May 25, 2013

5 Things to Watch This Week: Restaurants, PCs, Walmart, Rides and Soda


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Red Robin RestaurantWhen the market reopens Tuesday after President’s Day, it promises to be a busy week. Get ready for earnings reports from casual dining chains and struggling PC makers, as well as holiday sales figures from the world’s largest retailer.

Here’s a preview of some of the news that will help shape the the week ahead on Wall Street.

1. On the Menu: Several restaurant chains will step up with their latest quarterly results. Bob Evans (BOBE), B.J.’s Restaurants (BJRI), Red Robin (RRGB), Texas…
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Energy Drink Makers Face NY State Probe


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Filed under: Company News, PepsicoBy Joseph Ax and Martinne Geller

(Reuters) – The New York State Attorney General issued subpoenas in July to three firms that make energy drinks, including PepsiCo Inc (PEP), seeking information on the companies’ mark…

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GMO: The Secret the Food Industry Is Spending Millions to Keep


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Filed under: Coca-Cola Company, Pepsico, Hershey, Food, Money and Politics
Big Agriculture and food companies are shelling out gobs of cash ahead of November’s election to convince Californians to vote against a proposed law that would require busines…

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Why Your Organic Food Isn’t as Organic as It Used to Be


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Filed under: Health Care, Coca-Cola Company, Kraft Foods, Pepsico, Safeway, Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp, Costco, Whole Foods, Food & Drink, Government
It used to be that organic food was a niche market. Cooks who wanted to put together a completel…

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FDA Gives an Insulin Shot In the Arm to Corn Syrup Critics


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Filed under: Health Care, Pepsico, Starbucks, Food & Drink”What’s in a name? That which we call high-fructose corn syrup
By any other name would taste as sweet.”
– With apologies to William Shakespeare

If you ask America’s Corn Refiners Associat…

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