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U.S. Gasoline Prices Still Dropping

ThinkstockThe price of oil has dropped below $94 a barrel, and gasoline prices have been falling as well. The ongoing decline in gas prices in the United States may be helped by low travel…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Electric Car Company Calls It Quits

ThinkstockFor every Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) success, there is at least one failure in the electric car industry. One company just went under, less than a week after Tesla paid off  U.S. government…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Cities Where Suburban Poverty Is Skyrocketing

ThinkstockThe number of poor people in U.S. suburbs rose by 63.6% between 2000 and 2011, from 10 million to well over 16 million people. For the first time, there are now more people living…

Mike Sauter · 13 years ago

The Fast & Furious 6 Profit Machine

courtesy of Disney“Fast & Furious 6” brought in $122.2 million in North America over the Memorial Day weekend — a record for the period. Adding overseas, the figure was $366 million. The movie may…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Low Vacation Time May Help U.S. Business

ThinkstockMany experts on worker productivity believe that vacations help rejuvenate people and, therefore, they can work more efficiently. The point of view could be a myth. The United States remains the only nation that…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Financial News Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

courtesy of AOL, IncVolkswagen may have a compensation agreement with 100,000 workers. (Reuters) The European Union asks telecom companies about Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) competitive actions against other smartphone companies. (Reuters) Hon Hai and…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Hulu Is Not Worth $1 Billion

courtesy of Time WarnerThe price point at which Hulu will sell may hit $1 billion. It is not worth that. As a matter of fact, in an extremely crowded video on demand market, it…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

ThinkstockGoldman Sach’s (NYSE: GS) huge effort to rehabilitate its reputation has worked, according to its CEO Lloyd Blankfein (Reuters) China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) may try to improve the quality of coal used in…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago