Starbucks announced certain management changes to speed up the company's growth worldwide.

Starbucks announced certain management changes to speed up the company's growth worldwide.

By Osman Gulseven:Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) is among the largest specialty coffee producers in the U.S. Its founder, Robert Stiller, became a billionaire after the company announced its strategic collaboration with Starbucks (SBUX). Instantly, the stock moved up by…

An analyst who visited Starbucks' Evolution Fresh juice bar in a Seattle suburb said he feels the 'brand is well-positioned to grab market share.'

Facebook is finally going public. It'll be worth about $104 billion when it debuts at $38 a share, and there's guaranteed to be a pop once it starts trading. That means that Facebook — an eight year old company — is worth more than some of the…

By All American Investor: Tim Hortons Inc. (THI) operates, develops and franchises quick service restaurants in Canada (3148) and the US (602). The company has grown profits at a 10% annual rate since 2005 with dividends per share increasing from $.12 to $.84. In the same time frame…

Filed under: Company News, Media, JC Penney, Starbucks, RetailThe Nike Swoosh. McDonald's Golden Arches. Apple's -- well, apple. Corporate logos are the proverbial picture worth a thousand words. Or millions of dollars in sales. As the recession recedes and companies return to…

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday May 9. Apple (AAPL), Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Ross Stores (ROST), Allergan (AGN), Celgene (CELG), Lululemon (LULU). Other stocks…

NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) - Dunkin' Donuts has opened its first restaurant in Guatemala, with three more scheduled to open their doors in the next month, the company said on Thursday, following rival Starbucks Coffee Co's move there last year.

Strongly branded U.S. companies like Caterpillar, Apple and Starbucks are working with Chinese officials to learn branding techniques.

strong>By Delian Naydenov:Starbucks (SBUX) has been growing healthily, returning over 80% for the past five years compared to single-digit negative returns for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average indexes. In my opinion Starbucks will continue to grow above the market as…

Starbucks Corporation recently announced its plan to accelerate the store openings in China to 1,500 by the end of 2015. The coffee chain currently has 570 outlets in the country. Besides China, Starbucks will also double the number of stores in Korea to 700 by 2016.

McDonald's (MCD -1.2%) plans to use a new strategy to keep sales humming right long by upping the number of limited-time offers on its menu after research showed consumers like seasonal variety. The moves are being made - not so much with hamburger players Burger King and Wendy's in mind -…

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Caribou Coffee faced a second day of heavy selling Friday, sinking 18% to $11.48 in early trades. Shares are now down 36% since April 4 as Caribou, Peet's Coffee & Tea and Starbucks all back off recent 52-week highs. Thursday evening Caribou cut…

Starbucks Corp. is trading in a common bull market consolidation pattern, but is likely to head higher soon.

The big moves in Green Mountain (GMCR -48%) and Chesapeake Energy (CHK +1.91%) recently have value investors chomping at the bit to scoop up shares at deep discounts. To do so however, is akin to trying to catch a falling knife. "You have to distinguish between just setbacks and atrophy of…

Starbucks Corp. on Wednesday named former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to its 11-member board, The Wall Street Journal reported. Gates served as defense secretary from 2006 to June 2011. A former president of Texas A&M University, he is currently the chancellor of the College of…

By Shmulik Karpf:On March 26th, I published a sell short recommendation on Dunkin' Donuts (DNKN). What happened since then? The company reported a positive Q1 2012 quarterly report on April 26th. Specifically, revenues were up 9.5% and operating income was up 19.8%. The company's…

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Peet's Coffee & Tea dropped 6% to $70.87 early Wednesday after the coffee retailer fell short of Wall Street's first-quarter profit view. The stock, up 53% over the past 12 months, had been trading at 52-week highs. Janney Montgomery analyst Mitchell…

By Markos Kaminis (Wall St. Greek): After gaining 2% the day before its earnings report last week, Starbucks (SBUX) dropped 5% after the news was reported. The skinny is that despite beating the analysts' consensus EPS estimate for $0.39 this fiscal quarter by a penny, Starbucks…

[at MarketWatch] - Groupon named as new directors American Express's finance chief and Deloitte's vice chairman to aid the newly public coupon website. But Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz left the board. George Stahl has details ...

By The Hedge Zone:Last week, Starbucks (SBUX) posted a decent earnings report, beating the Street's estimate of 39 cents/share by a penny (earnings call transcript can be read here). The market responded negatively, however, as high commodity costs and lagging European sales were…

Wall Street Breakfast Editors submit:Top StoriesGroupon board undergoes shakeup. Starbucks (SBUX) Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz and Accel Partners' Kevin Efrusy are stepping down from Groupon's (GRPN) board and will be replaced by Daniel Henry, CFO of American Express, and…

Groupon (GRPN +2.7%) is bouncing a little a day after crashing on news that two high-profile board members would be replaced with AmEx and Deloitte execs. The departure of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz particularly bothered many investors, given his consumer retail experience. Perhaps…

Filed under: Kraft Foods, Safeway, Starbucks, McDonald's, Nestle, Retail, Food & DrinkYou won't find java-slurping hipsters at Jamba Juice's (JMBA) growing chain of smoothie shops. There isn't a barista to be found, though employees probably wouldn't scoff at being called blender…