Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Barrick Gold, Blackstone, Chesapeake Energy, Dollar Tree, Intel, Qualcomm, Sirius XM, TI, Vale and More

Posted: September 25, 2018 at 9:00 am

Stocks have hit all-time highs, and Monday's losses were followed with what looked to be a positive open on Tuesday for the major equity indexes. The markets are dealing with ...
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Can Internet Regulation Stop Bots and Trolls?

Posted: September 25, 2018 at 8:30 am

In the issue dated October 1, 2018, New Yorker writer Jane Mayer discusses a new book by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a professor of communications at the University of Pennsylvania, in ...
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Munster: Apple Music has overtaken Spotify in US

Posted: September 25, 2018 at 8:25 am

In its (much smaller) addressable market, Apple is converting customers to paid subscribers 2.5 times faster.   From a note to subscribers by Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster: In July, ...
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Tesla Builds Its Own Car Carriers to Keep Up With Demand

Posted: September 25, 2018 at 6:35 am

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) had problems as it tried to reach its goal to manufacture 5,000 new Model 3 cars a week as recently as two months ago. It has ...
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National Employee Morale Day: Starbucks Sets Layoffs Under $11 Million CEO

Posted: September 25, 2018 at 6:20 am

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) needs to be restructured, refined and refocused. The management decision to reorganize the coffee company will come with large layoffs. Company CEO and president, Kevin Johnson, ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: September 25, 2018 at 4:54 am

The founders of Instagram have left the company. According to The New York Times: Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders of the photo-sharing app Instagram, have resigned and plan ...
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30 Real-Life American Heroes You Should Know

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 4:30 pm

Among the heroes you should know about this month are a police officer, a fearless man who intervened in a knife attack, and a celebrity chef. Deputy Taylor Grant, relatively ...
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Monday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 4:08 pm

September 24, 2018: The S&P 500 closed down 0.3% at 2,919.38. The DJIA closed down 0.7% at 26,562.18. Separately, the Nasdaq was flat at 7,993.25. Monday was a down day ...
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General Electric, Rite Aid Plunge into Monday’s 52-Week Low Club

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 4:04 pm

September 24, 2018: Here are four stocks trading with heavy volume among 69 equities making new 52-week lows in Monday's session. On the NYSE decliners led advancers by about 2.08 ...
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Verizon, DowDuPont Weigh on the Dow Monday

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 4:01 pm

September 24, 2018: Markets lower Monday and neither the S&P 500 nor the Dow reached the greener grass on the other side of the fence. Even the Nasdaq Composite only ...
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This Month’s Good News

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 3:35 pm

Now that September is here, the weather is starting to get a little brisker as fall has arrived. Unfortunately for some parts of the United States, hurricane season has not ...
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Why Waymo Could Be a $50 Billion Revenue Opportunity for Alphabet

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 2:00 pm

In a world where Google is no longer just Google, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has many current and future sources of revenues beyond search and advertising. The move toward self-driving ...
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Trade Disputes Cloud CEO Q3 Economic Outlook

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 1:55 pm

U.S. CEOs see more growth ahead for the country's economy but their optimism is tempered by uncertainty and the expected negative effects of the Trump administration's trade policies. The Business ...
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Elastic Closes in on IPO

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 1:45 pm

Elastic, creator the Elastic Stack, has filed an amended S-1 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in regards to its initial public offering (IPO). The company expects ...
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US Gas Price Slipped Slightly, but Uncertainty Lies Ahead

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 1:25 pm

The average U.S. price for a gallon of regular gasoline fell by nearly a cent in the past week to start this week off at a price of $2.83, according ...
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