Renewables Account for All New Electricity Generation Capacity in August
More than 460 megawatts of electric power generation plants were added to the U.S. fleet in August, all from renewable solar and wind energy sources.
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Paul Ausick
8 Tips for Making an Acceptable Offer on the Home You Want
Unlike Vito Corleone, you are unlikely to make an offer to a home seller that can't be refused. There are limits after all.
Bank of America Profit Boosted by Fixed Income Trading
Bank of America reported better-than-expected third-quarter results before markets opened Monday morning.
JPMorgan Will No Longer Offer 7-Year and 8-Year Auto Loans
JPMorgan said it would "pull back" on auto loans with repayment periods of 84 months or more. The bank sees more risk from these very long-term auto loans.
Apple Adds iPhone 4, Other Products to Obsolete List
According to a Japanese website, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will add all models of its iPhone 4 and other old products to its vintage and obsolete product lists beginning October 31. According to Apple’s…
IPO Market Could Launch 4 New Firms Next Week
All four of last week’s initial public offering (IPO) candidates succeeded in reaching the public markets. The results were definitely a mixed bag although the first IPO of an oil & gas production company…
Marijuana News Roundup: More Than Half of Americans Favor Legalizing Pot
In a poll released Friday by the Pew Research Center, the researchers report that 57% of Americans said that marijuana should be legal compared with 37% who said it should not. That’s nearly exactly…
Best Buy Pushes Toy Sales as Holidays Approach
For some, it’s never too early to think about holiday gift shopping. Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY), for example, has begun promoting holiday toys and it looks like the consumer electronics retailer is…
Can Apple Sell 70 Million iPhones Over the Holidays?
Given all the positive views, it seems that the only thing that could keep Apple's holiday quarter sales below 70 million is some sort of manufacturing glitch.
How to Stage Your Home for a Quicker Sale
We've all heard about the benefits of "staging" a home when you want to sell it. The idea is to show the house off in the most attractive way possible.
What Your Real Estate Agent Won’t Tell You
When you're shopping for a new home, not all questions about the property are treated equally. What's up with that?
Rising Rig Count Stifles Crude Oil Price Gains as Hedge Fund Short-Covering Ends
There are 539 working rigs in the country, according to the latest Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count.
Marijuana Price Jumps 4.5% to $1,609 per Pound
For the week ended Friday, October 14, the spot price index for a pound of cannabis increased more than 4% to $1,609, according to Cannabis Benchmarks.
Staples, Teva Join Friday’s 52-Week Low Club
October 14, 2016: Here are four stocks trading with relatively heavy volume among 57 equities making new 52-week lows in Friday’s session. On the NYSE, advancers led decliners by just better than an even…
Goldman Sachs, Intel Lead DJIA Higher Friday
October 14, 2016: Markets opened higher Friday after Thursday’s late in-the-day turn higher and decent earnings reports from three of the largest U.S. banks. The report on consumer spending indicated consumers are once again…
High-Yield Defaults to Fall by Half in 2017: Fitch Ratings
If it weren't for the energy sector, the percentage of high-yield bond defaults would likely fall below the pre-Great Recession average for the trailing 12 months ending in October.
Oilfield Services IPO Tumbles on Debut
Oilfield services firm Extraction Energy Services priced more than 7 million shares at $15 (the low end of its expected range) for its Friday initial public offering, but the stock opened nearly 9% below…
Freeport-McMoRan Sells California Assets for Up to $742 Million
Freeport-McMoRan announced Friday morning that it has sold its onshore assets in California to privately held Sentinel Peak Resources California.
September Retail Sales Meet Estimates, Resume Climb
U.S. consumer spending bounced back in September from a slight dip in August. Overall sales growth rose slightly less than economists had forecast.
RSP Permian Acquires Silver Hill for $2.5 Billion
RSP Permian has announced that it has agreed to acquire two privately held entities that control about 41,000 net acres in the Delaware Basin of the Permian Basin in west Texas.