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  • Brewing Battle? A Hill of Beans.

    By Brandy Betz - September 29, 2012 | Tickers: GMCR, SBUX, KR | Editor's Choice

    If you’ve paid attention to any business section in the past week, you may have noticed that Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) released its single-cup home espresso system, Verismo. Pun-filled headlines (see above) rolled out, mostly declaring that Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) is doomed thanks to this increased competition. Shares of GMCR, which were trading in the $100 range at this time last year, have fallen over 20% in more »

  • Barnes and Noble Will Lose the E-Book Wars

    By Brandy Betz - April 17, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BKS | Editor's Choice

    Barnes and Noble (NYSE: BKS) is clinging to its Nook family of e-reading devices. The company recently reported that unit revenues rose 38% last quarter to $542 million and announced the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, a new backlit e-ink model, that’s meant to compete with the Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle Touch. The company is also running a cross-promotion with Marvel for The Avengers movie, offering a $30 more »