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This weekend's

This weekend in Barron's online: a panel discussion on emerging markets, the outlook for Brazil, a contrarian play on commodities, as well as the prospects for Sotheby's, Alibaba, State Bank Financial, Wabco and more. Cover Story "The New World of Emerging Markets" by Reshma Kapadia. In this week's...

U.S. markets were little changed to start the week as equities took a back seat following a bearish oil call at Goldman Sachs. Analysts at Goldman Sachs placed a $75-per-barrel target on crude oil, noting that supply will outpace demand in the coming year. The National Association of Realtors...

McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) has been experimenting in an effort to combat falling sales. The company in September installed several build-your-own-burger kiosks in Southern California. At the stand-alone kiosks, customers could add one or more of nearly 20 toppings to one or...

Applebee's, owned by DineEquity (NYSE: DIN), announced this week that tablets will be installed in every table of its 1,860 locations in the United States by end of 2014. Over 100,000 Intel (NADDAQ: INTC)-backed tablets from Presto (NYSE: NPK) will be be used by customers for ordering food and...

New research from Oppenheimer suggests that many leisure stocks may be overpriced now. The analysts suggest that investors may want to sell the following four restaurant stocks now in order to rotate into more profitable sectors, such as energy or materials. Below we take a look at how Darden...

While big retailers like Walmart (NYSE: WMT) have been offering so-so results for the most recent quarter and lowering their guidance, blaming consumer reluctance to spend, several restaurant stocks have posted better than expected earnings and some have announced expansion plans. Biglari Holdings...

After Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) all posted better-than-expected per-share earnings last week, the quarterly results from big retailers continue to roll out this week. Analysts on average expect that earnings from Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy'...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), which is trading near a multiyear high, is scheduled to report its first-quarter fiscal 2013 results Friday, August 21 before market open. Investors will be looking to see whether the fortunes of the Olive Garden chain have improved and the company can build on four-...

Shares of Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NASDAQ: CMG), both darlings in their industry, have plunged. Buffalo Wild Wings was down more than 10 percent at the close of Wednesday's session, following a disappointing earnings report late Tuesday, and was more than 17...