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Spotlight on Coffee Stocks (JVA, DNKN, GMCR, SBUX)
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 3:18pm | 837Read More...So Caribou Coffee (NASDAQ: CBOU) is being acquired by the Joh. A. Benckiser Group, the same outfit that bought Peet's Coffee & Tea in July. Caribou will continue to operate as a standalone business, and it will continue to compete with the likes of Coffee Holding Co. (NASDAQ: JVA), Dunkin...
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Starbucks and Yum! Brands to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 7:33am | 688Read More...The 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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Boston Beer and Starbucks to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 7:20am | 373Read More...The 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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Nine Food Stocks for a Hungry Portfolio
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 12:06pm | 932Read More...A hungry portfolio might find a pick-me-up in one or more of these food-related stocks, all of which have had some momentum in the past few months, if not longer. Breakfast General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is up more than 13% from a nine-month low in August, as well as up about 18% from a year ago. This...
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IBM, Mastercard, Nike and Four Other Stocks Worth a Look Now
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 8:05am | 914Read More...The following dividend-paying companies offer attractive returns on equity and are expected to have strong earnings per share growth over the next five years. Their stocks are also trading in the ballpark of their 52-week highs. Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL): The New York-based cosmetics company...
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McDonald's and Starbucks to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 8:24am | 340Read More...McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) reached new multiyear highs of $94.70 and $44.70 per share, respectively, in yesterday's trading session. McDonald's posted strong results in the most recent quarter, driven in part by demand for its value options and breakfast offerings. The...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 31
Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:31am | 1163Read More...Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...
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Bounce-Back Kings: 9 Stocks Up More Than 30% in the Past Month
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 8:23am | 841Read More...These nine stocks have bounced back from sell-offs in August, and their share prices are more than 30% higher than a month ago. Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) shares are trading more than 60% higher than a month ago, despite pulling back more than 17% in the past week. Recent buyout rumors and the halt...
