This week 24/7 Wall St. is picking several stocks from major sectors that are likely to double off of their lows we have recently seen. Today, let’s discuss the retail sector.   We are also including two food companies that have suffered along with the rest of the retail sector. Today’...

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is making an aggressive move into the breakfast business, including a planned budget breakfast launch that looks to capitalize on the same recession that is hurting the company's overpriced coffee sales. That has some analysts concerned that McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) could face...

There are an extremely small number of companies which are likely to do relatively well during the recession, either because they are the market share leaders in their industries by a wide margin, or they are in businesses which sell products and services which are a necessary part of everyday life....

Worst January EVER! What a way to start the year! I've decided to delve into the bear case this weekend to see if I can talk myself out of thinking we've suffered enough at the 8,000 line. I'll be posting as I read in a Weekend Reading section but I thought it would be a good idea to first review wh...

Interesting. According to this article at CNet, Asus, Acer and Toshiba are working on small notebooks using Qualcomm’s instant-on solution, Snapdragon. Actually, according to Manjitt Gill (the interviewee) it is more like always on. “Our vision is that (the device is) always connected. E...

Filed under: Marketing and advertising, McDonald's (MCD), Burger King Hldgs (BKC), Battle of the Brands This post is part of our Battle of the Brands feature. Let us know which brand you prefer, and check out other Battle of the Brands posts. In this corner, the clown. After years of taking shots to...

Filed under: Products and services, Consumer experience, McDonald's (MCD), Wendy's Intl (WEN), Burger King Hldgs (BKC) I was in a fast-food frame of mind last night, so I thought I'd check out Wendy's (NYSE: WEN) same-store sales report from last week. For the first quarter, Wendy's average same-sto...

Filed under: Marketing and advertising, Burger King Hldgs (BKC) Burger King Holdings (NYSE: BKC) has been a strong performer since its 2006 IPO, but as McDonalds (NYSE: MCD) has invested aggressively in modernizing its restaurants, Burger King is feeling the pressure to keep up. Solution: The Whoppe...

Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Market matters, McDonald's (MCD), Boeing Co (BA), Texas Instruments (TXN), Economic data, Oil, Lehman Br Holdings (LEH), Bear Stearns Cos (BSC), Federal Reserve, Recession Stock futures were highe...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Competitive strategy, Apple Inc (AAPL), Starbucks (SBUX), McDonald's (MCD) Shares in Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) are as hard to understand as those of almost any other large public company in the U.S. In the fiscal year ending September 30, revenue for the company was up ...