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UPS reported first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday, and no surprise, winter weather was its theme of the day. And no surprise either that shares slipped after the opening bell.
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courtesy of KFCYum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) reported first quarter 2014 results after markets closed on Monday. The fast-food restaurant operator posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of...
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McDonald's reported disappointing first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The company said it is is "focused on stabilizing key priority markets." Shares were up in the...
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McDonald's stores in China are mostly company operated, and it plans to overhaul a number of its stores there in an effort to attract more customers as China's economy continues to slow down.
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The analysts at Jefferies point out that corporate travel was up in March, and that could bode well for the top companies and the economy. Here are some of the airlines stocks rated Outperform at...
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Workers at two of Amazon's logistics centers began a one-day strike Thursday morning that could see more than 1,000 employees on the picket lines.
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Southwest Airlines trumpeted its record $228 million contribution to its profit sharing plan. The payment will be an 88% increase over last year's contribution, as well as the 40th consecutive...
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ZoesKitchen.comFast-casual restaurant chain Zoës Kitchen Inc. (NYSE: ZOES) sold 5.83 million shares Friday morning at an initial public offering (IPO) price of $15 a share, the top of its expected...
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Carl Icahn will withdraw both his proposal that eBay spin off its PayPal business and his two nominations for candidates for the company's board in exchange for the appointment of an independent...
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Hotel chain La Quinta Holdings issued 38.25 million shares at $17 a share in its initial public offering Wednesday morning. The IPO price was below the expected range of $18 to $21 a share.
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Criticism of high-frequency trading seems to have spooked investors in online brokers E*Trade and TD Ameritrade. Shares both of them are dropping for the second day in a row.
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Monday the state of New York joined a federal lawsuit against FedEx alleging that it illegally delivered 140 tons of contraband cigarettes in defiance of a 2006 agreement to cease the practice.
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Workers at a German distribution center for Amazon.com have walked off the job over a pay dispute that has lasted nearly a year. At issue is how Amazon classifies its 9,000 German warehouse employees.
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Taco Bell has rolled out a new breakfast menu. To fight back against this new threat, McDonald's is giving away free coffee during breakfast hours for two weeks beginning March 31.
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TriNet, a provider of human resources solutions for small and medium-size businesses, launched its initial public offering Thursday, selling 15 million shares at $16 apiece.
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