Gasoline Price Hikes Maintain Upward Pace
ThinkstockIn the past four weeks, U.S. crude oil inventories have risen by a total of more than 15 million barrels. As of the April 18, U.S. commercial crude stockpiles totaled nearly 398 million barrels,…
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bfishshadow via Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold huge positions not only in troubled companies like BlackBerry and Staples, but also in blue chips like Microsoft. As of April 15, the most recent settlement…
California Drought Emergency Grows
ThinkstockCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown has issued a second emergency proclamation to help the state come to grips with its ongoing drought problems. The state’s snowpack water content has been measured at just 16% of…
FCC Stakes Out the Limits of Net Neutrality
ThinkstockA lot of pixels have been burned since last Thursday’s release of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Tom Wheeler’s defense of his draft for proposed rules for maintaining an open Internet. In an…
Government Sees Car Industry Progress on Greenhouse Gases
Bayerische Motoren Werke AGThe U.S. automotive industry is doing its part to keep down greenhouse gas emissions. Perhaps all the hybrid and electric cars have had some effect beyond better gas mileage for the…
Tesla Gets Support From FTC for Direct Sales
courtesy of Tesla MotorsWe have written before about the difficulties that electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is having with car dealers in several states who are objecting to the automaker’s direct…
Will Amazon Lose Money for Years?
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) believes it has its competition on the ropes, right where CEO Jeff Bezos wants them. However, if he is to trounce his e-commerce, multimedia and cloud-based computer rivals, he has…
The Eight Most Shorted Stocks on the NYSE
courtesy of Alex Proimos, via Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold huge positions not only in troubled companies like J.C. Penney and Alcoa, but also in blue chips like AT&T and General Electric. As…
Starbucks Will Have to Raise Coffee Prices
The arabica beans Starbucks uses in most of its coffee have risen 90% in price so far this year. There's no getting around it -- Starbucks will have to boost prices to keep up…
Lego Movie Leads 2014 Box Office
courtesy of DisneyDespite the wild success of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” which has held the top spot at the box office three weekends in a row and grossed over $208 million at the…
IPO Pace Is Slowing Down
ThinkstockWe previewed three initial public offerings (IPO) scheduled to begin trading last week, but we got fooled. Two, which had already been postponed at least once, were joined by the third and none made it out…
Mexico: Rising Star in Global Manufacturing
ThinkstockBeing competitive among the manufacturing nations of the world amounts to more than just low wages. In fact, several emerging market nations known for their low-cost manufacturing are no longer cheaper than the United…
Toyota Expected to Win April Car Sales Race
Courtesy Toyota Motor Corp.With General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) in trouble, the nation’s other car sales leaders have a chance to take market share from America’s No.1. The erosion in GM’s sales may have already…
Fast Food CEOs Make 1,000 Times Workers Pay
ThinkstockIn 2013, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio in the fast food industry was more than 1,000-to-1. Workers’ situation must be improving, though, because the ratio was 1,200-to-1 in 2012. McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) CEO Don…
Biotech: The Poster Child for Market Volatility in 2014
The NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index fell nearly 9% between a peak on Jan. 22 and a low on Feb. 5. It jumped 23% over the next three weeks, and then gave it all back…