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Newest first · Page 487Food Prices Expected To Rise Only 1%
ThinkstockIf inflation picks up this year, food prices paid at the supermarket level will not be the cause. The USDA Economic Research Service expects them to rise only 1%, after a drop last year…
Gas Prices Near $3 In Big California Cities
As oil prices continue to rise, and forecasters say gas prices will rise by as much as $.30 a gallon in 2017, the price of a gallon of regular has already come close to…
Ford Upgrades Best Selling F-150, A Little
Why tinker with success? Ford (NYSE: F) has done so with the F-150 pick-up which has been the best selling vehicle in the U.S. for 35 years in a row. Ford sold 820,799 units…
Gigantic Tech and Financial Trades Dominate New Year Insider Selling: Google, Adobe Systems, Charles Schwab, Ingersoll-Rand and More
We saw a ton of insider selling last week, as insiders, hedge funds and other institutional accounts appear to have waited until 2017 to sell shares, with the notion that nominal tax rates soon…
Home Interior Design Trends That Should Disappear in 2017
There comes a time when a homeowner decides to spruce up a home, either because it's not been changed in a dozen years or because the owner is thinking about putting it on the…
4 Companies That Destroyed Shareholders Last Week
Although the tailwind of the Trump rally has been incredibly strong, there are still companies holding back this rally. In fact, the Dow was just barely short of hitting the 20,000 mark for the…
The Bull-Bear Case for DJIA Financial Stocks in 2017: Amex, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Visa, Travelers
24/7 Wall St. reviews each sector and component within the Dow each year to derive target prices ahead. Here is a review of the five financial stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial…
Nike Has Best 2017 Dow Performance, Up 6%
It may be a dead-cat bounce. After a horrible 2016, Nike shares are up a little more than 6% so far this year, despite news of new competition.
Ft. Lauderdale Airport by the Numbers
The state of Florida's number one industry is tourism, and tourism depends on airports to bring in all those half-frozen northerners for a few days (or more) of thawing out.
Real Estate Developer Mohamed Hadid Lists Home for $85 Million
Ultra-wealthy hotel and real estate developer Mohamed Hadid has listed his Los Angeles home for $85 million. It was the most visited of all home listings at Realtor.com last week.
Oil Rig Count Now Tops Year-Ago Count; Hedge Funds Tread Water on Futures
In the week ended January 6, 2017, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 529, according to the latest Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count.
Banana Republic Continues to Disappear
Gap posted good news about its holiday sales, in contrast to nearly every other large brick-and-mortar retailer. However, Banana Republic's days may be numbered.
Marijuana Price Drops 5% to $1,532 a Pound
In the week ended Friday, January 6, 2017, the spot price index for a pound of cannabis decreased by about 5%, according to the analysts at Cannabis Benchmarks,
Can Theranos Make It Through 2017?
Theranos's woes are a nearly perfect storm of loss of faith in its products, loss of faith in management, soured partnerships, angry investors and lawsuits.