According to Reuters, Countrywide (CFC) will eliminate 900 jobs. Reuters writes that Apple (AAPL) is looking for higher sales and Europe launch of the iPhone as part of the reason it cut…
Tonight, Jim Cramer compared Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc. (NASDAQ:PEET) to Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) as an obituary pick on CNBC’s MAD MONEY. It wasn’t praise or criticism, just reviewing a company after the…
Douglas A. McIntyre During WW II, the German army found out just how hard it is to invade Russia. Napoleon discovered the same thing 150 years earlier. Now, Starbucks (SBUX) want to come to Russia,…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, American Blind & Wallpaper Factory Inc has dropped its long-running suit against Google (GOOG) for running ads for competitors when search results for a company appear. Reuters writes that…
Starbucks (SBUX) is not doing very well selling convincing investors that coffee sales in its stores are rising at an acceptable rate. The company’s stock is down 22% this year. So, the…
Earlier in the week, Dunkin’ Donuts made a big deal about its new plan to team up with Procter & Gamble (PG) to sell its coffee at retail outlets like Wal-Mart (WMT)…
According to Reuters, profits at UBS rose to $4.7 billion in Q2, but the bank said the difficult markets could hurt second half results. Reuters writes that Wal-Mart’s (WMT) Japanese unit, Seiyu…
Starbucks (SBUX) must feel like someone is walking over its grave. McDonald’s (MCD) same-store sales rose 6.5% in July. The company said the the improvement in the US was due to the…
Starbucks (SBUX) turned in an OK performance and its stock moved only a little over 2% up in pre-market trading. Revenue rose from $1.66 billion in the quarter a year ago to…
Douglas A. McIntyre Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) has shown its earnings, and the results came in at net $0.21 EPS on revenues of $2.4 Billion. First Call estimates were $0.21 EPS and almost $2.4 Billion in…
Douglas A. McIntyre Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) has seen its stock under pressure since the end of 2006. Tonight it reports earnings, and First Call estimates are $0.21 EPS and almost $2.4 Billion in revenues. The…
McDonald’s (MCD) is pushing to open all of its store at 5 AM on the premise that people are getting up earlier and earlier to get to work or care for children.…
Starbucks (SBUX) has moved up 8% in the last week, coming off 52-week lows. Earnings are scheduled for August 1. According to Reuters, the company will delay opening stores in India. "India…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, the board of Dow Jones (DJ) has approved a $5 billion offer from News Corp (NWS). Reuters writes that British Imperial Tobacco has agreed to buy rival firm Altadis…
Starbucks (SBUX) has decided to move some of its most senior people around. It is not something that the military likes to do in wartime. And, it is rarely done on ships…
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