Biggest Summer Blockbuster Each Year Since 1975

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 6:20 pm

Going to the movies is one of the best ways to beat the summer heat. Not only do you get to cool off in a dark, air-conditioned cinema (and maybe ...
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Top 100 Grossing Movies of All Time

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 5:42 pm

Movies today make more money at the box office than ever before. It's not uncommon for blockbuster films to now gross over $100 million at the domestic box office, with ...
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Meet Grayscale’s Newest Vehicle to Invest in Crypto

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 3:47 pm

After a recent rally in Bitcoin and with Facebook creating its own cryptocurrency, it seems that cryptocurrency is back in vogue just in time for summer. Jumping on this revitalized ...
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Apple Pleads Against Tariffs

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 3:21 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) released a letter to U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer in which the iPhone giant detailed that tariffs on its products would ultimately hurt its contribution to ...
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US Wants to Stop Being So Dependent on China for Rare Earth Metals

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 2:46 pm

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report on a strategy to ensure the nation's access to supplies of what it calls "critical minerals." Among those minerals ...
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Analysts Chasing Shopify Into Stratosphere

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 1:09 pm

If one great technology and services company deserves recognition in 2019, it has to be Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP). With a new suite of services to better assist online merchants ...
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Slack Picks Up the Pace in Direct Listing

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 1:03 pm

Slack Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WORK) shares have finally come public in its direct listing. This isn’t a typical IPO, like we saw with Grocery Outlets earlier Thursday. Instead, Slack has ...
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More Weakness Seen in Regional Manufacturing Data

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 12:07 pm

The strong economy has finally started to show some weakness around slower global growth and trade tensions. After a very weak Empire Manufacturing report from the Federal Reserve Bank of ...
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Grocery Outlet Enters the Market With a Bang

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 12:01 pm

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: GO) shares entered the market with a bang. The firm priced its shares at $22 apiece, which was above the expected price range of $17 ...
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New Regulations, Joint Venture Unlikely to Save Coal

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 11:40 am

The U.S. coal industry presumably got a boost on Wednesday when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the repeal of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan and replaced it with a ...
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The Best Beach Town in America is Not on Either Coast, It’s on a Lake

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 11:37 am

Planning to move to a beach town somewhere in America? According to the 2019 ranking of best beach towns to live in just published by the credit reporting site WalletHub, ...
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Ireland Is Running Out of Chefs

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 10:57 am

The inevitable jokes about Irish cooking aside -- “What’s an Irish tasting menu?” “A six-pack of Guinness and a potato” -- the fact is that the food scene in Ireland ...
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Is Wall Street Giving Oracle Enough Credit for Future Growth?

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 10:50 am

Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) reported its most recent quarterly results after markets closed Wednesday. Ultimately this was a record quarter for the firm with its shares hitting an all-time high ...
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Wonder Why Violent Crime Goes Up in the Summer? Check the Weather

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 10:33 am

Summer officially begins this week, evoking images of beach days, picnics, barbecues and other seasonal delights. But there’s more to the warm days ahead than fun and games. A recent ...
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Kroger Earnings: When Good Isn’t Good Enough

Posted: June 20, 2019 at 10:17 am

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) released its fiscal first-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday. The grocer reported that it had $0.72 in earnings per share (EPS) and ...
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