Starbucks Scores With Breakfast, Aims for Lunch
Demitrios Kalogeropoulos, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Aug 08, 5:28PM CDT
After some early victories in the breakfast war, Starbucks wishes to expand its conquest to the next battlefield -- lunch. The beverage giant trounced the performance of most other quick-service chains by posting a 7% jump in comparable-store...
Final Glance: Restaurant companies
AP - Fri Aug 08, 5:06PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top restaurant companies were mixed at the close of trading:
New Package at the Courtyard Bentonville Suits Travelers to a Tee
Marketwire - Fri Aug 08, 4:25PM CDT
The Courtyard Bentonville is no stranger to Southern hospitality. Its well-appointed guest rooms and recently updated aesthetic speak to business travelers as much as families on vacation. But its latest Stay and Golf Near Bentonville package takes gracious welcomes to the next level. As one of the most exciting hotel deals in Bentonville, this offer includes discounted green fees, generous gifts and indulgent accommodations for an experience that is unequivocally above par.
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of Starbucks After 1.19% Gain
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Aug 08, 3:58PM CDT
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $76.51 to a high of $77.67. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.2%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $77.46 on volume of 3.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
Look for Shares of Starbucks to Potentially Pullback after Yesterday's 1.19% Rise
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Aug 08, 3:58PM CDT
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $76.51 to a high of $77.67. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.2%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $77.46 on volume of 3.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
Midday Glance: Restaurant companies
AP - Fri Aug 08, 12:51PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top restaurant companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:
Early Glance: Restaurant companies
AP - Fri Aug 08, 9:51AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top restaurant companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:
Boring Sit-Down Restaurants Suddenly Look Lively
at The Street - Thu Aug 07, 4:20PM CDT
Second quarter earnings for the restaurant sector are in. Who is winning? Who is losing? Brian Sozzi breaks down the numbers.
Technical Scrutiny on Restaurants Stocks -- Cheesecake Factory, Starbucks, Yum! Brands, Darden Restaurants, and Bloomin' Brands
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 8:30AM CDT
On Wednesday, August 6, 2014, the NASDAQ Composite ended at 4,355.05, up 0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day 0.08% higher at 16,443.34, and the S&P 500 closed the day flat at 1,920.24. The losses were broad based as six out of ten sectors ended the session in negative. The S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector Index ended the day at 520.56, down 0.26%, while the index has advanced 3.54% in the previous three months. Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: The Cheesecake Factory Inc. (NASDAQ: CAKE), Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX), Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM), Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: DRI), and Bloomin' Brands Inc (NASDAQ: BLMN). Free research on these five companies can be accessed at:
Video: Keurig Earnings Seen Cooling, But New Brewers Await
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Aug 06, 7:02AM CDT
Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR) has been expanding its presence in user homes and in restaurants, but profit growth is expected to slow when the maker of single-serve coffee brewers reports results Wednesday. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect...
Center Training Systems Releases Diagnostic Imaging Center Whitepaper to Increase Imaging Center Referrals, Build Loyalty and Win Over Referring Offices for Life
PRWeb - Wed Aug 06, 3:01AM CDT
Center Training Systems has just released its whitepaper "10 Strategies That You Should Be Using That Will Win Referring Offices Over For Life and Guarantee That You Are The #1 Imaging Center In Town." This paper offers diagnostic imaging centers trainable strategies to increase patient referrals, build loyalty and win over referring offices.
Marabella Commercial Finance, Inc. Achieves Strong Loan Production in Second and Third Quarter of 2014 - Net Lease Properties
PRWeb - Tue Aug 05, 2:13AM CDT
Marabella Arranges Financing For several Walgreen, Starbucks and O'Reilly's Automotive Properties in the 2nd and 3rd Qtr. 2014. For the Walgreen property the Sponsor was a repeat client for Marabella Commercial Finance. Marabella dealt with the Sponsor's uncle in the 1970's in which Marabella acted as principal structuring Sale-Leaseback financing with Safeway, putting CTL debt on the stores and then selling the Safeway stores to the uncle. For the nephew's Walgreen store Marabella structured a refinance / cash-out transaction. Marabella originated a CMBS permanent loan of $4,500,000. The spread for this transaction was 197 Basis Points over the 10 year swap rate. The rate was locked at approximately 4.70%. The Sponsor requested a 6 year interest only loan and after the interest only period the loan begins to amortize over 25 years from year 7 to 10. This was a Non-Recourse loan with Standard Carve-Outs. For the Starbucks property Marabella met the developer at the International Council of Shopping Centers Convention (RECON) May 2014 and helped the developer pull cash out of the Starbucks. Marabella Arranged a loan amount of $850,000 with an amortization of 20 years and fixed for 10 years at 4.75%. The prepayment penalty is a friendly 3.00% for the life of the loan and no prepayment for the last 6 months of the loan. If all conditions are met this transaction should fund in mid August 2014. The Developer plans to have Marabella arrange financing for additional Net Lease Projects he has in the works. The Sponsor for the O'Reilly's transaction is a repeat client for Marabella. Marabella Commercial Finance arranged financing for this client's other O'Reilly's property several years ago. For the new cash-out transaction a conditional commitment has been issued. The client for this transaction requested a fixed and fully amortizing coterminous loan which amortizes over the remaining primary term of the lease which is 14 years. The fully amortizing loan has a fixed rate of approximately 4.25%. This loan also comes with a friendly prepay option of 3.00% for the life of the loan and the no prepayment window in the last 90 days of the loan. If all conditions are met this loan should fund in mid-August 2014. Marabella is also arranging financing for two additional Walgreen properties and working with a repeat client in which Marabella arranged financing for her clients KinderCare property in Irvine, California (Southern California). This client is one of the top female money managers in United States by Barron's financial magazine and has $1.2 Billion in assets under management. Marabella arranged an 18 year amortization with a 15 year fixed rate loan at approximately 4.25%. The loan amounts equaled $1,725,000 and $2,850,000. Marabella again arranged a friendly 3.00% prepayment penalty for this transaction. If conditions are met both of these transactions are expected to fund sometime in September 2014.
Celebrating 20 Years of The Motley Fool Online
David Gardner and Tom Gardner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Aug 04, 3:01PM CDT
This was written by brothers and Fool co-founders David and Tom Gardner. Twenty years ago today, on Aug. 4, 1994, The Motley Fool was born online. We'd started a year before as a print newsletter for friends and family. It was truly motley:...