The economy is supposed to be slowing down in its growth path, right? Then why are car sales doing so well? Edmunds.com just released its latest forecast for new vehicle sales showing strong growth. …
One of three respondents in a recent survey said they would spend less on consumer goods over the next 90 days than they said they would in June. The drop was 6 percentage points…
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) showed solid sales and earnings growth and boosted its dividend last week. Our initial take based upon the reaction to the guidance is that this turnaround has fully turned around…
It is extraordinary that the largest fast food chain is in the world’s is also the one that is growing the most rapidly. But, that is the case with McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) Revenue grew…
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) plans to put radio chips into clothing including underwear. The big box retailer wants to know what and how much people buy so it can order enough inventory. Walmart will be,…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has reported earnings as income increased 45% to $207 million in the second quarter to an earnings of $0.45 EPS versus $0.32 a year ago and on revenues up 41%…
The stock market was unsettled by Starbucks quarterly results. Revenue rose a very modest 9% to $2.6 billion, which is not impressive given the economic recovery of middle and upper class discretionary spending. Comparable…
The turnaround continues at Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX). The coffee chain posted a 37% profit gain and it raised its dividend. Third quarter same store sales rose 9% on record numbers. It posted earnings…
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has just beat earnings, although the guidance is lackluster This is the one in its segment we believe has the safest dividend of its peers with room for added…
Amazon.com has already dropped the price of its basic Kindle e-reader by $70 to $189. The moved followed a price cut of Barnes & Noble’s (NYSE: BKS) Nook from $199 to $149 and a…
For a while there, during the economic downturn that started in the second half of 2008, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) looked like it had found a large number of new customers for its low-priced…
Danone plans to make money selling 10 cent yogurt in places where people have less than $1 a day to spend on food. Â The price of some Danone products will be 7 cents in…
PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) must be doing very well despite the renewed uncertainty out there. The pet specialty store destination just raised its dividend by 25% to $0.125 per quarter from a prior quarterly…
It seems we have more secondary offerings coming back into the fold now that the markets have stabilized and recovered. Many real estate investment trusts (REITs) raised vast sums of capital in 2009 and…
Do you recall the press release hoax in 2000 that hit Emulex Corp. (NYSE: ELX)? It was a disaster and also changed the manner in which many reporters covered news based upon corporate press…