Search results for McDonald's
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Posted
Oct 27 2009, 10:08 AM
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Kim Peterson
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 Would you spend $6 on a Big Mac? I wouldn't, and neither will people in Iceland.
That's why McDonald's (MCD) is closing its three restaurants in Iceland and has no plans to return, according to the Financial Times. The move says more about Iceland than it does McDonald's. Until recently, Iceland was one of the wealthiest countries in the world. But its financial system imploded in the global credit crisis, and its three biggest banks were ruined by high debt. Its currency went into a tailspin and its capital markets shut down. The departure of McDonald's is perhaps a tacit acknowledgement that the country isn't coming back.
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Oct 22 2009, 01:43 PM
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Jim Jubak
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Now that’s the kind of quarter investors own McDonald’s (MCD) for.
Earnings for the third quarter, reported before the market open on Oct. 22, climbed to $1.15 a share from $1.05 in the third quarter of 2008. That was above Wall Street expectations of $1.11 a share. (This puts McDonald’s among the 80% of so of Standard & Poor’s 500 stocks that have beat Wall Street estimates so far this quarter. For more on that, see this Oct. 20 post.)
Revenue fell 3.5% to $6.05 billion. That was below analyst projections of $6.1 billion. But on a constant currency basis, revenue was up 2% from the third quarter of 2008
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Oct 15 2009, 04:03 AM
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Douglas McIntyre
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McDonald’s (MCD) was supposed to crush Starbucks (SBUX) in the premium coffee business when the world’s largest restaurant chain introduced a line of premium java more than a year ago.
It turns out that McDonald’s impressive start as competition to Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, and other specialty coffee retailers has begun to flag.
New research shows the momentum in terms of store traffic patterns has turned in Starbucks’ direction and it is likely that the trend will continue.
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Sep 30 2009, 11:17 AM
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InvestorPlace
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 This article was written by InvestorPlace's Jim Woods.
Filmmaker Michael Moore is at it again. The latest documentary from the corpulent director is titled, "Capitalism: A Love Story," and releases nationwide on Friday (see a movie clip and an interview in the video player below). Based on his past hard-left screeds on the evils of the free-enterprise system ("Roger & Me" and "Sicko"), I think it's safe to assume that the main message of this film is that capitalism is bad and that its very existence is antithetical to the welfare of "regular people." Bing: Michael Moore Well Mr. Moore, let me tell you what free-market capitalism, in essence, really is.
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Sep 08 2009, 10:20 AM
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InvestorPlace
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This article was written by InvestorPlace's Richard Band.
With the S&P 500 up nearly 50% since March, many on Wall Street are wondering how much good is left in this good market run. Is it real bull market? Do growth stocks still have room to grow? Bing: More on Blue Chip Stocks
The short answer is we don't yet know whether this is just a cyclical rise or a real bull market, but for investors, it doesn't matter. I'm still buying stocks. I'm just getting fussier about the prices I'm willing to pay for them. I want to own companies that don't already have all of their appreciation potential built into the price.
That eliminates 90% of the large cap stocks out there. But I have identified a few blue chip stocks that are still at bargain prices
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Aug 12 2009, 03:54 AM
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Douglas McIntyre
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Twitter had another hacker attack yesterday. Several media outlets reported the micro-blogging system was down periodically though the early morning and afternoon. The service had more severe problems last week. There have been rumors that the target of the attacks is a blogger in Georgia who has been critical of neighboring state Russia.
It is difficult to see what advantage the Russians gain by upsetting the tens of millions of people outside Georgia by shutting Twitter down, many of whom may actually think well of Mr. Putin and his fellow comrades.
The Twitter outage introduces the concept of whether anyone would really miss the service if it went away. Financial experts have argued that Twitter is not worth much even with its 30 million or so unique visitors, a number that varies wildly depending on the source. The press has carried stories over the last few months reporting that the service is growing 1,400%, 500%, and, in some cases, is barely growing at all. Ars Technica recently reviewed Twitter research done by HubSpot. The tech website reported that “HubSpot’s analysis of Twitter’s 4.5 million accounts revealed that 54.9% of users have never tweeted and 52.7% have no followers whatsoever.” Put more simply, many of the people who sign up for Twitter accounts never use them.
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Posted
Jul 29 2009, 07:58 AM
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Minyanville
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Minyanville presents 10 promotional stunts that horribly backfired.
What can a corporation do to generate some increased revenue and public awareness? While buckling down and delivering a sensational product is one tried-and-true method, the far quicker and easier route is a promotional stunt.
A straight-forward ad inside People Magazine or a witty banner on the side of a city bus doesn't seem to cut it any longer. What really generates word of mouth is a flashy and often explosive spectacle.
Take, for example, some of the most successful publicity stunts of all time.
Would Artisan Entertainment's (LGF) "Blair Witch Project" have generated all that buzz if it wasn't billed as a tragic, true-life documentary? A Web site featuring photos of the "missing" actors was set up as a makeshift memorial to the three young students. Missing-person fliers were distributed and fake local news reports were produced to amplify the ruse. Once IMDb.com listed the actors as "deceased," the movie had reached a level of epic publicity and led to a highly lucrative box office -- all thanks to a creative marketing team.
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Jul 28 2009, 05:45 PM
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Louis Navellier
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Second quarter earnings season is in full bloom, and so far, Wall Street has been treated to a substantial number of better-than-expected reports from some of the highest profile companies. Traders certainly love the latest batch of earnings news, and their buying has bid up the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average past the 9,000 mark for the first time since the beginning of January.
So, all must be well in Earnings Land, right? Well, not quite.
Although the headlines are screaming about how companies are beating their earnings estimates, little newsprint is being devoted to this quarter's real story. That story is that revenues for many corporations are way down year over year, and more importantly, their top-line revenues are often coming in below Street estimates
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Posted
Jul 21 2009, 05:46 AM
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Minyanville
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One to Watch: Starbucks (SBUX) will be hoping for fat profits at the close, even as it unloads complementary calories on customers in a pastry promotion during the day. The coffee king reports quarterly earnings and could use a jolt of good news. Growth has stalled as frugalistas forsake fancy frappuccinos for Folger's in fits of penny pinching pique. Add in costly cannibalization due to chronic overexpansion and an aggressive ad campaign by upstart McDonald’s (MCD) (”four bucks is dumb”) and many see the stock as a has "bean." Shutting subpar stores and regaining its former focus could see the company revive, but becoming buzz-worthy again is an altogether tougher task.
What Just Happened: Hillary Clinton continued her passage to India, currying favor with the country’s rapidly multiplying millionaires. Texas Instruments (TXN) entered middle age as it posted a 56% profit plunge 50 years after introducing the microchip. Stocks rose once more on the back of agreeable comments from Street strategy gurus and another uptick in Leading Economic Indicators. Though the LEI may l-i-e, judging by an article in today’s New York Times about how shuttered stores adorn even Madison Avenue in these tough times.
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Posted
Jul 17 2009, 01:29 PM
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James Dlugosch
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According to news reports, Starbucks (SBUX) will begin testing a new concept store that will include beer and wine sales as well as more caffeinated versions of its branded coffee.
Seriously, did the management team at Starbucks go on a bender or what? I can just picture the meeting that decided this move…
Two Starbucks executives walk into a bar. One orders a shot of whiskey and says, "dang, we need to get this stuff into our stores."
The other executive responds, "brilliant!"
Yeah, brilliant alright. Selling beer and wine is just right up your alley. Doing so is a natural extension of premium coffee. I suppose you will be mashing the grapes and brewing the beer right on site too.
What a joke! This has disaster written all over it.
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