20 Biggest Crimes of the Year

As 2019 fades into history, America ruefully looks back on another year of mass murders, bias-inspired crimes, child and sex abuse cases, fraud involving the privileged class, and other ...
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Best Pop Songs of the Year

Thousands of new songs were released this past year, reaching listeners via radio, streaming services, and even old-fashioned physical media. Fewer than 500 songs accomplished the feat of charting on ...
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Best Rock Songs of the Year

While rock and roll may no longer be dominant in popular music in America, it remains the preferred genre of millions. As legendary rocker Neil Young so succinctly put it, ...
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15 Commercial Products Invented by the Military

The U.S. military spent over $42 billion in research and development in 2018. Though much of this funding tends to go to weapons programs, a great deal of military research ...
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25 Worst Holiday Storms of All Time

The holidays are the busiest travel time in the United States. Over 100 million Americans traveled last year for the holidays, or more than one-third of the U.S. population. ...
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Wall Street’s Predictions for Amazon vs. Microsoft in $10B JEDI Protest

The fight over the Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) pact is going to continue for quite some time. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has formally filed its complaint after the ...
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Boeing Fined for Using Defective Parts

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday levied a fine of more than $3.9 million against Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) for installing defective parts on about 133 aircraft that the ...
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What to Expect When Conn’s Reports Before Tuesday’s Opening Bell

Conn’s Inc. (NASDAQ: CONN) is scheduled to release its fiscal third-quarter results before the opening bell on Tuesday. The consensus estimates are calling for $0.54 in earnings per share (EPS) ...
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Why Fate Therapeutics Is One of ASH’s Biggest Winners

Fate Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE) shares jumped on Monday after the firm announced new preclinical data for its off-the-shelf, multi-antigen targeting natural killer cell product candidate derived from a clonal ...
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Canaccord Genuity Joins Most Bullish S&P 500 Forecasts for 2020

At the end of each year, it is quite common, and expected, that each major firm will issue their forecasts for the economy, interest rates and the stock market in ...
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Survey of Economists Sees Recession Odds Higher for 2021 Than 2020

The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) releases monthly data that is used to forecast expected strength or weakness in the economy in the near future. Despite the media being ...
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Why These 3 Biotechs More Than Doubled on Monday

Monday was a breakout day for a few biotech companies. Some made absolutely massive runs, practically doubling and then some. The biotechnology sector is pushing near all-time highs, and a ...
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Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Now in Charlie Ergen’s Hands?

In mid-October, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted three to two in favor of the $26.5 billion merger of T-Mobile US Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S). ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Adobe, Chevron, Dow, JD.com, Lululemon, 3M, Macy’s, Nucor, PNC, RH, RingCentral, WingStop, Zillow and More

Stocks surged higher after Friday's very strong payrolls and unemployment report, but Monday looked directionless with S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average futures down less than 0.1% each. Investors ...
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Did PG&E Just Pull the Rug From Under Elliott and Pimco?

PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) on Friday announced that it had reached an agreement with victims of 2017 and 2018 Northern California wildfires. The settlement is valued at $13.5 billion and ...
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