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The tide may be changing when it comes to the attitude of restaurant owners and other retailers about the costs associated with the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Also known as Obamacare, the law included a mandate that employers with 50 or more employees offer health care insurance to...

So Caribou Coffee (NASDAQ: CBOU) is being acquired by the Joh. A. Benckiser Group, the same outfit that bought Peet's Coffee & Tea in July. Caribou will continue to operate as a standalone business, and it will continue to compete with the likes of Coffee Holding Co. (NASDAQ: JVA), Dunkin...

The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all closed up less than 1% yesterday, but plenty of stocks rose to 52-week highs in the trading session. Among them were Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), which reached multiyear highs of $47.28 and $60.45 per share, respectively. Starbucks' new...

The Dow and the S&P 500 closed up almost 3% yesterday, and beverage companies Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) reached new 52-week highs of $106.97 and $45.15 per share, respectively, in the trading session. Boston Beer has seen stronger growth than its larger rivals, and...

A hungry portfolio might find a pick-me-up in one or more of these food-related stocks, all of which have had some momentum in the past few months, if not longer. Breakfast General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is up more than 13% from a nine-month low in August, as well as up about 18% from a year ago. This...

The following dividend-paying companies offer attractive returns on equity and are expected to have strong earnings per share growth over the next five years. Their stocks are also trading in the ballpark of their 52-week highs. Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL): The New York-based cosmetics company...

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) reached new multiyear highs of $94.70 and $44.70 per share, respectively, in yesterday's trading session. McDonald's posted strong results in the most recent quarter, driven in part by demand for its value options and breakfast offerings. The...

Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...

These nine stocks have bounced back from sell-offs in August, and their share prices are more than 30% higher than a month ago. Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) shares are trading more than 60% higher than a month ago, despite pulling back more than 17% in the past week. Recent buyout rumors and the halt...