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Burger King Offers Cholesterol on Wheels
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 11:00am | 518It would appear that fast food chain Burger King (NYSE: BKC) has beaten McDonalds (NYSE: MCD), Wendy's (NYSE: WEN) and the rest to the punch and made the move into widespread delivery. It is the next logical step after the drive-thru window. People wanted to be able to purchase a high-fat, low-...
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Nathan's Famous Announces Preliminary Results of its Modified Dutch Tender Offer; 500K Shares at $20-$22?Share
Friday, January 13, 2012 - 9:31am | 264Nathan's Famous, Inc. (NASDAQ: NATH) announced today the preliminary results of its previously announced modified Dutch Auction tender offer to purchase for cash up to 500,000 shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value, at a price per share of not less than $20.00 nor greater than $22.00 per share...
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From Earlier: McDonald's Announces Eight-Year Extension of Top Olympic Sponsorship Through 2020
Friday, January 13, 2012 - 8:15am | 83McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced its renewal as a TOP (The Olympic Partner Program) Sponsor through the 2020 Olympic Games and pledged its commitment to champion generations of happy, active kids. On the eve of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria,...
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Starbucks and Yum! Brands to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 7:33am | 688The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all closed up less than 1% yesterday, but plenty of stocks rose to 52-week highs in the trading session. Among them were Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), which reached multiyear highs of $47.28 and $60.45 per share, respectively. Starbucks' new...
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Did John 3:16 Predict These Companies' Successes?
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 2:40pm | 1148Tim Tebow's success with the Denver Broncos has made John 3:16 extremely popular recently, prompting private citizens and investors to take a step back and think about what's important in life. The Biblical quote alludes to immortality, a concept that has eluded humans for thousands of years. In...
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Under The Hood: Doing It For Diego
Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 4:00pm | 434Most ETF investors now know that Brazil is South America's largest economy, but the popularity of ETFs tracking South American nations can be deceiving. For example, a lot of folks would probably guess that the second-largest South American economy is Chile. Or maybe Colombia. Peru might even...
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Market Update
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 11:26am | 186Shares of LCA-Vision Inc (NASDAQ: LCAV) jumped about 25% after the company reported a 30% rise in fourth-quarter procedures. The company reported that 14,205 procedures were performed during the quarter, versus 10,891 procedures, in the year-ago quarter. Its same-store procedures surged 33% from 10...
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McDonald's Lifts Menu Prices In Hong Kong
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 6:21am | 57McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) lifted some menu prices in Hong Kong by an average of 2.3%. McDonald's China projects to double its number of restaurants to 2,000 by 2013. Last month, McDonald's reported a higher-than-expected rise in November sales at established restaurants across the board. MCD...
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Not The Way To Fight Starbucks
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 3:44pm | 531Plenty of Americans love Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) and it's not a stretch to say the company is quite popular in dozens of international markets. The stock is also a hit once again. Despite trading lower today by almost 1%, shares of Starbucks are flirting with all-time highs and are coming of a...
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9 Underground Economies - And Greece
Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 1:47pm | 3237By Justin Rohrlich From Somalia's "pirate stock exchange" to the flourishing illegal organ trade in Egypt, there are some making money hand-over-fist, under the table. The fortunes of the world's legitimate economies may rise and fall, but the global black market is currently booming. From...
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Oracle Earnings: Did Warren Buffett Top-Tick Tech?
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 12:55pm | 816By Michael Comeau Oracle missed big-time last night, calling into question Warren Buffett's acumen. When Oracle's (ORCL) disappointing second-quarter results hit the tape yesterday after the close, my thoughts quickly turned to late October, when IBM (IBM) disappointed with its third-quarter...
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Boston Beer and Starbucks to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 7:20am | 373The Dow and the S&P 500 closed up almost 3% yesterday, and beverage companies Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) reached new 52-week highs of $106.97 and $45.15 per share, respectively, in the trading session. Boston Beer has seen stronger growth than its larger rivals, and...
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4 Socially Responsible ETFs Your Broker Forgot to Mention
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 3:32pm | 821Socially responsible investing can be a risky gambit. Leaving out so-called sin stocks from a portfolio means excluding purveyors of alcohol and tobacco, along with casino operators and defense companies. Go a step further and truly socially responsible could possibly exclude fast-food chains and...
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Under The Hood: King CONG?
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 4:00pm | 435The word consistent has been left for dead in the world of investing this year. Frankly, the only thing that has been consistent is, well, inconsistency. So what about an ETF that implies that it gives investors a leg up when it comes to consistency? Well, if nothing else, it would make for a fine...
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Fast Money Picks For December 13th (PFE, EEM, MET, PM, IBM, MCD)
Monday, December 12, 2011 - 9:18pm | 269On CNBC's Fast Money, Anthony Scaramucci said that Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) should be bought on Tuesday. Pfizer Inc. (PFE) lost 0.83% today, and it closed at $20.39. Tim Seymour thinks that you can buy iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (ETF) (NYSEARCA: EEM) as a trade tomorrow. iShares MSCI...