China’s Growth Turns Hot Again With Best PMI Result in 4 Years
China's PMI took an unexpected jump in December, a sign that its economy may be not be slowing as much as expected.
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Here’s the List Price of All Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes
For Boeing, which did not raise list prices in 2016, reducing its costs has helped make up for the larger discounts. We can expect continued cost cutting from Boeing, both from layoffs and from…
Why 2017 May Be a Very Good Year to Sell Your House
Housing inventory has been below normal for more than two years now. That’s been true of new homes and existing homes, and the forecast for the new year is not a whole lot better.…
Coal Mining Firm Ramaco Files for IPO
Given the bankruptcy filings of two the country’s largest coal miners earlier this year, it may seem like a bit of wishful thinking that a new coal miner has filed for an initial public…
Fiat Chrysler Short Interest Soars
The short interest in Fiat Chrysler’s (NYSE: FCAU) stock soared 23%, or over 13 million shares, for the period which ended December 15. The company’s share price may be one reason for the negative…
IBM’s CEO Rometty Failed To Deliver Again In 2016
The best news IBM (NYSE: IBM) investors got in 2016 is that the stock was up 20%. That did not offset the fact that the tech company made little progress financially, and that its…
Insiders Keep Buying as Market Wraps on 2016: Tronic, Six Flags, Virtu Financial, Cesca Therapeutics and More
Despite all three of the major indexes closing at one point at all-time highs for the first time since 1999, the insider buying was full speed ahead almost all year.
60% of Americans Don’t Even Know That Plug-in Electric Vehicles Exist
A person could be forgiven for thinking that all the hoopla in the business press about Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) has raised Americans’ awareness of battery electric vehicles (EVs) and other plug-in hybrid…
Chevy’s 0% Financing for 72 Months Problem
General Motors Co.’s (NYSE: GM) Chevy has ended 2016 and started 2017 with extraordinary promotions, both in terms of financing and discounts. These include 20% cash back on some models, price cuts of over…
Marijuana News Roundup: The Biggest Stories of 2016
When it comes to big news in the marijuana industry, none was bigger than the vote in California to legalize adult recreational pot use. Adding about 25 million new potential customers is a huge…
Will Smog Kill China Car Sales Growth?
Car companies sold 21.1 million cars and light trucks in China in 2015. The market has become the world’s largest by far, and a sales lifeline to global manufacturers. The growth of the market…
Tesla Announces Autopilot Upgrade For 1,000 Cars
A software upgrade for 1,000 cars is not very many, particularly for a manufacturer which sells 15,000 a quarter. But, autopilot software is critical to driver safety and is one of the most talked…