New Jersey is the State With the Fewest Divorces
Somewhere between 40% and 50% of first marriages in America end in divorce. Odds get worse for later unions, with an estimated 60% of second marriages and 73% of third ones ending up in…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
800 Retail Stores Will Close This Year
Among the retailers who plan to close stores this year are the most battered chains in America. These include Bed Bath & Beyond, Gap and Party City. Even healthy retailers like Walmart will shutter…
Walmart and Home Depot Hit Hard
Major retailers Walmart and Home Depot offered up so-so quarterly results and disappointing forecasts, a bad sign for the industry and the economy.
Tesla Wins
Tesla shares have been buoyed by a forecast that the electric vehicle maker might sell 2 million cars this year.
Carvana Might Return
Carvana was supposed to be bankrupt by now. Instead, its shares have made a modest comeback.
Bed Bath & Beyond’s Wild Ride
Bed Bath & Beyond was supposed to go bankrupt. . Instead, it got a $1 billion aid package anchored by preferred stock. It then told long-suffering suppliers it could pay them. That act may…
Social Security Has Already Started To Go Away
Social Security is supposed to run out of money in 2033 or thereabouts. Running out of money is a bit of an exaggeration. People will start to get smaller benefits, and they could get…
‘Avatar’ is the All-Time Highest-Grossing Movie in the World
There are two ways of tracking the financial success of a movie. The first is to compare what a movie cost to make with its ticket sales based on the value of the dollar…
Amazon Workers Come Home
Amazon became one of the huge “work from home” American companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The e-commerce and cloud giant wants those workers to return to their home base. Management insists employees come back…
The Battle Between Home Buyers And Sellers
For two years, America was a home seller’s market that ended late in 2022. Owners were able to get several bids on their homes. They could even get buyers to waive inspections. This halted…
Starbucks Frappuccino Scare
About 300,000 bottles of Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino were recalled recently. The reason was that the containers might have small glass pieces. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the warning. It is an example…
Investors Don’t Care About Tesla’s Recall
Tesla recalled 362,00 cars that have the company’s self-driving system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted a warning that the system could cause the self-driving program to work in an “unlawful and unpredictable…
The Price of This Household Item Is Falling, According to the Government
Is the rate of inflation rising or falling? Good question. The January consumer price index, a closely watched measure of inflation, was not encouraging. After several months in which the pace of increase in…
Ford’s Deep Problems Get Worse
Ford shuttered the assembly line for its F-150 Lightning, a vehicle executive chairman Bill Ford says is the most important product launch in his years at the company. The Ford Motor Company said some…
The Price of This Household Item Is Soaring
Inflation is back. Or maybe it never went away. The January consumer price index was up 6.4% year over year, only slightly lower than the 6.5% climb in December. Further, prices in January were…
CNN Falls Apart
Forget Don Lemon’s sexist comments to presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Something much worse is happening. CNN’s ratings are falling apart. Lemon’s AM show, “CNN This Morning,” has the lowest ratings of any morning show…
Dogs Are the Second Most Expensive Pets in America
The American Veterinary Medical Association reports that 42 million American households have a dog, and 31 million have a cat. Only about 1.6 million own one or more horses, but that’s understandable, not only…
The Best-Built Car in America
A recent analysis reveals that this luxury brand tops the list of most dependable vehicles.
Over Half of Americans Dissatisfied With Gun Laws
A recent analysis reveals that Americans' dissatisfied with the nation's gun laws is growing.
Lordstown Motors Continues to Fall Apart
Lordstown Motors remains at the bottom of the heap of electric vehicle makers.