A rally is losing steam on Wall Street as indexes inch higher following two days of triple-digit gains.The Dow Jones industrial average was up 16 points at 14,091 at midday. It's just 73 points below the record high it reached in October 2007.
Let the deep-dish pizza wars begin: Domino's rolled out pan pizza at nearly 5,000 U.S. stores Monday, seeking to grab a slice of Pizza Hut's customer base. The nation's biggest pizza joint says it isn't fretting over the No. 2 player's latest menu move. But maybe it should be.
Shares of Domino's hit a new 52-week high this week. The stock has more than doubled this year. The company has beaten Wall Street's profit targets for three consecutive quarters, and analyst projections keep inching higher. Is the author really going to let one exceptionally bad experience with the Pizza Tracker cloud his judgment?
Domino's will never be confused with a brick-oven pizzeria in Napoli, but the delivery giant hopes the launch Monday of its new Artisan Pizza "gourmet" line will make it appear a bit more upper-crust.
How hard can it be to get a really good chicken walnut sandwich at Denver International Airport? Depending on when you land, a lot harder than you'd guess. And it's not just Denver: The problem of airport restaurants that are closed when passengers are still arriving is irritatingly widespread.
Domino's upcoming earnings report will show whether customers have really taken to the chain's new, improved pizza recipe, or if recent sales gains were just an advertising-driven blip.
For a company that just a couple of months ago humbly admitted that its product was "lacking" and its pizza crust tasted like "cardboard," Domino's Pizza certainly seems to be feeling confident these days. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company is now boasting a whole new taste -- and some pretty impressive profit growth, as well.
Domino's Pizza CEO David Brandon is likely to be the new athletic director at the University of Michigan. The move comes at a critical time for shareholders and Michigan fans alike, as Domino's revamps its products and delivery, and as Michigan's athletic program is under NCAA investigation.
