• Carl's Jr Restaurant Operator CKE Files for $100 Million IPO
    Private-equity backed CKE Inc, which operates the Carl's Jr and Hardees fast food chains, filed with U.S. regulators on Thursday to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering.

  • Cramer?s Stock Call: Dunkin' Brands or Tim Hortons?
    The ?Mad Money? host analyzes both stocks to determine which is best.

  • Wal-Mart's Strong Earnings Overshadow Bribery Allegations
    Headlines about Wal-Mart Stores' better-than-expected earnings mean that, at least for now, Wall Street isn't so concerned about bribery allegations in Mexico and impending investigations.

  • JOBS Act Will Drive Businesses to IPO On-Ramp: Opinion
    While the center of the universe this week for Wall Street and the IPO world is Facebook?s long-awaited debut to the public market, the biggest ongoing story related to the IPO market is the enactment last month of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.

  • Outrageous Drinks
    With a little creative packaging and a lot of innovation, spirits manufacturers are expanding the market. Click ahead for some of the most  unusual ways businesses are innovating in the world of alcohol.

  • Investing in Restaurants Can Work, but It?s Not as Easy as Pie
    Investing in restaurants has a bad name. But plenty of people find ways to run restaurants profitably and make a good deal of money from the enterprise.

  • Skinny Tax, Silly Tax
    Jared Bernstein, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities and Steve Moore, Wall Street Journal senior economic writer, debate the merits of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.

  • Cramer's Option Play on Monster Beverage
    Mad Money's Jim Cramer explains why buying deep-in- the-money call options on Monster Beverage are a more conservative trade than buying the company's stock.

  • The Six Pack: Beer Buzz of the Week
    Here's the latest "Six Pack," a look at six news items that have consumers buzzing in the world of beer, wine and spirits, as we head into the weekend. This week, Beam's Maker's Mark wins a trademark case for its red wax seal, Anheuser-Bush rolls out a cider, and Andrea Bocelli launches a wine line.

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