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McDonald's announced plans to refranchise at least 1,500 restaurants, following a growing trend in the industry. Other fast-food restaurants that have recently sold company-owned stores back to...
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen after the three-day Memorial Day weekend. They include AMC, Cisco, NextEra, NRG and Staples.
Source: ThinkstockAfter 40 years of allowing customers to “Have It Your Way,” Burger King Worldwide (NYSE: BKW) wants you to know it identifies with self-expression and individualism, so now...
Source: ThinkstockThe U.S. campaign for a $15 hourly wage for fast-food workers is going global. A New York-based group called Fast Food Forward said today that fast food workers on six continents...
Source: courtesy of Starbucks Corp.America’s most visited stores are popular for a variety of reasons. According to data provided by Placed, a consumer habits data service provider that monitors...
It will be interesting to see ultimately the overall effect on the stocks that were cut to a Sell. One thing is for sure, given the names that are hitting the Sell lists, analysts are not sparing...
In a new research report, the Merrill Lynch analysts again encourage investors to sell certain stocks that had been big favorites in the past. In an odd twist, while they keep many of the names as...
Source: Jon OggIf the January Barometer is any guide, stocks could be in for a rough 2014. The 2013 gain of over 29% in the S&P 500 and the gain of over 26% in the Dow Jones Industrial Average may...
A worker at a Los Angeles McDonald's outlet will attend President Obama's State of the Union Tuesday evening as the guest of California Representative Linda Sanchez. The White House has indicated...
Source: ThinkstockBarron’s suggested this week that the recovery in the housing market could spell trouble for restaurant stocks going forward. But there seem to be two theories on what could...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up nearly 26% so far this year. While the index, which consists of stocks of 30 major U.S. companies, is a widely followed indicator of the overall market’s...
On Monday, the McResources website for employees of McDonald's suggested that employees avoid eating too much fast food, and showed a photo of something that looks very much like a McDonald's meal...
Source: Wikimedia Commons, Public DomainPepsico Inc. (NYSE: PEP) has scored a win over chief rival The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO), taking the soft drink business at the more than 975 U.S. locations of...
Source: ThinkstockProtests demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour from fast-food restaurants will begin Wednesday with demonstrations at McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) restaurants in five U.S....
Source: ThinkstockBurger King Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: BKW) announced Tuesday that it has inked a deal with restaurant operator Groupe Olivier Bertrand to further expand into France. Financial terms...