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Paul Ausick

California Dialysis Legislation Pummels DaVita Shares

The California state Assembly on Wednesday approved a bill that limits the amount dialysis centers can charge patients. The legislation, if passed by the Senate and signed by the governor, may preclude a vote…

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Exxon Adds to Offshore Guyana Discoveries

Exxon Mobil announced Thursday that it had made another oil discovery in the deepwater basin offshore of Guyana. This is the ninth discovery in the Stabroek region where an Exxon subsidiary owns a 45%…

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Campbell Soup’s Plan to Save Itself

Along with reporting disappointing fourth-quarter and full-year results Thursday morning, Campbell Soup announced that it plans to divest two divisions and focus on its North American business. Will that be enough to mollify impatient…

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

‘Must-Have’ Technologies for New Car Buyers

Customer satisfaction with new-car technologies varies according to new research from J.D. Power. Automakers may be better served by ending efforts to compete with technology makers like Apple and Google, and sticking to making…

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

July Pending Home Sales Extend Slide to 7 Months

Pending home sales fell for the seventh consecutive month in July according to a report Wednesday from the National Association of Realtors. The pending-sales index for July was lower in all areas of the…

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Crude Oil Price Moves Up Following Sizable Inventory Decline

U.S. commercial crude oil and gasoline stockpiles declined more than expected last week. Crude oil imports and exports also fell. Prices rose a bit on following the report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Gas Prices Will Ease Further in Fall: AAA

Retail gas prices are on course to drop by more than 25 cents a gallon since the beginning of summer. A gallon of gas costs about 40 cents a gallon more than it did…

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Half of All Firearms-Related Deaths Occur in 6 Countries

Results of a new study of firearm-related deaths were published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Just six countries accounted for half the total in 2016 with Brazil and the United…

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Mortgage Applications Slip Lower, Loan Rates Flat

Applications for new mortgage loans dipped last week, marking the fifth of the past six weeks to post a drop. Mortgage loan rates remained essentially flat week over week.

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

Walmart, Apple Prop Up the Dow Tuesday

Walmart, Apple, Cisco, and McDonald's did their best to keep the Dow in the green Tuesday, but they may fail at the last minute.

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago