Dunkin’ Donuts Wants to Get Down with the Germans
Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. (NASDAQ:DNKN) is hoping that as Europe recovers from its recession, its consumers will be increasingly interested in their favorite Dunkin’ indulgences again, and the brand...
View Article‘Wal-Mart Effect’ Colors Target’s Q2 Results
As early as April, Target (NYSE:TGT) found “softer-than-expected sales trends” to be affecting operations and lowered its first-quarter earnings per share estimate, a move that reflected both a...
View ArticleRiding an Earnings High, Ford Turns to the Middle East and Africa
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) announced plans for a new business unit encompassing its operations in the Middle East and Africa on Tuesday in advance of the Dubai International Motor Show. The new business...
View ArticleAfter Q3, Should Investors Worry About Whole Foods’ Well-Being?
Sales of organic foods are increasing at an annual rate of between 7 and 8 percent — approximately half the pace of their pre-financial crisis sales growth but around double the rate of total grocery...
View ArticleWho Is Scaring Bank of America’s CEO?
Bank of America’s (NYSE:BAC) fourth-quarter results had a clear message: It still pays to be in banking. In the fourth quarter, not only did net income jump 369 percent to $3.4 billion, but the bank...
View ArticleSay Goodbye to Big Boxes: Wal-Mart Opens a Convenience Store
Source: Getty Images A Wal-Mart convenience store has opened in Bentonville, Arkansas, where the company has headquarters, to little fanfare, according to a Monday report from CSPnet.com. A local...
View ArticleExxon Mobil Is Reportedly Investing in Vietnam — Should You?
Source: Getty Images On Monday, a Vietnamese newspaper — Thanh Nien – reported that the world’s largest energy company, Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), plans on investing $20 billion in a gas-fired power...
View ArticleThe Cities That Should Have Sports Teams By Now
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Should the National Hockey League put a team in Las Vegas? That’s the question on many sports fans’ minds after deputy commissioner Bill Daly revealed that he had toured a...
View Article5 Ways to Protect Yourself From the Next Recession
Source: Thinkstock On average, recessions hit the U.S. business cycle once every five years or six years. According to records from the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Federal Reserve, the...
View ArticleNew Toyota Director Recommends Learning from Detroit Bankruptcy
Mark Hogan — former General Motors (NYSE:GM) and current Toyota (NYSE:TM) board member — made his public debut on Tuesday as the first foreign-born, external member of the Japanese automaker’s board of...
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