Pushing the figurative “nuclear button” is often used to describe the decision by a leader to launch a nuclear attack. Then, all hell would break loose, with nuclear powers attacking and counterattacking targets and…
The weather has finally caught up with the US Postal Service. The agency prides itself on the fact that its offices are always open, and it delivers mail six days a week and delivers…
Shoplifting has existed as long as there have been retail outlets. This activity ranges from people who steal one of two small items to organized criminals who steal hundreds of items at once. The…
The housing boom is over in nearly every part of the country. The number of home sales has dropped along with prices. No city is better evidence than Las Vegas, where sales dropped 51.8%…
The World Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, in the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. America was not at war with any of the countries where the terrorists lived or trained…
The CPI has been released in most months this year. The index has risen between 7% and 8% year over year. Some items rose at a much higher pace. Fuel was one of these,…
Netflix and Peloton have both had their share prices wrecked by traders this year. Netflix has not been able to add subscribers at the rapid pace that has characterized its business in the past.…
Problems with striking workers have been part of the history of companies with large labor forces which have limited bargaining power with their employers. Often these included tens of thousands of workers. Traditionally, they…
There are about 18 million military veterans in the U.S. Most served during the Vietnam- or Gulf Wars-eras with very few World War II veterans still alive today. Veterans live across the country, mostly…
Today a national historic site in Massachusetts, the Springfield Armory has been at the forefront of U.S. Army’s firearm innovation for nearly two centuries. Among the armory’s inventions was the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge…
The most searched home at Realtor.com this year has an indoor pool and a jail adjacent to its kitchen, and it is in a town where few people want to live.
Not surprisingly, the city with the most Starbucks locations is New York City, while California is the state with the most.
Are Disney’s individual operations, when totaled, more valuable than the overall company's?
Netflix hoped that ad-supported streaming would allow it to return to rapid growth and keep competition at bay. Early results show that it is not working.
A recent analysis reveals that auto industry insiders view Apple as a more likely EV market leader than Ford.
People have tried to get more than 6,300 firearms, mostly loaded, onto planes so far this year.
The U.S. Postal Service said it would order 60,000 electric trucks to deliver mail. Is that necessary?
The November consumer price index, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed that the pace at which prices of goods and services is rising was 7.1% year over year. Compared to the last…
It has become clear that CEO Bob Iger, who helped build Disney into the most successful entertainment company in the world, lacks the magic to turn around Disney’s crippled operations.
There are two reasons Lucid cannot be turned around, although there was never a business to turn around at all.
