The City With the Biggest Discounts on Houses
The housing market has been on a rollercoaster ride for over three years. Home prices spiked just after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. People could work from home. Many also wanted to leave…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Disney Brand Value Collapses
When Kantar recently released its BrandZ 2023 Most Valuable Global Brands list, one brand that took an outright beating was Disney. The brand’s value dropped 22% to $47 billion. Although the research methodology is…
Kantar’s BrandZ: The Worst Corporate Research in the World
Kantar has released its 2023 Most Valuable Global Brands list. But how useful is that list?
Is Toyota the World’s Greatest Car Company?
Entering the EV market more aggressively should allow Toyota to remain the world’s leading car company.
Car Insurance Prices Surge
Motor vehicle insurance is among the hidden costs for American consumers and can have a meaningful impact on many household budgets.
Flee San Francisco as Soon as Possible
San Francisco's problems will not get better within the foreseeable future. It will become a ghost of what it was just a few years ago.
WeWork’s End Is in Sight
Overbuilding resulted in the collapse of WeWork financially and the start of a series of layoffs.
Walmart: Why Is an 80-Year-Old Man Sweeping the Parking Lot?
Walmart’s founding family and McMillon have very little to say about the lowest-paid workers.
Netflix Already Has Taken Your Password
Netflix's crackdown on password sharing appears to have been a winning move.
Walgreens Takes Customers Prisoner
Who keeps ice cream under lock and key?
Owning a Ford F-150: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
This summer has seen an epidemic of Ford-150s being stolen off dealership lots. The culprit or reason hasn’t been determined, although investigators suspect an inside job. Whatever the reason, there is no doubt that…
Americans Won’t Buy EVs
Tesla has a wide lead in the sales of EVs in America. At least another dozen major car companies are in pursuit. Each has, or will, invest billions of dollars in designing, building, and…
Foreclosures Soar In Illinois
High foreclosure rates were supposed to be a thing of the past. They belong to the period of The Great Recession when foreclosure rates in some cities approached one in every 500 houses. As…
The City Where Real Estate Prices Are Collapsing
The residential real estate market rallied at a near-record pace from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to just over a year ago. According to the S&P Case-Shiller price index, housing prices rose nearly…
Ford Roars Back
Ford has argued that it will be an electric vehicle leader and not merely a survivor, and people are starting to believe it.
Carvana Is Still Junk
Carvana shares soared as it made a new forecast for its financials, but for how long?
Wildfires Cost Workers $100 Billion?
It is hard to quarrel with the fact that wildfire smoke released into the air costs U.S. workers something. But how much?
Amazon Management Loses Control
An analyst who covers Amazon says the company has moved in so many directions that it is out of control. And that analyst is right.
GameStop Continues to Disappear
GameStop has started to look like one of those brick-and-mortar companies that disappear from time to time.
The Starbucks Tipping Scheme
Is it good or bad that customers can tip workers electronically at Starbucks?