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The major US stock indexes opened flat this morning but started to move higher following the better-than-expected ISM report on manufacturing (our coverage here). Construction spending in the US was...
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Asian food eatery P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. (NASDAQ: PFCB) this morning announced that it is being taken private in a deal worth $1.1 billion. The buyer is private equity firm Centerbridge...
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Stocks opened higher this morning following upbeat reports on unemployment claims and new housing starts. With a little more than a half hour left in today’s session, all three indexes have made...
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) opens its first Asian-themed store today, called ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, in a move calculated to take advantage of consumer demand for...
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning.Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) Raised to Buy...
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Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning.Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Reiterated Hold at Argus. Biogen Idec...
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The world of casual dining and dining is one which has survived bad times and thrived in good times. Â It turns out that some of the casual dining segment, particularly the fast food segment, offers...
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy with $415 target at Argus;...
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning.Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML....
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Landry’s, Lone Star, Capital Grille, Outback, Smith & Wollensky, and on and on… How many public restaurant and dining chains can be taken private? Apparently many more. McCormick &...
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The economy is getting better. People are spending more money. Retail saw a giant March and is expected to have another great same-store sales figure on an individual basis for April. Right? ...
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The Fed has started the end of the near-zero rate cycle cycle, sort of. But yesterday’s sudden discount rate hike to 0.75% from 0.50% is almost certainly a prelude to the Fed Funds rate hike(s)...
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If you like to invest in food chain restaurants, Thursday was a bad day as a group of bipartisan senators are trying to require chains to list calories on their menus. This is aimed at the big...
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These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls we have seen this Friday morning…. Friday the 13th: ASML (ASML) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. ATMI (ATMI) Raised to Buy at UBS. MEMC...
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