Another American Newspaper Lays Off 100% of Its Staff

Posted: May 24, 2019 at 7:30 am

Less than a month after the storied New Orleans Times-Picayune laid off all 161 members of its staff, another paper has done the same. The Reading Eagle, which was just ...
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Why One Red-Hot Sector May Go Even Higher as Interest Rates Plunge

Posted: May 24, 2019 at 7:05 am

Typically, falling interest rates are a positive for business and consumers, as the cost of borrowing drops dramatically. Home refinancing has jumped as mortgage rates are near the lowest levels ...
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Tesla’s Market Value Still Almost as Large as Ford’s

Posted: May 24, 2019 at 6:30 am

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has a market cap of just over $39 billion. Despite a near panic sell-off of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares over the past week, it ...
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SpaceX Launches 60 Satellites to Provide Internet

Posted: May 24, 2019 at 5:10 am

With a Twitter post, SpaceX launched a rocket that will deploy 60 satellites to supply broadband across much of the world: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1131749433521999872 Also via Twitter, founder Elon Musk defined the ...
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18 Ways to Be More Productive Every Day

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 6:12 pm

Goals...they are scary not just around the New Year when we all resolve to get healthier and better manage our finances. They are scary year round because we often ...
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25 Bizarre Musical Collaborations

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 4:52 pm

Atlanta-based rapper Lil Nas X had an unexpected hit with “Old Town Road” -- a sub-two minute rap song that gained widespread popularity on social media platforms. Perhaps even more ...
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Most Iconic Cars in Film

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 3:32 pm

Movies are memorable for many reasons. They may include an engrossing plot like the film noir “Chinatown,” a gripping direction such as that of Alfred Hitchcock in “Psycho,” a tour ...
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18 Things You Didn’t Know About Memorial Day (But Should)

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 3:19 pm

This Monday, May 27, is Memorial Day, so named because it is the day we remember those  who died in war defending the United States. It was once a day ...
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Countries With the Widest Gaps Between Rich and Poor

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 2:51 pm

In American politics, the issue of income inequality comes up frequently. As wealth continues to concentrate at the top -- now the wealthiest 10% of American households control nearly 75% ...
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States With the Most Tornadoes

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 2:04 pm

Some people know of tornadoes only through movies and news reports. But for people in Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley, tornadoes are a common occurrence during certain parts of the ...
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Tornado Alley’s Most Devastating Years

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 1:54 pm

“Tornado Alley” is the nickname given to the south-central region of the United States, where tornadoes tend to form at high frequency. Tornado Alley is not to be confused ...
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Facebook Cleans House: Over 3 Billion Fake Accounts Gone

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 1:45 pm

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has announced that it removed over 3 billion fake accounts from its platform between October 2018 and March 2019. What’s even more is that this number ...
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Why Amazon Is Now Giving AWS Users Access to Its Satellites

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 12:35 pm

Satellites are being used by more and more businesses, universities and governments for a variety of applications, and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is looking to expand this service to its ...
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IMF States the Obvious: US Importers to Bear Weight of Tariffs

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 12:30 pm

As most economists and observers have said since the first Trump tariffs were imposed last August, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) repeated in a Thursday blog post: "Consumers in the ...
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9 Stocks Defying China & Washington by Hitting All-Time Highs

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 12:25 pm

With the U.S. markets and the economy being held hostage by an all-out trade war with China, and perhaps the most gridlocked Washington, D.C., we have seen in a lifetime, ...
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