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Lennar Selects Westinghouse Solar for Solar Powered New Homes
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 8:03am | 96Westinghouse Solar (NASDAQ: WEST) and Lennar (NYSE: LEN) today announced a supply agreement to deliver solar power systems to new home buyers. Under the terms of this multi-year agreement, Westinghouse Solar will supply its award winning Westinghouse Solar AC systems to Lennar for certain new home...
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Piper Jaffray Neutral On P.F. Chang's China Bistro
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 7:46am | 177Piper Jaffray is out with a research report on P.F. Chang's China Bistro (NASDAQ: PFCB) and it has a Neutral rating and a $38 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "Heading into the second week of restaurant earnings, we maintain our Neutral stance on PFCB shares, but...
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Piper Jaffray Overweight On Darden Restaurants
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 7:36am | 112Piper Jaffray is out with a research report on Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) and it has a Overweight rating and a $56 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "As illustrated below, on a calendarized basis Darden has outperformed Knapp Track by an average of...
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Sterne Agee Reiterates Neutral on Buffalo Wild Wings
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 6:44am | 49Sterne Agee reiterated its Neutral rating on Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD). At the moment, the rating agency does not have a price target placed on the company's stock. On Friday, BWLD lost 1.41% of its value to end the day at $67.32.
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Sterne Agee Reiterates Buy on McDonald's, Raises PT to $100
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 6:41am | 47Sterne Agee reiterated its Buy rating on McDonald's (NYSE: MCD). At the same time, the rating agency raised its price target on the company's stock from $87 to $100. On Friday, MCD added 2.33% to its value to finish the day at $88.56.
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Sterne Agee Raises PT On McDonald's To $100
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 6:14am | 26Sterne Agee has raised the price target on McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) from $87 to $100 and maintains its Buy rating.
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 25
Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 9:40am | 1439The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...
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Markets Cautious - DC on Hot Seat over Weekend 07-22-2011
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 6:54pm | 844Cusick's Corner Today's session was rather mixed and stuck to a small range. Tech led today, so the NASDAQ showed up the Dow and SPX. However, all the major averages ended the week higher. Trading was cautious due to the continuing uncertainty about the deadlock over the August 2nd deadline to...
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Vol Drops, Heat Still Up 07-22-2011
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 3:05pm | 978Cusick's Corner Earnings and the debt talks remain in focus. CAT earnings failed to impress which is helping to dampen this market. It's hot in DC right now but tempers could get even hotter this weekend if there's no debt deal. Some traders may lack faith in any debt deals being made anytime...
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What's Hot On TheStreet
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 1:45pm | 258Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Study: Nobody Actually Likes Using Facebook Facebook may have more than 750 million users, but as one study shows, many don't actually enjoy using the site all that much. How to Challenge Your Property Taxes...
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Why McDonald's Should Team Up With Apple
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 1:23pm | 709Nothing could stop the light and compact Big MacBook Air. Seriously, nothing could. “Would it be an edible product?” my colleague asked. But we don't need to answer that right now. All investors need to know is that McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are two of the most important...
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Earnings Preview: Analysts Expect Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Revenue, Earnings to Dip from Previous Quarter
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 1:11pm | 623Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) unveils its next round of earnings this Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Here's Benzinga's advanced look at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters' third quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Ahead of the company's earnings announcement, analysts are...
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McDonald's Continues To Rule The World
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 11:51am | 284McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) saw a 15% improvement in second-quarter profit today, led by its expansion of breakfast offerings and growth in China. Apparently, diners have been attracted to the McCafe line-up, including the new Frozen Strawberry Lemonade. Classic (for want of a better word) products...
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Starbucks Furthers Expansion into the Nordics as It Announces First Retail Store in Helsinki's Airport with Operating Partner SSP
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 11:40am | 300Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX), and SSP, the leading operator of food and beverage brands in travel locations worldwide, today announced that they will expand Starbucks presence into Finland opening the first Starbucks store at Helsinki Airport early 2012. Last month Starbucks and SSP...
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Seven Retail Stocks on a Roll
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 10:46am | 914Overall, retail sales have sputtered in recent reports. But not all is doom and gloom in the sector; here are seven retail stocks that are on a tear. All of them hit 52-week highs yesterday, and all are up more than 20% since the beginning of the year (or in one case, since its IPO earlier this...