $13.50. Northwest Air (NWA) down…
The people over at Bear Stearns decided to kick Starbucks (SBUX) while it is down. Perhaps the company deserves it. The investment house dropped its rating from "outperform" to "peer perform". According…
Douglas A. McIntyre The people over at Bear Stearns decided to kick Starbucks (SBUX) while it is down. Perhaps the company deserves it. The investment house dropped its rating from "outperform" to "peer perform". According…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are not at all the only impact analyst calls kicking off the new year, but these are the calls we are focusing on this morning at 247WallSt.com: Advanced Micro Systems (AMD),…
According to Reuters, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) has bought control of Marmon Industries for $4.5 billion. Reuters writes that US retail sales were up a disappointing 3.6% for the holidays. Reuters reports that…
Any investor who held Starbucks (SBUX) shares last November and still has them today has lost about half of his or her money. SBUX hit $40.01 on November 16, 2006. After a…
These are not the only analyst calls moving stocks today in pre-market trading, but these are the top calls that 247WallSt.com is reviewing this morning: AMBAC Financial (ABK) raised to Outperform from…
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) is being downgraded from a BUY rating down to a NEUTRAL rating at Goldman Sachs this morning. Starbucks has now underperformed its peers since being a buy at Goldman in…
Douglas A. McIntyre Normally, when McDonald’s (MCD) comes out with strong same-store sales and attributes some of its success to revenue from premium coffee, shares in Starbucks (SBUX) sell off. MCD did just that, saying…
Mr. Schultz: 24/7 Wall St. has been going to Starbucks (SBUX) stores and doing evaluations for some time. Obviously, the current model at US stores is not working very well. The stock…
Akamai (AKAM) started as Neutral at B of A.Corning (GLW) started as Sector Perform at RBC.Dollar Tree (DLTR) raised to Overweight at Lehman.Exxon Mobil (XOM) raised to Buy at UBS.McAfee (MFE) raised…
It is not bad enough that Consumer Reports said the McDonald’s (MCD) coffee tastes better than Starbucks (SBUX). Now, the fast good chain says it will introduce morning drinks that are so…
We wanted to run some up and down scenarios for Starbucks now that the noise from the research calls have gotten out of the way and now that the post-earnings dust has…