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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of June 2: Ciena, FuelCell Energy And More
Sunday, June 1, 2014 - 7:47pm | 902Read More...The first-quarter earnings season is wrapping up now, and much attention will turn this week to the G-7 summit in Brussels, possible European Central Bank policy changes and the latest unemployment numbers in the United States. But among the handful of companies scheduled to report quarterly...
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Market Wrap For December 3: Markets Finish In The Red For Third Straight Day
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 5:49pm | 1989Read More...Investors appeared to be nervous going in to yesterday's close, a sentiment which continued at today's open. With little encouraging data coming out of the holiday shopping figures, investors and traders nervously await Friday's Labor Department November jobgs report which could help determine...
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Krispy Kreme Falls 10% After In-Line Results
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 5:24pm | 408Read More...Krispy Kreme Doughnuts' (NYSE: KKD) in-line results were not enough to appease investors Monday afternoon. The doughnut producer and retail chain announced that its third quarter EPS came in at $0.16 -- the same number predicted by Wall Street. Earnings per share were up 33 percent from the year-...
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Can Nostalgia be a Tempting Investment?
Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 1:26pm | 712Read More...Nostalgia can be a powerful tool for marketers to use to persuade consumers. Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) and Viacom (NYSE: VIA) did a remarkable job of reviving an old brand when it released the first live-action Transformers movie six years ago. Since July 2007, Hasbro's stock has risen more than 36...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 20
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 12:33pm | 943Read More...Last week, big-box retailers Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) said their earnings and sales rose in the most recent quarter, and they both boosted their full-year earnings per share (EPS) guidance. More earnings reports are due from retailers this week, highlighted by second-quarter...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 21 (BBY, LOW, DELL, HPQ)
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 9:34am | 990Read More...This earnings season may be starting to wind down, but there are still plenty of quarterly reports on the schedule. This week we will hear from more retailers, including Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) and Tiffany (NYSE: TIF). Tech companies Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:...
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Krispy Kreme and Starbucks to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 7:52am | 274Read More...Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (NYSE: KKD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) reached new 52-week highs of $9.78 and $39.26 per share, respectively, in Tuesday's trading session. Krispy Kreme recently said it will be adding oatmeal, yogurt and fruit juice to its menu to better position itself to compete with...
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Five Stocks for National Doughnut Day
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 6:56pm | 723Read More...The first Friday of June is National Doughnut Day in the United States. The event was created by the Salvation Army in 1938 as a fund raiser and to honor women who served donuts to soldiers during World War I. Some independent doughnut shops and large national franchises, such as Dunkin' Donuts and...
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Seven Fast Food Stocks Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 5:22pm | 759Read More...By and large, fast food restaurants continue to perform well as cost-conscious consumers still try to stretch a buck as they eat out. Though these companies also face higher commodity and production costs, some have been able to offset these costs with strategic price increases. Here are seven...
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Fox 2 Detroit Goes One-on-One With Jason Raznick
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 11:19am | 489Read More...Following his appearances on CNBC and Fox Business, Jason Raznick, Benzinga's President and co-founder, dropped by Fox 2 in Detroit to discuss the site, the importance of ETFs, and more. “We bring news, ideas and commentary to the average investor so that they can learn what's going on in the...
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KKD Ends With "Uninspiring Performance," BGB Securities reports
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 9:41am | 67Read More...Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (NYSE: KKD) ended the year with an “uninspiring performance,” BGB Securities reports. “Revenues rose 5.7% YoY to $91.7 million, just shy of our $92.1 million estimate,” BGB Securities writes. “Operating income in the quarter, after adjusting for one-time items, was...
