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Starbucks: Will store closings lift company's fortunes?

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Starbucks: Will store closings lift company's fortunes?

SBUX - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

Filed under: Consumer experience , Rants and raves , Competitive strategy , Starbucks (SBUX) I hemmed and hawed when I saw Jennifer Openshaw's piece on MarketWatch a few weeks ago; her opinion was that Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX ) would recover much of its lost value in these past several months of sluggish sales, rising milk costs and slipping coolness, no matter what the naysayers, say. Her argument:...

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Another Defeat For Starbucks (SBUX)

24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

Howard Schultz, the CEO for life at Starbucks (SBUX) recently told Portfolio magazine all about his plans to turn around the company. The editors should not... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Before the bell: Futures higher on SBUX, YHOO, ahead of inventory report

SBUX - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

Filed under: Before the bell , Earnings reports , Microsoft (MSFT) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Time Warner (TWX) , Starbucks (SBUX) , Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI) , Circuit City Stores (CC) , Economic data , Oil U.S. stock futures were higher Wednesday morning, as Wall Street could try to having yet another positive session. While Starbucks news of store closing and reports Microsoft may still be interested in...

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Before the bell: DB, GM, AAPL, AZN

AAPL - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

Filed under: Before the bell , Major movement , Earnings reports , Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Law , Apple Inc (AAPL) , General Motors (GM) , AT and T (T) , Novartis AG ADS (NVS) , Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA) Before the bell: Futures higher on SBUX, YHOO, ahead of inventory report Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB ) shares are trading 4.2% higher in premarket action after the bank, seeking...

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Closing Bell: DJIA 11,000 or 10,000 is closer rather than farther

SBUX - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

Filed under: After the bell , Starbucks (SBUX) , General Motors (GM) , Lehman Br Holdings (LEH) After a brief refreshment, today just ended up being ugly rather than what many were hoping would be a boring day. Today's action was likely due more to analyst concerns, but a late-day news report on a security breach scare at LAX airport may have added stress to a trading day that would have otherwise...

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Pre-market movers (BBI) (YHOO) (GM) (CC)

YHOO - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

Filed under: Before the bell , Microsoft (MSFT) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , General Motors (GM) , Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI) , Circuit City Stores (CC) Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL ) is up over 15% on strong profits. Blockbuster (NASDAQ: BBI ) is up over 10% on news it has dropped it bid for Circuit City (NYSE: CC ). Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO ) is up 6% on news of a possible new bid from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT )....

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With GM down 83%, how does its CEO keep his job?

DATA news (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

Filed under: Management , Industry , Ford Motor (F) , General Motors (GM) The Wall Street Journal was good enough to humiliate General Motors (NYSE: GM ) CEO Rick Wagoner by pointing out that he still has his job. The company's share price is down almost 85% since he took over. The newspaper writes that Mr. "Wagoner's decision a few years ago to tilt GM's product mix more toward trucks and SUVs isn't...