Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is set to report earnings today after the close of trading. First Call has estimates pegged at $0.27 EPS and $2.77 billion in revenues. Next quarter’s estimates are…
Douglas A. McIntyre McDonald’s (MCD) was the greatest stock in the US until it wasn’t. Improvement in same-store sales in the US and overseas drove the stock from below $32 in June 2006 to over…
Starbucks (SBUX) will offer a $1 cup of coffee. It will test the product anyway. It will also look into offering free refills for some of its products according to The Wall…
According to Reuters, Apple’s (AAPL) forecast for its next quarter disappointed Wall St. sending shares down 13%. Reuters writes that Texas Instruments (TXN) posted higher profits. Reuters reports that Big Oil’s rally…
Sack the CEO and bring back the founder. The market likes it. And, it worked at Starbucks (SBUX) for all of four days. The shares have fallen as low as $18.92 in…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are not the only impact analyst calls this Tuesday, but these are the ones 247WallSt.com is focusing on in early pre-market trading: Baxter (BAX) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.…
It seems that all of a sudden corporations are deciding to do the right thing by getting rid CEO’s that have put the companies and shareholders in untenable positions. We called CEO…
According to Reuters, Howard Schultz, Starbucks (SBUX) founder, has taken over as CEO. Reuters writes that Cisco (CSCO) will keep its current strategy, even in a recession. Reuters writes that Samsung is…
On January 2, 24/7 Wall St. suggested that Starbuck’s needed to replace its CEO with founder Howard Schultz. And,today the company did. Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre 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),…