March 22- Ignite Restaurant Group Inc:. *Raymond James Raises price target to $16.50 from $15; rating outperform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
March 22- The phase of record low-setting ABS deals in the primary US structured finance market seems to be nearing an end. Last week at least two deals priced wider than guidance in a clear signal that investors were winning in their attempts to prevent the low-yielding environment from persisting any longer.
March 21- Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc:. *Announces pricing of upsized secondary public offering of common stock. *Says secondary public offering of 2.9 million common shares priced at $24.25.
NEW YORK, March 21- Walk-in clinics are popping up in shopping malls and main streets across the United States and private equity is helping fund the expansion. The number of such clinics in the United States climbed almost 20 percent to 9,400 in the last four years, according to the Urgent Care Association of America.
*Starbucks recommended "no" vote from investors. March 20- Starbucks Corp investors on Wednesday rejected a shareholder proposal to prohibit the world's biggest coffee chain from making political contributions or forming a political action committee.
*Starbucks recommended "no" vote from investors. March 20- Starbucks Corp investors on Wednesday rejected a shareholder proposal to prohibit the world's biggest coffee chain from making political contributions or forming a political action committee.
*Starbucks recommends investors vote "no". March 20- Starbucks Corp investors are scheduled to vote later on Wednesday on a proposal to reverse its current policy of allowing political contributions- an idea that is opposed by the world's biggest coffee chain.
*Starbucks recommends investors vote "no". March 20- Starbucks Corp investors are scheduled to vote later on Wednesday on a proposal to reverse its current policy of allowing political contributions- an idea that is opposed by the world's biggest coffee chain.
LOS ANGELES, March 19- Taco Bell turned in an unexpectedly strong sales in 2012, but delivering a second consecutive year of restaurant sales growth will be a difficult task for the No. 1 Mexican fast-food chain. "It's been awhile since they've been able to lap a good year with another good year," Sanford C Bernstein Research Analyst Sara Senatore said of Taco Bell.
LOS ANGELES, March 19- Taco Bell turned in an unexpectedly strong sales in 2012, but delivering a second consecutive year of restaurant sales growth will be a difficult task for the No. 1 Mexican fast-food chain. "It's been awhile since they've been able to lap a good year with another good year," Sanford C Bernstein Research Analyst Sara Senatore said of Taco Bell.
March 19- Starbucks Corp, the world's biggest coffee chain, said on Tuesday that it bought its first coffee farm, where it will research the leaf rust that is devastating Central American crops as well as harvest its own beans.
March 18- Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc:. *Announces launch of secondary public offering. by funds managed by Jefferies Capital Partners.
March 18- Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc:. *Announces launch of secondary public offering. *Says offering 2.5 million common shares.
*Starbucks made no contributions, but reserves right to do so. LOS ANGELES, March 14- Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz jumped into the political arena two years ago, organizing a hundred of his fellow CEOs in a pledge to forswear campaign contributions till Washington came up with a plan to fix the nation's debt.