Detroit Recovery Hit By Credit Agency

Posted: November 18, 2018 at 8:27 am

The much-publicized recovery of the economy of the City of Detroit is barely a recovery at all. What was once the world's auto capital continues to lose population and its ...
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Target, Lowe’s, Campbell Soup and More Top Earnings Coming This Week

Posted: November 18, 2018 at 7:20 am

Thanksgiving is upon us, and that means a shortened trading week. Although markets will be open on Black Friday, it is usually a very light trading day as most investors ...
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Drought Now Covers California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Oregon

Posted: November 18, 2018 at 7:04 am

Part of the reason California has become a tinderbox of trees and brush is that most of the state suffers from some level of drought. The problem is now actually ...
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Why Hammered Mega-Cap Integrated Oil May Be the Best 2019 Stock Picks

Posted: November 17, 2018 at 8:40 am

According to the pundits who loved oil at $75 a barrel, it’s possible the black gold could now be going to $40. In what is a typical response from financial ...
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Canaccord Genuity’s Top Biopharma Catalysts Coming This Quarter

Posted: November 17, 2018 at 8:35 am

Companies in the health care sector face great risk and great reward every time they make an announcement. Drug candidates passing clinical trials, gaining regulatory approval or being canceled can ...
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The US Postal Service Loses $4 Billion Ahead of Holiday Rush

Posted: November 17, 2018 at 8:28 am

The holiday season is when shipping companies and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) have their busiest periods. As the season starts, the USPS is struggling with huge losses for the ...
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How Apple propped up its stock price last quarter

Posted: November 17, 2018 at 8:00 am

The company bought and retired 92.5 million of its own shares in fiscal Q4 2018.   That’s more than these 34 funds sold in the same 90-day period. Click ...
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New NASA Plane Will Go 940 MPH

Posted: November 17, 2018 at 7:39 am

NASA wants to build a plane that can travel above the speed of sound, which is 640 miles per hour, but without creating the huge sonic booms that shake the ...
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Have Nvidia Analysts Now Set the Bar Too Low?

Posted: November 17, 2018 at 7:35 am

Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) was up 2.6% at $202.39 ahead of the quarterly report, but the stock came down handily after earnings and guidance. While the news was far ...
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America’s Most Creative Cities

Posted: November 16, 2018 at 5:57 pm

In order to thrive, cities must find ways to attract new businesses and new workers. The jury is still out on the best way to attract workers, and even on ...
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States With the Most People in the Military

Posted: November 16, 2018 at 5:50 pm

There are 1.3 million active duty service men and women enlisted in the U.S. military. The vast majority of them -- about 87% -- are stationed on bases throughout the ...
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17 of the Most Terrifying Cults in History

Posted: November 16, 2018 at 5:24 pm

Official dictionaries define “cult” as a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious, such as satanic cults. Another definition is a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or ...
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20 Shattered Weather Records

Posted: November 16, 2018 at 4:19 pm

Charles Dudley Warner once said that the weather is “a matter about which a great deal is said and very little done.” People are at the mercy of the weather. ...
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Friday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: November 16, 2018 at 4:02 pm

November 16, 2018: The S&P 500 closed up 0.2% at 2,736.30. The DJIA closed up 0.5% at 25,413.29. Separately, the Nasdaq closed down 0.2% at 7,247.87. Friday was a fairly ...
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Zuck vs. Cook: Look which sites carried Facebook’s water

Posted: November 16, 2018 at 3:05 pm

According to the New York Times, Tim Cook’s criticisms infuriated Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg’s petulant order that Facebook’s management team swap their iPhones for Androids got the most press (for ...
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